Job Description
About the Role
The Talent Acquisition Business Partner plays a pivotal role in delivering an exceptional employee experience, driving the ED&I agenda, and ensuring equal opportunities for all. This involves liaising with key stakeholders, people leaders, and employees to assess needs, provide support, and lead the end-to-end recruitment processes, including vetting and reference checking.
Key Responsibilities:
* Full Recruitment Cycle: Manage the entire recruitment process from identifying needs to onboarding new hires.
* ED&I Agenda: Drive the ED&I agenda for Talent Acquisition and retention, ensuring the celebration of diversity and embedding an inclusive culture across the business.
* Partnerships and Initiatives: Work with key ED&I partners and manage key initiatives, events, and communications on ED&I within the organization.
* Business Partnering: Partner with business leaders to deliver end-to-end people services and lead key people processes.
* Recruitment Strategy: Collaborate with hiring managers and the HR Operations Manager to establish hiring needs and agree on recruitment strategies.
* Role Profiles and Advertisements: Review and develop role profiles to ensure gender-neutral language and alignment with the company's values and competencies.
* Inclusive Recruitment Process: Develop criteria for candidate pools to ensure a diversity of skills and experiences.
* Candidate Screening and Interviews: Screen and interview candidates, considering development opportunities for internal candidates.
* Internal Talent Development: Work with the Learning & Development Business Partner to create an internal talent ecosystem.
* Strategic Talent Initiatives: Lead initiatives such as Graduate, Internship, and Work Placement Programmes.
* HRIS Recruitment Module: Act as a subject matter expert on the HRIS Recruitment module, managing and improving recruitment practices.
* Policy Updates: Update and review HR and Talent Acquisition policies.
o Systems and Controls: Develop and maintain systems to track and report on HR information necessary for business management, ensuring compliance with regulations.
o Advertising and Agency Management: Advertise roles through direct channels and manage recruitment agency relationships and costs.
o Onboarding: Manage the pre-induction and onboarding process, including vetting, reference checking, and contract generation.
o Reporting and Metrics: Report on Talent Acquisition, retention, and ED&I metrics.
o Career Pages Enhancement: Maintain and enhance the careers page.
o HR Support: Support & Cover for key HR staff members in various aspects of the full employee lifecycle.
o Ad Hoc Duties: Perform additional duties as required.
Qualifications:
* A degree or diploma in a HR-related field and/or CIPD qualification or working towards full qualification.
Relevant Experience:
* At least 5 years of experience in a Talent Acquisition/Recruiting role or HR Business Partnering with a focus on Talent Acquisition and ED&I.
Technical Skills:
* Proficient in Microsoft Office products, particularly MS Word and Excel.
* Experience with applicant tracking systems is an advantage.
Key Competencies:
1. Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
2. Time Management: Ability to manage work time, prioritize effectively, and work on own initiative.
3. Reliability: Highly reliable with the ability to exercise discretion.
4. Initiative: Self-starter with strong administration and organizational skills.
* Employment Law: Good awareness of employment law.
* Project Administration: Strong project administration skills.
Working Relationships:
* Internal: Senior Leadership Team, Employees, Managers, Contractors.
* External: Agencies, Suppliers, Contractors, Service Providers.