Early Careers Recruiter

WTW; Rottingdean; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

25 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Life insurance

Group income protection

Health assessments

Job summary

WTW is seeking an Early Careers Recruiter to attract and assess talent across campuses and schools, delivering virtual and on-campus events, screening applicants, running assessment centres, and coaching interns through conversions.

Join a collaborative team and drive a white-glove candidate experience from first click to Day One, with data-driven methods and hybrid working options for a balanced work life.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of full life cycle, high volume early careers recruiting.
• Ability to manage multiple processes simultaneously.
• Exceptional stakeholder relationship skills and resource coordination.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Data-driven approach to recruitment.
• Experience in fast-paced, high-pressure environments.
• Self-sufficient yet collaborative team player.
• Willingness to travel to campuses and events.
• Proficiency in MS Office and ATS; HireVue and ORC experience a plus.
• Curious about using AI tools to improve productivity.

Responsibilities

• Lead Candidate Attraction activities including virtual and campus events.
• Manage screening, applications, HireVue, and assessment invitations.
• Organise assessment centres and debriefs; train assessors.
• Extend offers and provide feedback to candidates.
• Maintain trackers and real-time data accuracy.
• Coach interns through conversions and extensions.
• Candidate communications and engagement from first click to Day One.
• Stakeholder management and quarterly reporting.
• Team collaboration across Early Careers and wider teams.
• Support global project workstreams.

Skills

Full life cycle recruiting

High volume recruitment

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Data-driven recruitment

Campus travel

Team collaboration

MS Office & ATS

HireVue & ORC experience

AI tools awareness

Tools

MS Office

ATS

HireVue

ORC

Job description

At WTW, we help the world's biggest organisations make forward-thinking choices about their people, their investments and the risks they face. Our expertise and advice make them stronger and more successful. We also support them to improve their people's health, skills and financial wellbeing. You'll be part of this impact, right from the start.

The Global Early Careers Team is responsible for the attraction, selection, assessment and engagement of early careers candidates on to our structured insight, apprentice, intern and Graduate programmes. We are driven by our commitment to inspire, engage and nurture the next generation of talent as they set out on their career paths.

The Role

Candidate Attraction

Attending and delivering virtual events as well as events on campus, in schools and WTW offices to a variety of audiences from year 12 and 13 students, to undergraduates and their influencers (careers advisors, teachers, faculty leads and parents/carers) - travel outside of your base location will be required to facilitate this

Partnering with the Employer Brand team and the business on the creation of assets for use on social media

Candidate Screening

Proactive management of the entire early careers' lifecycle - candidate pipelines, screening of applications, HireVue videos and invitation of high calibre, diverse candidates to assessment centres

Organisation of assessment centres (agreeing dates, agenda, training assessors, hosting candidate drop-in sessions, briefing the team on TopScore set up etc) with the support of recruitment coordinators

Leading assessment centre wash ups, extending verbal and written offers to successful candidates, providing feedback to unsuccessful ones

Ensure that trackers and admin are up to date and accurate in real time

Intern conversions - coaching successful interns through the conversion process and extending offers

Candidate communications

Candidate Experience / Engagement

From first click to first day, the recruiter is responsible for early identification of talent, engaging with and nurturing high calibre candidates - from providing coaching sessions to hosting webinars on the application process and life at WTW - each candidate receives a white glove service aimed at helping them to experience our culture before they even join.

Assisting with the set up and delivery of two insight programmes; Step up with WTW and Level up with WTW and Day One Induction for all new starters.

Stakeholder Management

Proactive stakeholder management is key. Establishing yourself as an expert in all things early careers is essential.

Managing weekly/fortnightly data driven operational meetings with stakeholders to provide clear and accurate information. Ability to craft presentation decks.

Contributing to quarterly review meetings; including new season kick off, mid points and season wash ups.

Team Collaboration

Team collaboration is key within Early Careers team, but also with the many other teams that support us to be able to deliver an excellent candidate experience.

Collaboration amongst recruiters in the team to establish the most efficient ways of working, ensuring that the right work is in the right location.

Fostering positive relationships with colleagues to ensure everyone understands their role and its importance.

Contributing to global project workstreams with colleagues from across the whole early careers team.

What you'll bring

• Proven track record of full life cycle, high volume early carers recruiting within a fast-paced recruitment environment
• Ability to manage multiple processes simultaneously
• Exceptional stakeholder relationship skills: ability to develop strong relationships quickly and maximise resources effectively to achieve goals
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Data driven approach to recruitment
• Proven success effectively working in a fast paced, high-pressure environment
• Self-sufficient and able to work independently, whilst remaining a team player
• Strong organisational abilities and flexibility to work in a performance driven environment managing multiple deliverables
• Ability to travel to various campuses/school and attend events
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, PPT, Excel) and ATS experience is a must, exposure to HireVue and ORC are a plus
• Curious and willing to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools responsibly to improve personal productivity, organisation, research and work quality.

What we offer

Enjoy a benefits package designed to help you thrive, both professionally and personally. You'll receive 25 days of annual leave plus an extra WTW day to relax and recharge. Our comprehensive health and wellbeing offering includes private healthcare, life insurance, group income protection, and regular health assessments, all giving you peace of mind. Secure your future with our defined contribution pension scheme, featuring matched contributions up to 10% from the company.

We support your growth and balance with hybrid working options, access to an