SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Have experience of facilitating competency based interviews.
• High service delivery standards in every respect and the ability to win the confidence and respect of others
• Exceptional attention to detail and a sense of urgency
• Use of initiative in day to day tasks to ensure efficient ways of working
• Proactive management of your own workload, the ability to prioritise, adapt to changing deadlines and to work under pressure
• Methodical and flexible approach

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent)
• The ideal candidate will have recruitment experience within a professional services organisation
• Highly PC literate with strong systems skills

AREAS OF FOCUS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The main focus of the role is facilitating the end to end recruitment process for our business services teams, including liaising with hiring managers to establish requirements, advertising and direct sourcing where possible, managing agencies, interviewing and testing where required and contributing to salary benchmarking. Full responsibilities of the role are:

• Managing hiring manager’s expectations, giving constructive best practice advice.
• Actively managing candidates through the end-to-end recruitment process delivering a high-touch, engaging candidate experience.
• Building relationships with agencies and attending interviews with hiring managers on a daily basis.
• Producing detailed job specifications and working with hiring managers to structure appropriate screening practises and interviews in line with specific role requirements.
• Driving our direct sourcing initiatives by leveraging LinkedIn to increase direct hires by engaging with candidates directly.
• Managing the PSL and contract terms for business services recruitment in London where recruitment agencies and search firms are used.
• Encouraging recruitment best practice across the firm and implementing any improvements.
• Screening CVs for the desired requirements in the first instance.
• Liaising with preferred recruitment agencies and briefing them on current requirements.
• Arranging and leading briefing meetings with hiring managers and preferred agencies where necessary to fully understand the role requirements and market fluctuations.
• Scheduling and conducting both technical and competency based interviews with hiring managers, as well as assessments for vacancies (where necessary).
• Managing and facilitating end to end assessment centres for our business services apprenticeship schemes on a 6 monthly basis.
• Providing detailed constructive feedback after interviews.
• Assisting with budgeting and market mapping annually for business services staff.
• Acting as a key point of contact for queries coming into the HR Helpdesk and effectively liaising with team members and the business to provide comprehensive solutions.
• Responsible for checking and coding invoices for business services hiring fees.
• Assisting with the graduate recruitment processes.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for the performance of this job, and as such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.