Talent Acquisition Lead - Northern Hemisphere

Squiz; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Talent Acquisition Lead for the Northern Hemisphere. This role involves managing recruitment processes, partnering with stakeholders, and contributing to HR initiatives. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership and networking skills, with an emphasis on data-driven decision-making. This position offers the potential for extension or a permanent role.

Qualifications

• Experience with technology stakeholders is highly regarded.
• A talent acquisition expert with strong leadership skills.
• Ideal experience in executing cyclical P&C processes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to recruit talent for the Northern Hemisphere.
• Manage the full recruitment process including candidate experience.
• Develop and implement workforce planning for hiring needs.

Skills

Leadership

Networking

Critical Thinking

Problem Solving

Commercial Acumen

Education

HR Best Practices Knowledge

Job description

Talent Acquisition Lead - Northern Hemisphere

Talent Acquisition Lead - Northern Hemisphere

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We are seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Lead (Northern Hemisphere) for an initial 6 month fixed-term contract to join our People & Culture team. The position is based out of the UK. There may be potential to look at an extension or permanent role beyond he intial term.

In this role, you will report to the Head of People & Culture and you will have ownership of the Squiz recruitment process covering the Northern Hemisphere (EMEA and AMER). As a trusted business partner, working strategically with your stakeholders, you will ensure that we attract and retain the very best talent the market has to offer.

The ideal candidate may have interest and experience as a HR generalist therefore capable of contributing to the EMEA People & Culture function. This would include participating in strategic and cyclical people and culture initiatives whilst advising on People matters across the people life cycle.

We are seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Lead (Northern Hemisphere) for an initial 6 month fixed-term contract to join our People & Culture team. The position is based out of the UK. There may be potential to look at an extension or permanent role beyond he intial term.

In this role, you will report to the Head of People & Culture and you will have ownership of the Squiz recruitment process covering the Northern Hemisphere (EMEA and AMER). As a trusted business partner, working strategically with your stakeholders, you will ensure that we attract and retain the very best talent the market has to offer.

The ideal candidate may have interest and experience as a HR generalist therefore capable of contributing to the EMEA People & Culture function. This would include participating in strategic and cyclical people and culture initiatives whilst advising on People matters across the people life cycle.

Primary Responsibilities - Northern Hemisphere Talent Management

• Partner with leaders to successfully recruit great people to the Squiz teams in the Northern Hemisphere.
• This is a full 360 role, briefing, sourcing, screening, assisting in interviews when required and managing candidate experience and offers etc
• In collaboration with the People & Culture Team, help develop talent strategies and design approaches for diagnosing and enhancing candidate experience
• Set up and maintain talent pipelines with potential candidates for future needs
• Organise recruitment activities and events that establish our presence ensuring a strong employer brand
• Review roles and skills needed across the business to ensure meet business objectives and our people are in roles and having impact
• Develop an internal mobility approach and build succession planning across core roles
• Develop and implement workforce planning to anticipate hiring needs
• Determine best measures and metrics for recruitment success
• Train and guide leaders in effective interviewing and talent acquisition strategies to attract and retain top talent

Requirements

• Previous experience with people partnering with Technology stakeholders highly regarded
• A talent acquisition expert who has credibility and gives confidence to the business
• Uses a data driven mindset to support decisions and activities
• Strong leadership and people managementto drive others to perform effectively and be positive about their experience at Squiz
• Understands the importance of a strong employer brand to enhance our ability to attract great talent
• Uses innovation to determine talent activities that meet today's needs but prepare us for the future
• Strong networking skills to mingle with people within our industry and find future talent
• Applies critical thinking and problem solving to enhance day to day recruitment activities
• Uses relationship skills to support the implementation of initiatives across the business
• Applies commercial acumen to ensure the function is operating with the business in mind and to partner with the business around hiring decisions
• (Ideal) Experience executing cyclical P&C processes, organisational design and managing complex ER cases
• (Ideal) A demonstrated knowledge of HR best practices, including applicable state and national employment laws and regulations.
  

Location: London but will consider Edinburgh (with ability to access the office 1-2 times per week)

We are unable to sponsor thus full working rights are required.

Who we are:

Squiz helps organisations improve the services they offer online and, in turn, the lives of the people that matter to them; building portals for students, websites for citizens, intranets for employees, and much more.

Headquartered in Australia, with 340 staff members scattered across our international offices in the USA, United Kingdom, Poland and New Zealand.

We're looking for people like you, who want to be a part of this journey of reinvention as we build an amazing Global SaaS product business, with the experience and enthusiasm to use amazing technology in new and creative ways.

Why work for Squiz?

You'll work with some of the most intelligent and down to earth people you'll ever meet: we are made up of a diverse range of passionate people who love challenging the status quo. Every day is different, but what is constant is we enjoy what we do.

Squiz has a flexible working policy: We encourage our teams to embrace flexibility in how their team members manage where and how they work. We want you to be able to work in a way that drives productivity, efficiency and outcomes; along with connection and collaboration.

Come as you are:We celebrate diversity and unite on the elements of our company DNA, starting every customer conversation with "why?" to understand their needs, working hard to find a way to overcome every challenge, and fighting for better outcomes with the work we do; all while checking our egos at door, not taking ourselves too seriously and having fun along the way

We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to respond to every applicant

Recruitment Agencies:We politely ask that you avoid making any approaches or sending any unsolicited resumes to our Recruitment Team or Hiring Leaders across our business. Squiz is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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