Recruitment Partner - Fixed Term Contract
Department: People & Talent
Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract
Location: Cardiff, UK
Reporting To: Head of Recruitment
Description
Creating Safer Workplaces for Everyone.
We want to create a better working world by building a global network of responsible buyers and suppliers. Alcumus SafeContractor takes the pain out of compliance for over 50,000 organisations globally, helping them protect their people, their operations, and the planet. We support our network of hiring clients, suppliers, and contractors by keeping them compliant with the standards that matter most, from health and safety and sustainability to ethical behaviour.We are seeking a dynamic Recruitment Partner who possesses a diverse skill set and a passion for leveraging their expertise to join the SafeContractor recruitment team in Cardiff!
As a member of the Talent & Recruitment team, you will apply your existing knowledge and adapt it to the exciting world of recruitment at SafeContractor. Your ability to identify transferable skills and effectively engage with candidates from varied backgrounds will be instrumental in sourcing top talent. You will be responsible for owning a variety of commercial hiring areas and will possess a multitude of skills that will help you in driving successful recruitment outputs.
You will be someone who is confident and well versed with stakeholder engagement and influencing mutually required outputs across different seniority levels. You will be a strategic thinker and be able to act on initiative to drive alternative solutions to attracting and hiring the best talent. You will be able to challenge effectively with strong objection handling and influencing skills.
This role is being offered on a Fixed Term Contract basis for a period of 12-15 months.What that means day to day
- Work closely with stakeholders to ensure clarity on the key skills, experience and behaviours required to formulate a robust recruitment strategy for the role.
- Develop a talent pipeline of qualified candidates, proactively approaching talented individuals to sell the Alcumus opportunity across roles at various levels including leading recruitment efforts across apprenticeships, internships and other talent programmes.
- Establish and maintain strong working relationships with potential employees, maintaining this throughout the recruitment process to ensure a first-class candidate experience.
- Conduct regular recruitment review meetings to determine the success of the current plans and adjust the hiring strategy/approach where required to meet both business and market demands.
- Manage recruitment data and provide weekly recruitment updates to ensure hiring managers are kept up to date with progress.
- Manage and attend hiring events, careers fairs and networking opportunities where possible to support hiring efforts and promote the Alcumus employer brand to attractive markets.
- Contribute to wider talent projects to improve the effectiveness of the team delivery, and meet key business objectives.
- Maintain a continuous improvement mindset, and proactively source opportunities to develop skills and experience to positively impact on the business/role.
What you’ll need to be successful
- Previous recruitment experience (360 or internal), knowledge of talent programmes including apprenticeships and funding, OR experience working within a client / customer facing role with some exposure to the field of talent acquisition.
- Experience of delivering against recruitment and people strategies, including skills/competency based hiring frameworks.
- Ability to plan own work effectively, prioritise tasks and deliver against challenging deadlines.
- Demonstrable ability to work at pace, and with agility.
What you'll get in return
Alcumus has a
hybrid workplace policy, where you will work from the office in Cardiff 3 days per week. We want you to be able to do your best work here. We emphasize providing many ways to support our team to do their best work and below are some of the perks and benefits we offer:
Personal Health & Wellbeing / Benefits
>🍼 Enhanced Parental Leave
>🌴Generous annual leave
>🏥 Healthcare Plan
Future Planning
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💰Pension scheme with employer contributions
>💸 Rewards Program – access to discounts and cashback
>🏫 LinkedIn Learning License for upskilling & development
Interested but don’t feel you meet all the requirements?
Our recruitment team assesses and reviews all applications against the role and business needs. We believe in people having transferable and soft skills and want you to know that we do consider where an individual might not meet all the criteria, but have the aptitude and capability, nonetheless. Our priority is to ensure we set people up for success. We will make a final call based on our determining whether we can offer the necessary support to upskill or provide the developmental support needed for you to get the best out of this opportunity with us!
Bring Your Whole Self to Work.
Alcumus is proudly an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team while continuing to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves.
What you can expect if you apply: - A response to your application within 15 working days
- An interview process consisting of:
- An initial discovery call with the recruiter
- A first stage interview via Microsoft Teams
- Additional interview (likely face to face) with the stakeholders you’ll be working with closely in the role
We’re keen to ensure our hiring process allows you to be at your best, so if you need us to make any adjustments, please just let us know.
