Early Careers Assessment Coordinator

THE CHARALLE GROUP; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A top accountancy firm in Birmingham is seeking an Early Careers Assessment Coordinator to design and manage assessment centres for student intakes. The role requires excellent communication and team leadership skills, along with the ability to engage with diverse talent pools. This position offers a salary of £25,000 – £26,000 with remote work flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Design, coordinate and attend assessment centres for incoming student intakes.
• Organise and schedule assessment centres across the region.
• Deliver firm presentations to prospective trainee intakes at assessment centres.
• Support Diversity & Inclusion targets and initiatives.
• Manage selection and assessment tools with reporting.
• Train candidates on assessment centre technology.
• Ensure recruitment technology compliance.
• Interface with internal stakeholders for selection criteria.
• Champion trainee experience.
• Build connections with HR community.
• Act as a brand ambassador for talent engagement.
• Coordinate the RSM brand ambassador programme.
• Deliver feedback to candidates post assessment centre.
• Process offer paperwork for successful candidates.
• Execute ad-hoc projects as required.

Skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Confidence

Discretion

Proven team leadership

Pressure tolerance

Driven

Professionalism

Willingness to work outside standard hours

Good knowledge of all Microsoft packages

Job description

Early Careers Assessment Coordinator

Early Careers Assessment Coordinator is a commercial role within a top accountancy firm based in Birmingham. The position offers a salary of £25,000 – £26,000 plus the flexibility of working remotely.

Core Duties

• Design, coordinate and attend assessment centres for incoming student intakes.
• Organise and schedule assessment centres across the region.
• Deliver firm presentations to prospective trainee intakes at assessment centres.
• Support Diversity & Inclusion targets and initiatives to attract a diverse talent pool.
• Manage selection and assessment tools, providing robust reporting on success measures.
• Train candidates on assessment centre technology ahead of the days.
• Ensure recruitment technology compliance across the team.
• Interface with internal stakeholders to upskill capability for managing robust selection criteria and ensure fair selection throughout.
• Champion trainee experience, ensuring the firm delivers an exceptional experience.
• Build connections with the HR community to identify opportunities to improve service by gaining a deep understanding of business lines and future growth plans.
• Act as a brand ambassador, building a robust outreach strategy to connect and engage talent through schools, universities, etc., and book, coordinate, deliver and attend attraction events within your area of responsibility.
• Coordinate the RSM brand ambassador programme with returning university placement students within your area of responsibility.
• Deliver timely and constructive feedback to candidates post assessment centre.
• Offer and process offer paperwork for successful candidates.
• Ad‑hoc projects as required.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills – adept at influencing across the business.
• Confidence – comfortable dealing with people at all levels.
• Discretion – aware of confidential nature of work within employment law boundaries.
• Proven team leadership – engage, drive and support the Talent Acquisition Executive Hire team to succeed.
• Pressure tolerance – respond well to pressure, deadlines and fast‑paced environments.
• Driven – committed to the job, ready to hit the ground running and willing to put in extra effort where necessary.
• Professionalism – represent the company to new starters, polished and professional to make a good first impression.
• Willingness to work outside standard hours when necessary.
• Good knowledge of all Microsoft packages required.

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