Associate Talent Acquisition Partner

Close Brothers; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Close Brothers is seeking a recruitment professional to join the Talent Acquisition team. The role focuses on proactive talent pipelining, direct sourcing, and responsible hiring processes across the business.

You will partner with hiring managers to drive inclusive practices, manage end-to-end recruitment, and build robust sourcing channels to deliver high-quality hires.

Qualifications

• Experience in recruitment (in-house or agency).
• Ability to source high quality candidates directly.
• Experience of using recruitment metrics to drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers to deliver proactive, inclusive hiring processes.
• Manage end-to-end recruitment including advertising, screening, interviewing and offers.
• Develop pipelines through direct channels, networking, and referrals.
• Support internships and entry level programmes when required.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Stakeholder management

Candidate sourcing

Sourcing techniques

Multi-search management

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Service delivery

Recruitment metrics

Tools

ATS

People@Close

Job description

At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We celebrate diversity and promote inclusivity. Vacancies are available on a part-time, job-share or full-time basis because we know the best person for the job isn’t always available full-time. Our aim is to facilitate requests wherever possible and managers will consider requests on an individual basis.

Join Close Brothers Talent Acquisition team where you will oversee all recruitment activity allocated by the Talent Business Partner, ensuring that the business has access to diverse and high calibre talent.

As directed by the TABP, the role holder will partner with hiring managers to ensure delivery of a proactive, robust and inclusive hiring process in line with our competency frameworks to ensure we attract and recruit the ‘best’ talent. The role has a key focus on pipelining direct talent, driving referrals and promoting internal mobility to deliver a cost effective and ‘value of hire’ service.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Business Partnering (as directed by TABP):

• Provide a seamless, service driven experience for hiring managers where quality of hire, time to hire and cost are prioritised.
• Provide guidance and advise on job descriptions (in line with our frameworks) to ensure ‘check and challenge’ of key requirements for the role and inclusive language
• Support the TABP in undertake direct talent mapping as part of hiring approach to identify key talent in the market
• Support hiring managers to ensure a best practice approach is adopted on the vacancy approval process, including governance and systems management (ATS, People@Close)
• Provide advice to stakeholders on hiring ‘best practice’ and sourcing options
• Partner and advise hiring managers on adoption of assessment tools in line with our competency frameworks
• Partner with the business/function to ensure consistent and inclusive ‘end to end’ hiring practices
• Ensure identification and hiring of talent which supports required future skills

Candidate Attraction and Resourcing

• Manage the full recruitment process – from advertising vacancies on appropriate job boards, screening candidates, through to interview, candidate feedback and offer negotiation
• Develop a continual pipeline of candidates through direct channels, internet sourcing, agencies and networking
• Pre-qualify potential candidates to determine their qualifications through profiling, psychometric assessments and behavioural based interviewing
• Support the hiring process for other Talent programmes (where required) such as our internships and entry level programmes
• Ensure constructive feedback is given on all CVs and interviews, linking in with the HRBP to ensure successful candidates are provided feedback to feed into their development plans

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE:

• Experience in recruitment (in-house or agency)
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with an ability to influence at all levels
• Experience of assessing candidate capability/suitability utilising various tools
• Ability to source high quality candidates directly
• Familiarity with current sourcing techniques and ability to remain current with developing techniques
• Ability to manage multiple searches with varying priorities
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage work requests working to tight timescales whilst maintaining quality
• Ability to deliver a recruitment service in line with the agreed service levels
• Experience of tracking recruitment metrics and driving improvements off insight

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We recognise that candidates may have specific needs that require adjustments to ensure they have a fair and equal opportunity to demonstrate their skills and abilities. Candidates who require the job description or application form in an alternative format, or any other adjustments, are encouraged to email us at [e-mail] or request a call back.

ABOUT US

At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.

Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking and securities trading. We employ approximately 3,000 people, principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250.

To find out more about Close Brothers, please visit our careers page:

https://www.closebrothers.com/careers

To find out more about life at Close Brothers:

https://www.closebrothers.com/life-close-brothers#374017299-899295541

To find out more about our benefits:

https://www.closebrothers.com/employee-benefits

To find out more about our commitment to creating an inclusive environment:

Our Responsibility - Diversity and inclusion ¦ Close Brothers Group