Senior Talent Specialist
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Senior Talent Specialist
[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is looking for an in-house Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist. This is a hybrid role based in Manchester, UK. Permanent full-time position.
About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]
We're [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a fresh alternative to Big Consulting. As an end-to-end transformation partner, we define, design, build and operate systems that solve our clients’ toughest challenges and seize their biggest opportunities. That often means combining strategy, data, AI, technology, and change management. Sometimes we manage and operate the systems we create; other times, we hand it over for the client to run – standing by to make improvements when things change. It all comes down to making an impact: improving lives, supporting citizens, streamlining workflows, and making the world a better place. We specialise in public sector and public-facing organisations—from government agencies and local authorities to energy, utilities, transportation and healthcare. We also work for some of the world’s most dynamic brands across automotive, retail, financial services, and consumer goods. We work closely (often on site) with our clients; to deliver impact you are keen to help us build the workforce of the future, we should talk.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage full end to end recruitment lifecycles. Working with hiring managers and practices to determine scope of role and hiring strategy
- Building a talent pipeline and direct candidate sourcing
- Build relationships across the associate (freelance) network to increase more direct sourcing. Building associate engagement to improve time to hire from associate pool
- Building and maintaining positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Manage & maintain our recruitment ATS system, Pinpoint
- Conduct market research – Provide data on market trends to include, but not limited to; salary and day rates, candidate availability, emerging risks and opportunities
- Contribute to project led activities such as employer value proposition
- Be data driven – use data such as DE&I stats to propose and promote positive activities to ensure we continue to attract a diverse workforce
- Attend and organise events such as tech hiring events, hackathons, and university partnerships to proactively engage with top-tier talent to continuously enable strong pipeline management
- Network and build relationships to ensure access to a diverse market of talent for current and future business needs
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- Experience working in a fast-paced high volume in house recruitment role, with experience working closely with hiring managers and wider leadership teams, to define requirements, recruitment process and then deliver on positive outcomes
- Experienced in end-to-end processes both permanent and freelance hiring
- Experienced at managing competing priorities with multiple roles (volume), managing to end to end recruitment lifecycle
- Have experience scoping and managing hiring strategies with key stakeholders
- Adaptable to changing needs and priorities, able to work in a fast-paced environment
- You will need to have experience working across a minimum of three of the technical disciplines (Development, DevOps and Data roles) and non-technical disciplines (Service Design, User Research, UX Design, Consulting and Delivery roles)
- Experience pipelining and talent pooling
- Proactive and passionate about what you do
- Highly tuned stakeholder management
- Ability to build strong relationships with a diverse group of people at all levels in the organisation
- Ability to write compelling job ads to ensure the right candidate attraction
- Manage hiring stats and work to targets such as time to hire, quality and use the data to make recommendations for continuous improvement
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- You’ll have a growth mindset
- You are AI curious and ready to embrace opportunities
Desirable Skills/Experiences
- Experience working within the consultancy industry
- Experience with public sector clients
- Understanding of how to translate a SoW into a compelling proposition to attract the right skills
Our Culture and Benefits
Our culture is built on: We raise the bar, We look out for each other, We embrace our differences, We shape a changing world, We’re all in.
Our benefits include: Holiday entitlement 28 days with option to buy/sell up to 5 days, day off on birthday, pension up to 5% matched, private healthcare, life assurance, enhanced maternity/paternity/shared parental leave, cycle to work, gym & retail discounts, regular social events.
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Department: Operations, Talent & Support | Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time | Location: Manchester, UK | Workplace type: Hybrid