Recruitment Business Partner 12 month FTC

Metro Bank; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in London is looking for a Recruitment Lead to design and implement effective recruitment strategies. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in end-to-end recruitment, particularly in the banking sector, and a strong focus on building relationships with stakeholders. This role offers a competitive salary, bonus potential, and hybrid work opportunities, with a commitment to diversity and inclusion in hiring.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous holiday allowance

Attractive pension scheme

Healthcare

Life assurance

Colleague discounts

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of leading end to end recruitment processes, particularly in Banking and Finance.
• Deep understanding of recruitment technologies and methodologies.
• Experience in resolving escalations and conflicts professionally.

Responsibilities

• Partner and build relationships with stakeholders to understand resourcing needs.
• Design and implement recruitment strategies to attract high-quality candidates.
• Monitor and track recruitment metrics and trends for improvements.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Agile adaptability

Data-centric decision making

Head hunting

Diversity and Inclusion principles

Tools

ATS

Social media platforms

Job description

Responsibilities

• Partner and build strong relationships with a range of stakeholders across the bank to understand resourcing needs in the short and long term (horizon scanning).
• Design, develop and implement effective recruitment strategies to attract high quality candidates, leveraging various channels such as job boards, social media, networking events etc
• Lead and tailor end to end recruitment processes, including candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing and selection, ensuring a positive candidate experience throughout.
• Proactively identifies and engages with top tier talent through head hunting and direct sourcing techniques to support the Bank's succession planning ambitions and talent pipelining
• Trusted advisor by providing expert guidance and support to hiring community on recruitment best practice, standards and compliance including but not limited to, Assessment & Selection methods, Interview techniques, talent pipelining and Employee Value Proposition.
• Partners with the wider People Team (i.e. People Partners, Reward) to ensure the alignment between recruitment activities and broader HR initiatives including organisational design and reward strategies.
• Monitor and track recruitment metrics (KPI's) and analyse/ identify trends, measure the effectiveness of recruitment strategies, and provide insight for continuous improvements.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, best practices, legal requirements related to recruitment, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
• Maintains accurate records of recruitment activity to meet regulatory reporting standards.
• Builds strong relationships with external parties/ partners including executive search firms where required to deliver against the Bank's recruitment needs.
• And... we are a bank so risk is a part of everything we do. We love people who take responsibility, do the right thing for customers, colleagues and Metro Bank and have the ability to call out any concerns.

What you will need

• Understand the risks associated with your job and what that means for you, Metro Bank and all our stakeholders
• Extensive experience of leading end to end recruitment processes, with a focus on head hunting, market mapping and direct sourcing in the Banking and Finance Industry.
• Demonstrate high levels of agility and ability to adapt to changes and operate as part of a high performing team.
• Excellent stakeholder management experience: proven experience partnering, influencing and advising the business to deliver successful recruitment outcomes.
• Ability to deliver high-touch candidate experience that reflects the bank's values and EVP.
• Experience in embedding DE&I principles into sourcing / hiring practices and challenging the hiring community (where applicable) to build inclusive teams.
• Proactively uses recruitment metrics and analytics to track performance, manage talent pipelines, identify trends to inform decision making and prioritise workload.
• Led projects and recruitment related initiatives aimed at enhancing and optimising recruitment capabilities.
• Deep understanding of recruitment technologies including ATS, Selection tools/ methodologies, AI, social media and other innovative sourcing techniques
• Well versed in managing third party suppliers/vendors and recruitment partners and holding them accountable against KPIs and SLAs.
• Experience in resolving escalations and conflict professionally and efficiently.
• Naturally data centric and comfortable presenting to colleagues and senior leadership teams.
• Understanding of banking regulations and how these apply to recruitment processes.
• Strategic thinker with a proactive approach to problem solving.

Benefits

• We will make sure that you are well-rewarded by providing you with a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a wide range of benefits, including generous holiday allowance, attractive pension scheme, healthcare, life assurance, and a number of colleague discounts!
• We will give you the training to ensure you succeed in your role and plenty of internal opportunities to progress your career (around 40% of our recruitment comes from internal promotions!)
• We are also all about balance so most of our jobs offer the opportunity for hybrid working built around your role and home life, wherever possible