Recruitment Consultant, Talent Acquisition (12 month fixed term contract)

Northern Trust; Limerick; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial institution is seeking an experienced recruiter for a 12-month contract in Limerick. The role involves managing the complete recruitment process, from entry-level to senior roles, and requires strong organizational skills and experience in sourcing strategies. The ideal candidate will thrive in a dynamic environment and have in-house recruitment experience. This position offers a collaborative workplace culture focused on career development.

Benefits

Flexible work culture

Internal mobility opportunities

Commitment to community support

Qualifications

• Ability to handle both high volume and senior vacancies.
• Experience in direct sourcing and managing partnerships.
• Strong skills in translating business goals into recruitment needs.
• Ability to effectively network and establish credibility.
• Skilled in conducting competency-based interviews.
• Highly organized with a strong multitasking ability.
• Experience in analyzing recruitment data for improvement.
• Knowledge of relevant employment legislation.
• Essential recruiting experience, preferably in-house.
• Financial services recruiting experience is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for a specific business unit.
• Conduct strategy meetings to determine key role skills.
• Set recruitment strategies to maximize candidate diversity.
• Design innovative sourcing strategies.
• Leverage technology to maintain candidate pipelines.
• Guide teams through assessment and selection processes.
• Review CVs, screen candidates, and conduct interviews.
• Manage the offer process collaboratively.
• Maintain tracking and reporting using Workday.
• Gather external market intelligence on recruitment trends.

Skills

High recruitment volume handling

Sourcing strategies development

Consulting skills

Effective networking

Organizational skills

Data management

Recruitment management analysis

Employment legislation knowledge

In-house recruiting experience

Financial services recruitment experience

Tools

Workday

Beamery

LinkedIn Recruiter

Excel

Job description

About Northern Trust

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Role / Department

The Human Resources department plays a critical role in managing the organisation’s most important asset, its people, and is responsible for a broad range of activities, including identifying and recruiting the best available talent, and partnering with managers to retain, develop and motivate our people to reach their fullest potential.

The EMEA Human Resources team serves the organisation internationally overseeing offices in London, Dublin, Limerick, Guernsey, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, UAE and Saudi Arabia as well as partnering with the wider global Human Resources team to develop a consistent HR strategy and delivery. The HR teams include Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Talent Management, HR Services and Operations, Human Resource Consulting and Employee Relations.

The EMEA Talent Acquisition team is responsible for overseeing recruitment for our EMEA offices and is based across Limerick and London. This role is based in Ballysimon, Limerick and requires candidates to work from the office a minimum of three days per week.

Due to maternity leave, a 12 month contract opporunity is now available for an experienced recruiter to join this high performing team.

The Key Responsibilities Of The Role Include

• Managing the full recruitment process from end to end for all hires within a specific business unit from entry level to Senior Vice President level hires across the region
• Conducting recruitment strategy meetings with business leaders to determine both key technical skills and critical behaviours for role success.
• Setting a robust and consistent recruitment strategy and process to maximise diverse candidate pipeline
• Designing and delivering innovative sourcing strategies using direct sourcing methods (advertising, referrals, headhunting, networking, market mapping), internal sourcing and third party agencies where appropriate
• Leveraging full technology stack to source and maintain candidate pipelines (Workday, Beamery, LinkedIn Recruiter etc)
• Guiding hiring managers and teams through assessment and selection process
• Collating and reviewing CVs, screening and shortlisting candidates
• Conducting competency based interviews, assessing candidates against role critical behaviours and providing detailed insight, analysis and recommendations to the business, challenging thinking when necessary.
• Managing the offer process with the candidate working with the HR Consultants and Compensation & Benefits teams to structure offers.
• Maintaining up to date tracking and management reporting using Workday. Excel skills beneficial.
• Collating external market intelligence for the business on recruitment and market trends
• Offering a best in class candidate experience to internal talent and employee referrals as well as direct applicants.
• Working closely with the wider HR team including regular updates with the HR Consultants.

Skills/ Qualifications

• Ability to deal with high recruitment volumes as well as more specialist senior vacancies.
• Experience of developing sourcing strategies including direct sourcing and managing external partners and vendors.
• Strong consulting skills and experience in translating business objectives into role and competency requirements and creating appropriate solutions.
• Ability to network effectively, establishes credibility quickly, builds strong relationships with candidates and hiring managers and effectively sells Northern Trust.
• Ability to screen applicants and conduct competency based interviews while making sound judgments on suitability for the role / organisation
• Ability to work in a very organised way, multi-tasking, prioritising, managing data, and setting and achieving deadlines
• Experience of analysing recruitment management information and using this to identify and initiate improvements
• Knowledge of / exposure to relevant employment legislation
• Recruiting experience is essential, in-house permanent recruiting experience is preferable.
• Financial / Professional Services recruiting experience would be beneficial although not essential.
• Demonstrate resilience and flexibility in an agile environment that is both fast paced and constantly evolving.

Working With Us

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at [e-mail].

We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.