Early Career Apprenticeships and Engagement Recruiter

Citigroup Inc.; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial institution is seeking an Early Career Recruiter in Belfast to lead talent acquisition for apprenticeship and engagement programs. The successful candidate will manage recruitment processes and collaborate with HR and business stakeholders to enhance applicant experience. This position offers a competitive salary, generous leave, and extensive employee benefits including private medical insurance and a pension plan.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Annual performance-related bonus

Private medical insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Previously worked in an Early Career recruitment function.
• Experience in managing talent acquisition delivery.
• Ability to identify continuous improvement opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Manage talent acquisition delivery for Early Career programmes.
• Plan and host interview and assessment events.
• Support candidate engagement and ensure positive applicant experience.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Knowledge of recruitment and HR

Competent using Workday

Relationship management

Strong influencing skills

Risk awareness

Understanding of financial services

Tools

Workday

Job description

Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? By Joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

Team / Role Overview

The Citi Early Career Apprenticeships & Engagement Team comprises of recruiters, programme managers and practice leads across the UK and North America, supporting Citi businesses in the attraction, selection and programme management of apprenticeship and engagement hires. The Apprenticeships & Engagement recruiter is a SME within the Early Career Apprenticeships & Engagement team. They are responsible for talent acquisition delivery of UK Apprenticeship & Engagement Programmes in partnership with HR colleagues and business stakeholders contributing to the execution of the overall strategy. They will also be required to support global Apprenticeship & Engagement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

Drive and own talent acquisition for Early Career UK Apprenticeship & Engagement programmes. Leverage relevant HR & business partners to ensure effective execution:

• Manage end-to-end talent acquisition delivery of Citi’s Early Career UK Apprenticeship & Engagement programmes
• Partner with Global Head of Apprenticeships & Engagement and internal business stakeholders on setting and delivering the talent acquisition strategy for all UK Apprenticeship & Engagement programmes
• Ensure best practice and fully compliant recruitment processes are followed, maintaining an updated candidate tracking system and pipeline
• Plan and host interview days, assessment centres and selection/offer events with relevant business stakeholders
• Produce candidate MI/statistics for both the business and Early Career colleagues
• Support candidate engagement activity and ensure all Citi applicants receive an excellent candidate experience during application journey
• Review and innovate processes and procedures to improve efficiency
• Attend and facilitate specific Apprenticeship related events as required
• Support on UK Apprenticeship marketing campaigns such as the National Apprenticeship Week in both Belfast and London, working closely with the Talent Attraction and Engagement team to run campaigns to drive engagement
• Proactively partner with the HR Community, business stakeholders, training vendors and Program Management teams to ensure strong working relationships and best practice delivery of programs
• Act as key point of contact and partner with Citi’s UK vendors including Apprenticeship & Engagement partners
• Support broader activities as appropriate across the wider global Early Career team

What we’ll need from you:

• Recruitment experience preferably within an Early Career recruitment function
• Knowledge of recruitment and HR and prior experience navigating complex global models
• Competent using Workday or similar talent acquisition platforms
• Understanding of apprentice & engagement market and experience managing talent acquisition delivery of apprentice and / or engagement programmes
• Relationship management experience and ability to interact effectively with various stakeholders across different geographies at all organisational levels
• Strong influencing and communication skills; easily consults and negotiates with internal and external stakeholders
• Able to identify continuous improvement opportunities through evidence backed decisions
• Risk awareness
• Understanding of financial services industry and culture an advantage

We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well. By joining Citi Belfast, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energised to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.

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Job Family Group:

Human Resources

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Job Family:

Recruiting

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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