Early Careers Adviser (FTC)

Wates Smartspace; London Borough of Harrow; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the built environment is seeking an Early Careers Adviser to oversee recruitment and onboarding for their trainee and apprentice programs. The role involves managing recruitment campaigns, developing strategies for attracting diverse candidates, and ensuring an exceptional candidate experience. The successful candidate will have experience in graduate recruitment and strong stakeholder management skills, thriving in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary & profit share

Travel covered to any of our sites

Private Medical

Pension 8% employers’ contribution

Health and Wellness programme

26 days holidays + bank holidays

Industry leading family leave benefits

Qualifications

• Proven track record in delivering end-to-end Early Careers recruitment campaigns.
• Experience managing high-volume assessment centres.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the full early careers recruitment lifecycle.
• Manage high volume organisation and delivery of remote assessment centres.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships.

Skills

Team Player

Communication

Organizational Abilities

Data-Driven Mindset

Education

Experience in Graduate Recruitment

Job description

Early Careers Adviser – Recruitment Specialist (FTC)

Our Talent and Development team are looking for an Early Careers Advisor – Recruitment Specialist to develop and deliver key aspects of our Early Careers attraction, selection, recruitment, and onboarding journey as well as overseeing elements of the development programmes providing a first-class experience for the trainees and apprentices.

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Deliver the full early careers recruitment lifecycle in line with the business needs and the wider business strategy. This includes several different programmes: Graduate, Undergraduate, Year in Industry placements and Higher Apprenticeship programmes
• Work with our external recruitment partner organisation to develop and implement processes for the recruitment of our annual Trainee campaign. Develop a robust attraction, sourcing and assessment strategy that is fair and consistent with a focus on hiring target attainment including diversity and social mobility.
• Work with our internal brand manager to design attractive advertising and social media campaigns as well as brand awareness including emerging talent and diversity events to ensure we promote our programmes through a wide range of diverse channels.
• Manage high volume organisation, scheduling and delivery of remote assessment centres, to ensure an exceptional candidate experience throughout.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships and support assessors with hiring decisions ensuring they are engaged and involved in the recruitment activity end to end.
• to deliver as part of the onboarding process networking events and Trainee Inductions (Face to face)
• Represent the Wates Trainee landscape with both internal and external stakeholders

To be successful in this role, you will need to be a highly motivated and driven team player with a proven track record in delivering end-to-end Early Careers recruitment campaigns. You should bring experience from graduate recruitment, Early Careers, or a Talent Acquisition environment, with a strong understanding of the early careers landscape. The role requires extensive experience managing high-volume assessment centres and a demonstrated ability to influence and build strong relationships with key stakeholders. You will thrive in a fast-paced environment, be confident in supplier engagement and management, and possess excellent communication skills. Strong organisational abilities, a data-driven mindset, and the capability to prioritise and meet deadlines are essential to delivering outstanding results.

Frequent national travel including to our head office Leatherhead is required.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary & profit share
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.
• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 8 weeks fully paid paternity.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.