Talent Acquisition Consultant

Unum; Dorking; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading employee benefits provider is seeking a Talent Acquisition Consultant to join their team in Dorking. This role involves partnering with stakeholders to address recruitment needs, utilizing various sourcing strategies, and driving Talent Acquisition improvements. The ideal candidate should possess strong organization and direct sourcing skills, and be passionate about recruitment and team collaboration. This position offers a competitive bonus and benefits including a health plan and wellness support.

Benefits

Competitive Bonus

Health Plan

Pension scheme

Life, medical, and income insurance

Access to remote GP and unlimited mental health support

27 days holiday with options to buy/sell days

Salary sacrifice electric car scheme

Qualifications

• Proven skills in stakeholder engagement and influencing.
• Strong direct sourcing abilities with a willingness to learn.
• Excellent organizational skills to manage multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the business to understand recruitment needs.
• Utilize innovative sourcing strategies to attract top talent.
• Drive improvements in Talent Acquisition processes.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Direct sourcing

Organizational skills

Systems and data utilization

Job description

Overview

Job Posting End Date: September 23

Who are we?

We’re a specialist employee benefits provider, striving to create healthy, happy workplaces. As part of the international Unum Group, we’re on a collective mission to help the working world thrive.

The role

Position: Talent Acquisition Consultant

Location: Basingstoke or Dorking 3 days per week (with hybrid working)

Reporting To: Head of Talent Acquisition

What will you bring

Due to internal progression, the Talent Acquisition team at Unum UK are looking for a fourth member of our team.

As a Talent Acquisition Consultant, you will be responsible for partnering with the business to understand their needs. You will use a variety of innovative and traditional sourcing strategies to deliver top talent, who want to be a part of our journey in delivering business growth. To start with you will be hiring into our Customer Service teams, so knowledge of cohort volume hiring or experience within Customer Service, with a passion to learn would be ideal.

This is a great time to join our team as you\'ll have the opportunity to drive improvements to deliver high impact Talent Acquisition through enhancing our employer brand, creating digital efficiency and providing a great experience for candidates and colleagues.

We are looking for:

• Your stakeholder engagement skills. You will need to pro-actively partner with the business and work with them to understand the challenges and opportunities within their areas. You’ll be able to influence stakeholders to try new and different recruitment strategies, and most importantly you will keep your stakeholders up to date.
• Your recruiting abilities. Your direct sourcing skills will be top notch (or you won’t be afraid to learn, which includes being proactive and jumping on the phone) and you’ll be able to develop creative ways of recruiting hard to fill roles. You will also have fantastic organisation skills, being able to juggle many tasks at once and be delivery focused. You’ll also be able to demonstrate how you’ve considered I&D and supported Early Talent into the workplace.
• Your systems adoption. You will need to be able to use systems, data and AI tools. These will be crucial to your day to day role.

Alongside all of that you will be someone who is passionate and takes initiative of their own work and development. You will be a team player, who has a fresh perspective of doing things better, to lead on improvement projects alongside your day job.

As a team we typically collaborate in the Basingstoke and Dorking offices several times a month, travel to both sites will be required.

Benefits

• Competitive Bonus
• Health Plan
• Pension scheme
• Life, medical, and income insurance
• Access to remote GP, nutrition coaching, personal training, unlimited mental health support, and medical second opinion
• 27 days holiday with the option to buy and sell up to 5 days (plus Bank Holidays)
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme with free on-site electric chargers

If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].

Company:

Unum UK