AVP, Talent Acquistion

at  Aviva

Are you passionate about giving people great opportunity to start or develop their career? Do you want to enable Aviva to achieve success through hiring the right people? If this excites you, and you are an expert leader, with experience of leading operational service delivery then this is the role for you.
The AVP, Talent Acquisition is responsible for delivering resourcing solutions to ensure the Canadian businesses and functions have the right diverse talent in the right place and with the right skills to achieve our business priorities – now and in the future. They are also responsible for providing leadership to some of the Talent Acquisition partners responsible for the end to end recruitment process and talent programs. This role is highly collaborative, working across multiple business and stakeholders, to balance leadership, operational, strategic and transformational initiatives and priorities.

What you’ll do

• Partner with business stakeholders and HR Business Partners to define and implement resourcing strategies to meet their current and future requirements
• Lead and coach an inhouse team which includes, Talent Acquisition, Early Careers and Sourcing partners
• Responsible for ensuring excellence in delivery and cost effective resourcing from our external partners, including our MSP partnership
• Responsible for Executive recruitment, working closely with the Head of Rewards
• Develop hiring manager capability in selection, assessment and onboarding
• Build employer brand awareness internally and externally
• Managing the spend and usage on agencies
• Utilize market insight and data analysis to inform resourcing strategies and innovation agenda
• Continuously improve and evolve the proposition, maximizing technology and market innovation
• Embed Aviva’s values and behaviours in recruitment process
• Identify, own and manage the specific key risks and/or key controls within your area. Maintain appropriate records and ensure that controls are sufficiently well designed and operating effectively to keep the risks that they mitigate within Aviva’s tolerance level.

What you’ll bring:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ year established experience in Talent Acquisition experience
• 5+ years leadership experience
• Strong business acumen and commercial outlook
• Experienced using data to provide insight and inform action
• Experienced in effecting organization and cultural change in a variety of complex environments

What You’ll Get:

• Competitive rewards package including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness, and volunteer opportunities.
• Exceptional Career Development opportunities.
• We’ll support your professional development education.

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.
Individually we are people, but together we are Aviva. Individually these are just words, but together they are our Values – Care, Commitment, Community, and Confidence.
Additional Information: Aviva Canada has an accommodation process in place to provide accommodations for employees with disabilities. If upon commencement of employment you require a specific accommodation because of a disability, please contact your Talent Acquisition Partner so that an appropriate accommodation can be arranged. This process applies throughout your career with Aviva Canada

• Partner with business stakeholders and HR Business Partners to define and implement resourcing strategies to meet their current and future requirements
• Lead and coach an inhouse team which includes, Talent Acquisition, Early Careers and Sourcing partners
• Responsible for ensuring excellence in delivery and cost effective resourcing from our external partners, including our MSP partnership
• Responsible for Executive recruitment, working closely with the Head of Rewards
• Develop hiring manager capability in selection, assessment and onboarding
• Build employer brand awareness internally and externally
• Managing the spend and usage on agencies
• Utilize market insight and data analysis to inform resourcing strategies and innovation agenda
• Continuously improve and evolve the proposition, maximizing technology and market innovation
• Embed Aviva’s values and behaviours in recruitment process
• Identify, own and manage the specific key risks and/or key controls within your area. Maintain appropriate records and ensure that controls are sufficiently well designed and operating effectively to keep the risks that they mitigate within Aviva’s tolerance level