Talent Acquisition Sourcing Specialist

CBRE Local UK; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Local UK is seeking a Talent Acquisition Sourcing Specialist to lead candidate sourcing and engagement for multiple UK locations (Leeds, London, Manchester). You will develop pipelines, partner with TA Leads, and ensure a positive candidate experience from sourcing to day 1 onboarding.

In this role you will manage Avature ATS, deliver training, and collaborate across the Talent Acquisition and People teams to provide high-quality hires while upholding CBRE diversity and inclusion

Qualifications

• Internal recruitment experience with HR/People functions.
• Ability to work in a matrix organisation with key stakeholders.
• Experience recruiting engineering/industrial and/or customer service roles.
• Experience using ATS and resourcing technologies.
• Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Source direct candidates and provide feedback with a positive CBRE employer brand.
• Build talent pipelines to meet current and future vacancies.
• Manage vacancies and collaborate with TA team to deliver quality hires.
• Update Avature ATS and report weekly/monthly TA activity.
• Coordinate with third-party TA suppliers within PSL.
• Support onboarding and induction processes.

Skills

Internal recruitment experience

Networking and relationship management

Customer focused

Excellent customer service

Stakeholder and relationship manage

Strong interpersonal and communication

Education

Internal recruitment experience with HR/People functions

Tools

ATS expertise

LinkedIn

Talent pooling tools

Job description

Job Title: Talent Acquisition Sourcing Specialist

Location: Leeds, London or Manchester

Job Function:

The Talent Acquisition Sourcing Specialist is accountable for candidate sourcing and engagement activity across CBRE Business Lines. Reporting to the Senior Talent Acquisition Partner working within a flexible structure alongside Talent Acquisition (TA) Partners to deliver recruitment activity to a successful conclusion.

Sourcing candidate for existing vacancies and creating pipelines for future requirements against workforce plans through a combination of networking, research and sourcing on various candidate attraction tools and job boards.

SME within Talent Management for the Local UK's largest retail account and Leeds Gateway office. Responsible for providing a high-level candidate experience and customer satisfaction, supporting CBRE diversity equity and inclusion initiatives throughout, shortlisting, providing candidate feedback, contract initiation, oversight of onboarding and induction into the business.

Key Tasks:

• Supporting TA Leads and TA Partners to source direct candidates, provide candidate feedback, offer negotiation support as directed and contract initiation in a way that strengthens and conveys a positive CBRE employer brand
• Work with TA Leads and Partners to understand job requirements to be able to source suitable candidates from various job boards and databases including Avature
• Act as the candidate's liaison throughout the hiring process ensuring a positive experience up to day 1 and throughout their induction.
• Develop excellent relationships across the wider TA team, keeping stakeholders informed throughout the recruitment process
• Responsible for supporting TA Partners with vacancies as allocated by TA Leads to satisfactory completion
• Working in collaboration with other members of the Talent Acquisition and People team to ensure the delivery of high-quality recruits against requirements from diverse pools of candidates
• Build Talent Pipelines, responsible for fulfilling recruitment requirements by building an effective diverse talent pool of potential candidates
• Work collaboratively across the team to improve talent acquisition by identifying and sharing key talent
• Deliver face-to-face and virtual training across the Account
• Vacancy positing on various candidate attraction tools and job boards
• Provide great customer, candidate and stakeholder satisfaction
• Ensures corporate and legal requirements are met as part of their role and champions the Talent Resourcing Principles
• Understand and be compliant with latest legislation including GDPR, Data Protection and CBRE policies
• Promotes CBRE employer brand initiatives to attract diverse talent, actively participating across the TA team ensuring best practice is shared and implemented
• Act as the point of contact for internal and external talent providing customer, candidate and stakeholder satisfaction
• Update Avature ATS and other reporting systems to enable weekly and monthly TA activity reports
• Work with agreed Recruitment Agency PSL and manage 3rd party TA suppliers
• Support reduced and effective external agency usage across CBRE

Person Specification

Education

• Internal recruitment experience working alongside HR/People functions.

Skills

• Able to work in a matrix organisation, prioritising and effectively communicating with key stakeholders
• Networking and relationship management
• Customer focused
• Excellent customer service
• Stakeholder and relationship management

Knowledge

• Experience recruiting engineering/industrial and/or customer service roles
• Experience in the use of resourcing technologies and social networking to build candidate/talent pools
• A passion for Diversity Equity and Inclusion in all approaches
• Knowledge and experience in the use of resourcing technologies and social networking to build diverse candidate/talent pools

Experience

• High volume recruitment
• Recruitment technology - ATS expertise, varied search and sourcing methods, Linked, talent pooling and market mapping
• Demonstrate transferable recruitment and sourcing skills into other business sectors
• Delivered face-to-face or virtual training/presentations (desirable)

Aptitude

• A passion for recruitment and service delivery
• Relationship management
• Self-motivated
• Thrives on working in a fast moving, creative, flexible environment
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Integrity
• Motivated to deliver
• Organised with attention to detail
• Results focused

Circumstance

• Able to work outside code hours as required

Core Competencies

• Understanding customer needs
• Responsiveness
• Competence to deliver
• Reliability
• Collaborates