Talent Acquisition Advisor - Operations

at  Unite Students

WHAT YOU`LL GET IN RETURN

• A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success
• 25 days` paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service
• A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save
• Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends
• Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more!

As a Talent Acquisition Advisor at Unite Students, you will play a vital role in sourcing, attracting, and hiring top talent for our operational teams. You will manage the entire recruitment process, from identifying staffing needs to onboarding new hires, ensuring a seamless and positive experience for candidates and hiring managers alike.
This role offers the opportunity to develop your skills within a dynamic, supportive, and agile environment, contributing to innovative projects and driving sustainable change. If you are passionate about talent acquisition, thrive in a fast-paced setting, and are committed to making a difference in the lives of students, we encourage you to apply.

What You`ll Be Doing

• Talent Sourcing and Attraction
• Employer Brand Ambassador: Act as a representative of our employer brand, promoting Unite Students as an employer of choice.
• Recruitment Strategy Development: Partner with hiring managers to understand staffing needs and develop targeted recruitment strategies.
• Advertising and Talent Pool Engagement: Ensure job adverts are fresh, engaging, and effectively targeted towards our desired talent pools, while contributing to the continuous improvement of our talent attraction strategies.
• Career Fairs and Events: Participate in career fairs and other events to attract prospective candidates and promote our organisation.
• Recruitment Process Management
• Candidate Screening: Support hiring managers with sifting and shortlisting for vacancies, ensuring candidates are assessed for quality, technical capability, and alignment with our brand values and behaviours.
• Assessment and Interviews: Lead the coordination, setup, and facilitation of assessment centres and interviews, delivering a fair and engaging process for all candidates.
• Interview Training: Act as an exemplar for interview and assessment techniques, providing training and upskilling to hiring managers to ensure informed hiring decisions.
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I)
• Advocacy for DE&I: Act as an advocate for our DE&I strategy by encouraging hiring managers to challenge biases and ensure diverse shortlisting for every vacancy.
• Performance Metrics: Support DE&I efforts by achieving and maintaining diversity metrics and performance across operations.
• Candidate Experience
• Offer and Rejection Coordination: Manage the offer and rejection processes, ensuring a positive experience for all candidates regardless of the outcome
• Experience Metrics: Monitor and aim to improve candidate and hiring manager experience, using Net Promoter Score (NPS) feedback as a key measure of success.
• Data Management and Reporting
• Recruitment Data Accuracy: Maintain accurate recruitment data and provide regular reports on key metrics, such as time-to-hire and cost-per-hire.
• Compliance: Ensure the recruitment process complies with all relevant legislation and adheres to our service level agreements (SLAs).
• Continuous Improvement and Innovation
• Industry Trends and Best Practices: Stay informed about industry trends and best practices in talent acquisition to continually improve our processes.
• Project Contribution: Lead and contribute to various project activities within the Talent Acquisition space to support the delivery of our long-term strategy.

What We`re Looking for in You

• Recruitment Experience: Proven experience in delivering a high-volume recruitment process.
• Communication and Relationship Building: Strong communication skills and a demonstrated ability to build professional partnerships and relationships.
• Problem-Solving and Initiative: A proactive, positive approach to challenges with a solution-focused mindset and the ability to act on your initiative.
• Time Management: Confidence in managing your time effectively and prioritising tasks to meet concurrent deadlines.
• Team Collaboration and Independence: Comfortable working in a small team but also capable of making independent decisions that align with business needs.
• Continuous Learning: A desire to learn and grow within a supportive, high-performing environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Proficient with IT/mobile applications, internet searching, and adaptability to bespoke IT systems and tools.