Talent Acquisition Specialist

Diageo; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the beverage manufacturing industry is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join their team in Glasgow. This role involves managing the recruitment process, collaborating with hiring managers, and developing talent engagement strategies. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and a proactive approach to talent acquisition.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a detail-oriented role.
• Understanding of talent acquisition strategies.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process.
• Collaborate with hiring managers to identify talent needs.
• Develop and implement talent engagement programs.

Skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Applicant Tracking System

CRM tool

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Base pay range

Talent Acquisition Specialist – High Volume Team

Location : Edinburgh/Glasgow

Contract: 7 Months inside IR35

About Us

Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company with an outstanding diverse collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our purpose – Celebrating life, every day, everywhere – has an important role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we create shared value.

Diageo’s Performance Ambition calls for us to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products company in the world; this requires us to guarantee our plans with the right people and capabilities.

About You

We are looking for someone who has a growth mindset, dynamic in approach, enthusiastic and has a passion for finding and nurturing talent. You may not come from a talent or recruitment background, but if the first part of this paragraph sounds like you and you’re strong in organization and communication – we want to hear from you!

About The Role

As a Talent Engagement Specialist, you will play a crucial role in supporting our team to attract, recruit, and retain top talent. Your main responsibility will be to develop strategies alongside hiring managers, aiming to find and match great people with their vacancies – focusing on vacancies within Supply L6 & L7.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with hiring managers and HRBPs to identify talent needs and develop strategies to attract great candidates.
• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process, including sourcing, screening, interviewing and positioning job offers; right through to onboarding.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with candidates, ensuring a positive candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
• Develop and implement talent engagement programs and initiatives, such as Employer Brand campaigns, Open Days and talent pipelining.
• Monitoring feedback and outcomes received to empower you to learn, adapt and grow.
• Stay updated on industry trends and best practices in talent engagement and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
  
  
  

Experience Required/Skills/Capabilities/Languages

• Proven experience in a role focused around detail, delivery and strong communication.
• An understanding of talent acquisition and/or engagement strategies.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with candidates and internal stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically.
• Proactive approach with a passion for continuous improvement.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Proficiency in a tracking software would be great, i.e. Applicant Tracking System or CRM tool.
  
  
  

Diversity Statement

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

Be you with us!

As a temporary contractor, you'll be employed by our Managed Service Provider, Magnit Global, who manage most of our temporary contract hiring, you will not be employed by Diageo

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Beverage Manufacturing

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