Talent Acquisition Specialist (Fixed Term Contract)

at  Abbott Laboratories

HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

At Abbott, you will play a crucial role to help people live more fully at all stages of their lives. Abbott is a global healthcare leader and our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional products and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues have a daily impact on the life of people in more than 160 countries.
Abbott Diabetes Care Witney is at the forefront of Diabetes care with the latest technology, to manufacture FreeStyle blood glucose test strips and FreeStyle Sensors for use in diabetes management. Among Abbott Diabetes Care leading brands are the FreeStyle Precision, FreeStyle Lite and FreeStyle Libre systems.
We are growing our team at Witney and are searching for an enthusiastic TA Specialist who will be fully site based and will work with us to source, attract and hire top tier talent for the organisation.
As a TA Specialist with Abbott , you will be responsible for identifying, engaging, selecting, and hiring the most suitable candidates for Abbott predominately from life sciences, finance, and business support.

CRITICAL CAPABILITIES

• Strategy development and execution: Support the operational execution of the hiring strategy and drive actions that yield tangible recruiting results. Use multiple sources to get desired outcome.
• Influence stakeholders and candidates: Build credibility with hiring managers, candidates, and within team through successful placements, knowledge of the labour market, talent segments, Abbott businesses, and job functions.
• Leadership: Take accountability for the plan, timeline, and deliverables. Make informed decisions throughout the recruiting process.
• Change management: Support and embrace application or process change initiatives.
• Data management analysis and insights, storytelling: Demonstrate skills in reporting and presenting data using Abbott systems and MS suite. Attend TA training, proactively ask for support when needed and network with senior TA team members to learn and close skills gaps.
• Project management: Support in-country and in-division TA projects.
• Endurance and resilience: Problem-solve through set-backs and adapt to changes in direction.

REQUIREMENTS

• University degree or equivalent.
• Fluent English language skills are required, another language would be an advantage.
• Strong track record of sourcing via tools and networks.
• Strong assessment skills to assess candidate’s business capabilities, technical background and key behaviours.
• Ideally a combination of agency and in house recruitment experience.

• Full cycle recruiting, from the requirement definition, through offer negotiation and hiring, using Abbott’s ATS and CRM.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies that leverage the use of cost-effective recruiting channels such as the Abbott careers page, job boards, social media posts, CRM and ATS data sources, referral programs, virtual job fairs, and DEI talent pipelines.
• Ensuring structured/competency-based interview process is followed for each hiring requirement, running assessment centres when required.
• Ensuring ATS (Workday) is maintained providing reporting as and when required.
• Providing strategic market data and market research
• Identifying and resolving issues pro-actively.
• Collaborating closely with Key Internal Stakeholders, these include, first-line hiring manager, Business HR, TA colleagues, HR practice centres, HR service centres.