Abel & Cole Ltd Hiring for Talent Acquisition Specialist Job at Wimbledon, England Full Time

Recruitment Advisor – London or Andover

Who are we?

Abel & Cole has pioneered organic, ethical and sustainable food delivery for over 30 years. Doing things better is our bread and butter; from saving over 60 million plastic bags by using reusable boxes for our food deliveries, to finding alternatives to plastic long before it hit the headlines. We are forever challenging ourselves to find the most positive way to do business and want everyone to eat organic because it’s one way to save the future. It’s these values that enabled us to become B Corp certified; an optional audit we’ve gone through to recognise how we put people and planet before profit, as well as help us find room for further improvement.

We’re looking for more people to join our team of almost 700, to share our passion for doing the right thing even bigger and better than we do already. In a fast paced and competitive market, we know it’s our people who make the difference. We’ve learnt how important it is to recognise, develop and promote from within; and that trusting people lets them come up with the best ideas and that helps our entrepreneurial spirit to thrive.

Want to see more?

Check us out at: www.abelandcole.co.uk, https://bcorporation.net/directory/abel-cole, and Instagram

Role Summary:

You will provide a full range of recruitment advice and services to support the needs of the business. In this standalone recruitment role, you will be responsible for the full recruitment lifecycle working with recruiting managers from across the business. You will build good working relationships with the People team, recruiting managers, external agencies and providers. You’ll be adept at developing innovative recruitment strategies to meet recruitment needs and develop our recruitment brand, so that A&C is recognised externally as a great place to work.

Key Responsibilities:

The Recruitment Advisor’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Working with all departments to ensure a robust recruitment and selection process is carried out in order to attract high calibre candidates.
• Continually review and update the recruitment toolkit.
• Develop creative and innovative methods to promote and raise the profile of Abel & Cole. Chose relevant and affordable recruitment channels to attract high quality candidates.
• Arrange and or attend recruitment fairs, develop original recruitment methods and incentive schemes
• Write attractive advertisements in line with the company values to reach the right audience
• Taking ownership of the candidate journey and experience, ensuring maximum success at each stage of the recruitment and onboarding process.
• Organise interviews and other selection processes, attend interviews as required
• Ensuring all administrative tasks are completed, updating of internal candidate records, and feedback to candidates
• Handling all advert responses in a timely manner, carrying out an initial sift of candidates where appropriate.
• Interfacing with candidates via phone, email and social media in a professional, confident, and friendly manner representing Abel & Cole.
• Contribute towards the development of recruitment policies and procedures in line with legal requirements and best practice.
• Collect and provide meaningful recruitment statistics/reports.
• Keep up to date with recruitment legislation, including GDPR requirements to ensure best practice and compliance throughout the recruitment process.
• Deliver recruitment training to hiring managers.
• Manage and develop our ATS system to ensure it is meeting our recruitment needs.
• Develop a talent pipeline for the operational teams.
• Progress and develop our recruitment equality and inclusion initiatives.
• Work collaboratively with the rest of the People team.
• Act as an ambassador for our B Corp values: make all decisions with our social and environmental impact in mind and look for opportunities, no matter how small, to use our business as a force for good.

Skills and Experience:

Essential

• You’ll have strong, up to date, previous experience in recruitment
• Sound working knowledge of legislation and best practice around recruitment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to develop effective working relationships internally and externally.
• Good at using Microsoft packages and competent at using an ATS.
• Strong organisational skills.
• A methodical approach and meticulous attention to detail.
• Able to generate innovate recruitment strategies
• A great attitude and willingness to muck in where necessary!

What we offer

• Salary of up to £45,000 per annum (FTE).
• This is a full-time position, Monday – Friday, 37.5 hours per week, but flexibility considered.
• 33 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays (FTE).
• Flexible working options considered.
• A free box of fruit and veg every week (it’s pretty delicious!)
• Up to 35% discount on A&C products.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Contributory pension scheme.

The closing date for submitting applications is 4pm on Friday 5th November 2021.

If you are interested in this position, then please visit our company website for more details and to apply on-line: (https://www.abelandcole.co.uk/news/careers). You will be asked to submit a copy of your most up to date CV and an optional cover letter.

Abel & Cole promotes equal opportunities for all employees. We want our employees to feel they can be themselves at work and develop their talents to the full. Members of staff are expected to take personal responsibility for keeping our workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and bullying – a place where everyone is treated fairly and respectfully.

To support Abel & Cole’s commitment to inclusion and diversity, we ask that you remove all personal details from your CV. This includes removal of home address, D.O.B and place of education.