The Social Element Hiring for Talent Acquisition Specialist – UK & East Coast of US Job at Remote Full Time

The Social Element is not your typical social media agency. Our number one focus is to help brands build genuine human connections with their consumers. We partner with our clients to find business solutions through human interactions driven by data and insights.

We pride ourselves in having exceptional, diverse talent in our business. As pioneers of social, we stay at the forefront by constantly creating, learning, and guiding.

An opportunity has arisen for a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our people team, and manage the global day-to-day recruitment cycle for a wide range of junior to mid-level roles, and contractors (multilingual community managers and social media moderators).

This is a hands-on environment where you will be working with the Senior Talent & Recruitment Manager to manage several vacancies at once. We would love for someone to come in with fresh and innovative ideas to help us to shape the way we approach recruitment at the agency, from revising our hiring and selection methods, improving employer branding as well as ensuring we have an inclusive approach.

If you are a motivated self starter, are eager to learn and thrive in a fast-paced inclusive environment, we’d love to hear from you!

**This is a full time position available as fully remote anywhere within the UK or the US east coast. We are open to discussing flexible working patterns**

What you’ll be doing:

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  360 recruitment management (Screening, shortlisting, scheduling interviews, issuing and marking assessments and verifying candidates’ availability against the resource gap)
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  Partnering with the hiring manager to agree timelines for hire, interview process, assessment tasks and where the role will be advertised.
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  Growing talent pools: proactively source and identify potential talent through social media and networking, for key roles and languages, and maintain contact in line with GDPR.
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  Recruitment reporting: Assist the Senior Talent & Recruitment Manager to produce monthly recruitment reports e.g. time to hire, time to fill, recruitment costs.
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  Employer branding: work with Senior Talent & Recruitment Manager and marketing team to create inclusive and engaging content to our Careers page to attract potential talent.
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  Collaborate in Recruitment projects: Assisting the People team and Senior Talent & Recruitment Manager to work on projects.

About you:

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  Proactive and friendly approach: We have an inclusive culture and we care about our people and our candidates regardless of whether their application is successful. You must have a caring attitude, and be happy working autonomously.
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  Superb organisational skills and a natural multitasker: It can get quite busy handling many roles at one time, correcting assessments, and going back and forth with candidate conversations, so we’re looking for someone who can remain calm under pressure.
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  Data driven: You are always trying to improve our hiring process and you will think with a data-first approach, compiling and presenting key recruitment metrics and insights.
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  Having a drive to learn & improve: You’re constantly looking for better ways to enhance recruitment practices by keeping abreast of the latest techniques and trends. Eg: D&I, social media recruitment, sourcing techniques, employer branding.
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  A born team player: We are a tight-knit team and we work collaboratively.
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  Open to share ideas, learn and receive feedback: You want to add value to the team by making suggestions, as well as learning from your colleagues..

What you need for this role:

• Previous experience in talent acquisition or similar roles (essential)
• Up-to-date knowledge of recruitment changes and trends, especially in the current market
• Experience in recruitment analytics is highly desirable.
• Confidence using LinkedIn, LinkedIn Recruiter Lite or any similar CRM platform.
• Some knowledge of ATS, social media and networking tools.
• Awareness of key job boards and their strengths.
• Exposure to assessments tools e.g. competency-based interviewing, behavioural questions, assessments, etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with awareness of communication with people from different cultures.

What you’ll get:

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  100% Remote working; we have a genuine dedication to work/life balance.
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  33 days of holiday (including the bank holidays) This will increase with length of service. Once employed for 3 years, you will receive an additional day’s annual leave up to a maximum of 36 days holiday
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  Day off on your Birthday
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  1 Occasion day (getting married? moving house? “Peternity day” to settle a new pet into your home? Your child off for their first day at school?)
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  1 Volunteer day off
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  Career Break: After 1 year’s service, can take between 4 weeks and 1 year unpaid leave.

The Social Element values

• Do it Well
• Be One Team
• Do the Right Thing
• Keep Pioneering
• Make Them Smile

Our People are the beating heart of our business. We are super proud of our talent, diverse team and our people are EVERYTHING to us. We’re proud of the team we’ve built.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Our recruitment process is fair, transparent and based on merit, skill and experience related to the role. We welcome applications from diverse and under-represented groups regardless of their background.

How to apply:

If all this sounds like you, simply upload your CV/resume and a cover letter (or a link to your cover letter video if you prefer). *Make sure to include the following details in your cover letter/video, or we won’t be able to process your application:

• Details of your professional experience in recruitment/talent acquisition
• Details of what valuable skills, knowledge and/or experience you can bring to this role
• Why you are interested in being part of our team at The Social Element

The Social Element is a global social media management agency delivering high-quality, multi-lingual social media management, customer care, social listening, insight, and consultancy. It also offers crisis management training and simulations via its partner brand, Polpeo.

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