Talent Acquisition Partner (Based in Paddington)

The Oakleaf Partnership are seeking a Talent Acquisition Partner who will report directly to the Talent Acquisition Manager and will work closely with the global HR team. The Talent Acquisition Partner will utilise best practice to drive the recruitment needs internally and externally while also building the brand through engagement in the market place.

Key Responsibilities:

Build strong professional relationships with the HR team, hiring managers and internal stakeholders.

Managing the full recruitment lifecycle, hiring great people as quickly and efficiently as possible and without the use of recruitment agencies where possible (using LinkedIn, job boards, hiring portals, universities, employee networks, etc)

Where use of agencies is required, effectively manage relationships to ensure we have the best fee rates and they are representing and serving the business as effectively as possible

Work with hiring managers to write and define job descriptions where needed

Leverage your network and the networks of our teams to source top talent

Shortlist candidates via telephone screenings/skype / face-to-face meetings prior to presenting hiring managers with a shortlist

Providing recruitment guidance and advice to the hiring managers and training them accordingly

Innovative and proactive in providing a targeted approach to attract the best talent

Build recruiting processes, ensuring aligned quality control and proactively identifying and actioning areas for process improvement

Continuously improving processes to ensure an excellent experience for candidates throughout the hiring process as well as a great on boarding experience when they start

Providing professional advice and open and honest feedback to candidates in a timely manner and in accordance with recruitment best practice

Skill & Experience Requirements

Successful track record leading the end-to-end recruitment cycle for all levels

Ability to think creatively in attracting, searching for new candidates and overall recruitment process

Experience developing and managing recruitment processes using direct sourcing, social media and innovative strategies

Skilled at conducting behavioral based interviews for a variety of roles

Ability to write client oriented communications e.g. emails, job descriptions

Experience in talent pipelining

Good knowledge of talent frameworks and employee engagement

Experience recruiting global roles and their corresponding intricacies

IT outsource industry background advantage but not essential

Successful experience managing multiple searches, and stakeholders, at different stages of the recruitment lifecycle at the same time

Previously demonstrated excellent stakeholder management and engagement

Strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills

A strong understanding of technical competencies and frameworks

Strong networking skills

An ability to consistently deliver against challenging targets

Comfort with the ownership of a workload that can be varied and heavy at times