Talent Acquisition Specialist

at  Clarke Energy

Job Title: Talent Acquisition Specialist
Reports to: HR Manager
Function: HR
Location: Knowsley
Job Purpose: To manage the full lifecycle recruitment process from identifying and attracting top talent to successfully onboarding new hires. To develop effective recruiting strategies and to ensure a seamless candidate experience.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and hiring for a variety of roles.
• Collaborate with hiring managers to understand staffing needs and create job descriptions that align with business goals.
• Develop and implement innovative sourcing strategies to attract passive candidates using platforms such as LinkedIn, job boards, recruitment agencies, and social media.
• Build and maintain a strong talent pipeline for critical roles to ensure timely recruitment when vacancies arise.
• Conduct initial phone and video interviews to assess candidate qualifications, experience, and cultural fit.
• Coordinate and schedule interviews with hiring managers and ensure a smooth candidate experience throughout the process.
• Provide regular updates to hiring managers on recruitment status and feedback on candidates.
• Drive employer branding initiatives to promote Clarke Energy as an employer of choice through various platforms and recruitment marketing efforts.
• Maintain a strong relationship with external recruitment agencies, negotiating terms and managing performance.
• Manage offer process, including negotiating compensation packages and coordinating the onboarding of new hires.
• Track and analyse recruitment metrics to assess effectiveness and report to senior management.
• Ensure compliance with all employment regulations and company policies.

This role requires the job holder to demonstrate that they are:

• Consistently trustworthy and professional.
• Reliable and dependable.
• Responsive to customers’ needs
• Effective in managing their time and workload.
• Prepared to work under own initiative and do what is required to get job done.
• Committed to quality and improvement.
• Willing to take responsibility for their work and actions.
• Keen to seek out and act on ideas for self- improvement

In addition it is particularly important to the success of this role that the job holder can demonstrate the following:

• Works well in a team.
• Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Flexible and adaptable- does what needs to be done.
• Good relationship builder- able to work at all levels and across functions.
• Customer focused.
• Good attention to detail.
• Effective under pressure.
• Ambition to progress within role and take on extra responsibility