Early Careers Manager: Future Talent and Onboarding

Forvis Mazars; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm is seeking an Early Careers Manager in Manchester. The successful candidate will manage future talent recruitment and deliver onboarding programmes, ensuring a smooth transition for new hires. A passion for supporting early careers talent and proven project management skills are essential. This role offers an opportunity to work within a diverse team committed to inclusion, with a focus on developing connections that drive impact. Competitive salary and benefits included.

Qualifications

• Experience in high-volume recruitment within early careers.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead recruitment and delivery of future talent programmes.
• Ensure smooth onboarding for early careers' new joiners.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders for successful programme delivery.

Skills

High-volume early careers recruitment

Project management

Data analysis

Strong communication skills

Collaborative teamwork

Job description

Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network providing audit & assurance, tax, and advisory services. Forvis Mazars in the UK spans 14 offices across the nation and has over 3,400 professionals, with 190 partners. We have a clear purpose and a shared commitment to shape a better future.

You’ll join a collaborative and inclusive team where you’re supported to grow your skills, explore new opportunities, and contribute from day one. You’ll work with a diverse client base, develop meaningful connections, and gain experience that extends beyond your local team. Together, we grow, belong and impact.

About the team

Our Early Careers team is a high-performing team of forward-thinking, strategic business enablers. The team consists of three managers who focus on Selection and Assessment, Talent Attraction and Future Talent & Onboarding along with a team of Advisors and Coordinators. The team attract, hire and onboard c.400 graduates and apprentices along with c.350 work experience, insight and interns through our future talent programmes.

About the role

As Early Careers Manager you will be responsible for leading two key areas: Future Talent Conversion Programmes and Early Careers Onboarding.

We are looking for someone with high volume early careers recruitment and/or programme delivery experience in an early careers' talent acquisition team. You will work collaboratively with team members and senior stakeholders to deliver high-volume programmes to support early careers talent and ensure a market-leading inclusive approach to how we onboard new talent.

This role has two direct reports: Future Talent Coordinator and Onboarding Advisor.

Future talent

You will be responsible for managing the recruitment and delivery of future talent programmes including internships, work experience, insight programmes and virtual work experience. This also includes supporting the successful conversion of attendees into permanent graduate and apprenticeship roles, supporting our firm's commitment to inclusion and diversity while building open and accessible routes into our profession for entry level talent.

• Manage recruitment and delivery of established future talent pipeline programmes, including internships, work experience, insight programmes and virtual work experience, in line with our early career's strategy.
• Ensure excellent programme experience for all students and business stakeholders, monitoring data and responding to feedback while supporting attendees to convert their experience into a permanent graduate and apprenticeship role.
• Coordinate intern and work experience new joiner logistics with onboarding and HR Shared Service teams, ensuring a smooth journey from application to start date.
• Working closely with internal stakeholders across the breadth of our programmes to ensure successful delivery of in-person internships and work experience programmes. This includes confirming hiring numbers, team allocations and delivery of programmes across 12 offices.

Onboarding

You will also lead the post offer engagement of all early careers' new joiners in collaboration with the Onboarding team. You will work collaboratively to engage with new hires and ensure they have a good understanding of the firm and expectations of their role ahead of joining whilst ensuring a marketing leading, inclusive approach to how we onboard new talent.

• Overseeing a comprehensive and innovative new joiner, people manager and buddy pre-boarding experience to optimise how we bring early talent into the business.
• Work in collaboration with the Onboarding team to deliver in-person new joiner events, innovative email campaigns and skills development to build work-readiness.

General

• Implement Workday processes in pipeline programme recruitment and general onboarding.
• Day to day management of direct reports, providing guidance, supporting their professional growth and collaborating effectively.

What we are looking for

• Experience of high-volume early careers recruitment.
• A real passion for early careers talent with a commitment to inclusion and diversity.
• Proven project management experience, working with multiple stakeholders and an excellent attention to detail.
• Collaborative team player, able to build trusted relationships quickly with different audiences (from early careers talent to internal and external senior stakeholders)
  Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Data driven mindset with the ability to analyse data to identify trends and inform decision making.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Forvis Mazars diversity, equity and inclusion are central to our values. We value our people's unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experience, and know this diversity create better outcomes for our clients. We seek to attract, develop, and retain the best talent, inclusive of sex, ethnicity, disability, socio-economic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, and faith. We select candidates based on skills, knowledge, qualifications, and experience and aim to support all our team