Senior Early Career Talent Acquisition Partner

PowerToFly; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial institution in Belfast seeks a recruitment professional to manage end-to-end recruitment for intern and graduate roles. Responsibilities include collaborating on talent acquisition strategies, maintaining accurate recruitment data, and ensuring a positive candidate experience. Ideal candidates will have recruitment experience, strong organizational skills, and the ability to engage effectively with various stakeholders. The role offers a competitive salary and generous benefits including a hybrid working model and extensive holiday allowance.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days

Discretionary annual performance-related bonus

Private medical insurance

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Discounts for employees

Access to learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Experience in graduate recruitment function or agency.
• Knowledge of UK, Europe & MEA intern hiring programmes.
• Ability to engage diverse audience from candidates to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage recruitment for intern and graduate roles.
• Collaborate on talent acquisition strategies.
• Act as business partner for recruitment data and insights.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Managing multiple recruitment campaigns

Strong organizational skills

Excellent communication skills

Proficiency in applicant tracking systems

Job description

Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? By Joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress

The UK, Europe & MEA Early Career team directly supports Citi businesses in the attraction, selection and program management of graduate, apprenticeship and MBA hires.

What you’ll be doing:

• Manage end‑to‑end recruitment for intern and graduate roles, including sourcing, screening, selection, offer management and onboarding.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and Early Career Program Leads to develop and execute talent acquisition strategies, focusing on growth opportunities, process improvements, and best practice adoption.
• Act as a credible business partner by providing recruitment campaign and program data, insights, and market trend analysis to business, Early Career teams, and wider HR communities.
• Ensure best practice and fully compliant recruitment processes are followed.
• Maintain accurate recruitment and program data by ensuring candidate tracking systems and reports are consistently updated and provide timely updates to stakeholders.
• Build and maintain candidate pipelines through university career fairs, student networking sessions, and recruitment events across UK, Europe & MEA.
• Coordinate and facilitate hiring events (interview days & assessment centers), lead on debriefing sessions and hiring decision processes with business, ensuring accurate and prompt offer management.
• Support program management activities to ensure onboarding, development, and engagement initiatives are executed effectively.
• Deliver mentoring and development support to interns, fostering their growth and engagement.
• Ensure a positive experience for both candidates and stakeholders throughout all stages of the recruitment and program lifecycle.
• Organise and host intake sessions both with Citi stakeholders and students when necessary.
• Collaborate with the wider Early Career team on global projects and initiatives, and provide support as needed for events and programs, including The Spring & Summer Programs.

What we’ll need from you:

• Recruitment experience required, ideally within an early‑career/graduate recruitment function or agency.
• Experience in UK, Europe & MEA intern & graduate hiring programmes is an advantage.
• Demonstrated skills in managing multiple recruitment campaigns and early‑career programmes, with strong organisational and prioritisation abilities.
• Strong ability to build and maintain relationships with hiring managers, internal teams and external partners across multiple countries.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage with a diverse audience from candidates to senior stakeholders.
• Proficiency in using applicant tracking systems and ability to provide insights and reports to inform decision making.

What we can offer you:

We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best‑in‑class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well.

By joining Citi Belfast, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure.
• A discretionary annual performance‑related bonus.
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Pension Plan.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends.
• Access to an array of learning and development resources.

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.

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