Talent Acquisition Partner

Ipsum Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate recruitment professional to manage the end-to-end hiring process. In this dynamic role, you will work closely with hiring managers to understand their needs, draft job descriptions, and enhance the company's employer brand. Your expertise in stakeholder management and candidate engagement will be crucial as you navigate the recruitment landscape in a fast-growing environment. This position offers the opportunity to shape the recruitment strategy and deliver exceptional experiences for candidates and hiring managers alike, making a significant impact on the organization's success.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to 24/7 virtual GP

Occupational Health support

Cycle to Work scheme

Life assurance cover

Employee Discount Scheme

Long service awards

Opportunities to volunteer

Qualifications

• Proven success in managing end-to-end recruitment within a high-growth organization.
• Experience with headhunting and passive candidate engagement.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process for all vacancies.
• Provide a best-in-class candidate experience through effective communication.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

End-to-End Recruitment

Headhunting

Interviewing Techniques

Data-Driven Insights

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources

Associate or Chartered CIPD membership

Tools

Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)

Job description

Tomanage the end-to-end recruitment process for all vacancies within the businessarea you are responsible for, engaging with hiring managers, candidates, andsuppliers. You will be responsible for sourcing key talent for the businessusing a variety of methods and will have full ownership of your own roles.

Asignificant part of this position is to focus on stakeholder management,partnering with your business area to advise and support anythingtalent-related. You will be expected to communicate with both internal andexternal stakeholders whilst providing a fantastic candidate and hiring managerexperience.

Your New Role

Principal Accountabilities:

1. Workcollaboratively with hiring managers adopting a consultative approach tounderstand their hiring needs.
2. Draftjob descriptions & place adverts that enhance Ipsum’s brand andemployee value proposition (EVP).
3. Maintainup to date knowledge in innovation developments in candidate attractionand sourcing channels to ensure we have in place the right people with theright skills when we need them to meet our growth objectives.
4. Managecampaigns and employer branding initiatives to engage and attract diversetalent pools.
5. Managethe end to end process and have responsibility for all vacancies withinyour business area
6. ScreenCVs and applications, conduct initial phone screenings, and createshortlists of qualified candidates for roles.
7. Manageselection processes, ensuring robust and consistent candidate assessmentsto appoint appropriately skilled candidates to roles.
8. Scheduleand coordinate interviews with hiring managers and other stakeholders.
9. Activelymanage talent pools to generate a supply of candidates for critical andhard to fill vacancies
10. Activelypromote the internal referral scheme
11. Showcasejob vacancies and business/recruitment achievements across social mediachannels ie LinkedIn
12. Responsible foradhering to the recruitment SLAs and escalating any issues/blockages tothe Head of Talent Acquisition if needed for resolutions to be sought
13. Providea best in class candidate experience through timely and effectivecommunication and feedback.
14. Maintainand update the ATS at all times throughout the hiring process.
15. Usedata-driven insights to refine candidate attraction and hiring processesto deliver high-quality candidates.
16. Measurehiring manager and candidate satisfaction.

About You

Required Qualifications & ProfessionalMembership(s):

• Full UK driving licence
• Bachelor’s degree in HumanResources, Business Management, Psychology, similar or equivalent(desirable)
• Associate or Chartered CIPDprofessional membership (desirable)

Knowledge & Experience:

• Proven success in asimilar role, ideally operating within Utilities or Infrastructure orsimilar sector.
• Demonstrableexperience managing end-to-end recruitment within a high-growth,multi-site organisation.
• Experience ofheadhunting and passive candidate engagement.
• Expertise insourcing, interviewing, and assessment techniques.
• Understandingof recruitment processes and candidate selection methods.
• Experience withApplicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and other technology solutions to supportthe attraction and recruitment process.
• Knowledge ofinclusive hiring practices and UK employment law.

Skills & Personal Qualities:

• Demonstrableability to build strong relationships with and influence key stakeholders.
• Ability to manageboth high-volume operational recruitment and specialist/ professionalhiring.
• Ability toeffectively generate and communicate recruitment metrics (e.g.time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, source effectiveness) for decision-making.
• Results-focused.
• Passionate aboutdriving standards and candidate experience.

What We Offer

We are committed to supporting and developing our people toachieve their full potential. As a fast-growing ambitious business, we canoffer our people opportunities to acquire a wide range of skills and gain broadand varied experience to enable them to progress in their career.Investing in our people and enhancing our expertise and flexibility enables usto deliver the highest standard of service to our customers.

We really value our people and so we like to look after them. Ifyou work for us, you’ll enjoy a great range of employee benefits:

• Career development includingprofessional qualifications and accreditation
• Employee Assistance Programmeincluding mental health support and access to counselling
• Access to 24/7 virtual GP
• Occupational Health support

Tax efficient benefits viasalary exchange (salary sacrifice):

• Cycle to Work

Life assurancecover

Established local socialcommittees with calendar of regular social events

Employee Discount Scheme –discounts on hundreds of retailers including supermarkets, mobilephone/broadband providers, gym memberships and more!

Long service awards

Opportunities to volunteer andmake a difference via local community projects and initiatives

Your New Company

The UK’s Water / Infrastructureand Power sector is evolving and expanding rapidly to meet increasing customerdemand. At Ipsum we offer tailored power and electrical solutions, frommaintenance to major installation projects, all of which are underpinned by oursmart technologies. At Ipsum it’s our visionto be the leading customer service focused provider of specialist utility andinfrastructure solutions, operating on both public and private networks.

We are looking for someone whois passionate, not just about the industry, butalso about supporting our teams delivering essential services 24/7/365 thatreally make a difference to local people and communities.

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