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IFS - Student Recruitment Officer - 12 Month FTC

Employer
PwC
Location
Northern Ireland
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
15 Oct 2019

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Sector
Professional Services
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Job Type
HR (General)

Job Details

A career in our Human Resources, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference at PwC by helping to fully leverage the skills and talents of all our people. You’ll help our local offices in driving the Firm’s people strategy, creating a unique people experience for each individual, and supporting our Firm wide values by working with the core competencies that measure and drive individual and Firm wide success in the marketplace.

PwC has been the UK's No1 Graduate Employer, as voted for in the Times High Fliers Top 100 Graduate Employers Survey, for 15 years running. The Student Recruitment team is responsible for implementing and delivering the firm's student recruitment strategy to identify, attract, select and engage the best possible talent from UK Universities and schools.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced recruiter to join our award winning student recruitment team in the Belfast region. Based from our Belfast Office the Student Recruitment Officer plays a key role in sourcing, assessing and onboarding students onto our school leaver, undergraduate and graduate programmes. The Student Recruitment officer is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with key universities and schools throughout the region, as well as providing an exceptional and quality candidate experience for all students applying to the UK firm.

Operations
  • Provide timely management information to the wider team and line of service stakeholders on pipeline of candidates, upcoming events and resourcing.

  • Manage the delivery of all school leaver and undergraduate programmes in the Belfast region and provide ROI analysis to drive future strategy.

  • Manage the candidate experience from point of contact through to onboarding.

  • Support on delivery of elements of the recruitment process, such as assessment day hosting and process feedback etc.

  • Partner with the HC Customer Services team to oversee relevant aspects of the recruitment process (such as pre-selection of applications, staffing and scheduling campus/selection events and onboarding of candidates).

  • Coordinate the ambassador pool within the region.

  • Participate in ad hoc projects within the wider student recruitment team.

  • Work with our national Early Identification team to support national strategies for work experience, internships and placements.


  • Attraction
  • Design and deliver the attraction strategy at key universities and schools, in line with firm wide and local strategic goals.

  • Coordinate, host and resource a wide variety of campus and schools based events – such as employability skills sessions, presentation evenings, brand events and office insight days.

  • Own the relationship with university careers services, student clubs & societies and local schools – advising on firm specific and market-wide developments.

  • Drive necessary interventions on campus to support the recruitment of the required headcount both locally and nationally.

  • Complete annual measuring success reviews of campus strategy to understand ROI and inform future planning.


  • Additional Information
  • Opportunity for working from home? Occasional

  • Amount of time client based (%) 50%

  • Opportunity for job sharing? No

  • Need to travel/overnight stays away from home Yes

  • Opportunity for flexible working (hours)? Yes

  • Amount of time PwC office based (%) 50%


  • Essential skills needed for the role
  • Experience of graduate and/or school leaver recruitment, with a good knowledge of the higher education marketplace, ideally having gained experience within the professional services sector.

  • Able to manage own workload and prioritise a number of concurrent activities, including efficient management of the recruitment process.

  • Excellent communication skills, including public speaking experience.

  • Creative approach to attracting candidates and enthusiasm for direct sourcing on campus.

  • Experience of managing multiple relationships with internal and external contacts at all levels of seniority.

  • Possess the necessary skills to provide timely expert advice and support to key stakeholders.

  • Proactive, can do attitude and strong interpersonal skills.

  • Team player – keen to share knowledge and relevant information with team and clients.

  • Strong attention to detail.

  • Ability to work independently but recognising when appropriate to seek advice or escalate concerns.

  • Strong IT skills - Excel, PowerPoint, Word.


  • Not the role for you?

    Did you know PwC offer flexible contract arrangements as well as contingent work ( ie temporary or day rate contracting)?

    The skills we look for in future employees

    All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, ‘The PwC Professional’ and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.

    Learn more here www.pwc.com/uk/careers/experienced/apply

    Diversity

    We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

    Learn more here www.pwc.com/uk/diversity

    Company

    Our values define how we do things. And our purpose is why we exist - now more than ever - to build trust in society and solve important problems for our clients and our communities. In a world we no longer recognise, we need to rely on the strength and agility of our people to help us to navigate these uncertain times.

    We're committed to ensuring that care and our people's wellbeing remains central to our culture. While we may not know what’s ahead, we can do all we can to help shape the future. As we continue to navigate this unprecedented time, it’s important that we support our people, to help them take care of themselves and to ensure the right support is available when it’s needed.

    For now, we ask you to join our talent network and stay in touch with what’s happening in real time, including new possibilities as they arise. Visit our website for more information on how we’re responding to this pandemic and what changes we’re making to our recruitment process. 

    Stay safe and stay connected in this rapidly changing world.

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    What we do

    We’re one of the world’s leading professional services organisations. From 158 countries, we help our clients, some of the most successful organisations on the globe, as well as its most dynamic entrepreneurs and thriving private businesses, to create the value they want. We help to measure, protect and enhance the things that matter most to them.

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    At PwC our culture drives our success and gives us a sustainable advantage, and we want to create an environment where our employees feel empowered to work in a way that works best for them and help them become the best that they can be. To support our flexible work environment we’ve evolved our dress code policy to “dress for your day”. This reflects the trust we have in our employees to decide what they think is appropriate given their daily responsibilities.

    Flexible Talent Network/Flexible working

    We’re looking for talented professionals we can deploy on a recurring basis across all areas of  PwC, depending on our business needs. The way you work is up to you, whether that’s full-time, part-time, term-time or reduced hours, just let us know and we’ll try and match you to a suitable role. As well as wide ranging opportunities across our business, we have a specific need for qualified accountants to work during our busy season and a programme supporting those returning to work after a break.

    Our Flexible Talent Network video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhaNetNieV4

    As a leading professional services network we’re confident we can offer outstanding training and development opportunities, exposure to multi-disciplinary teams, and support from industry-leading experts. Discover where your talent could take you and join an employer focused on helping you reach your full potential.

    Take the opportunity of a lifetime!

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