Activate Learning Hiring for Talent Acquisition Business Partner Job at Reading, England Full Time

Job role:

You will be responsible for providing purpose and direction for the talent team and the organisation to attract the best people to work for the Activate Learning group and develop our employer value proposition as integral to our employer brand, forging a steer away from reactive recruitment towards pro-active talent acquisition. You will do this by managing a team of 3 to deliver an outstanding customer experience for our hiring managers, internal employees and external candidates by promoting the right sourcing channels, building our brand externally and embedding our staff journey through our talent acquisition processes.

Through our Applicant Tracking System, you will ensure that we are utilising it to its fullest to ensure an inclusive and fair hiring process. A critical part of this role will be on exploring and supporting innovative sourcing strategies and new ways of uncovering talent to attract a pipeline of suitable candidates for our varied talent challenges including hard to fill roles. All of this will be done within our commitment to ensuring safer recruitment practices.

What do you need to be successful in this role?

You will be a flexible, creative and ideas-led recruiter, who is happy to be involved in the entire recruitment life cycle. You will have experience of developing and executing recruitment strategy to sourcing and hiring decisions and an unwavering desire to support your team’s development and their commitment to hiring managers to attract the best talent for their positions, first time.

Significant experience as an in-house recruiter with a track record in leading a team (no matter what size!) is essential. You will understand the importance of managing expectations, working with the business as a trusted partner and ensuring that complex sourcing requirements for high-volume posts are managed in a candidate led manner.

Absolutely critical is a commitment to a growth mind-set and a desire to work collaboratively in an organisation that transforms at pace.

What are the benefits of this role?

No day in the Talent team at Activate Learning is ever the same. Your job families and geographical locations create talent attraction challenges that all require an ability to think outside the box and encourage you to seek different ways of doing things. You will have opportunity to make an impact and drive change forward in a large scale organisation within a small family feel team. This role is a conduit to other areas within HR and you will be working with peers who are passionate, dedicated and enjoy sharing knowledge.

At Activate Learning, we see our employees as individuals, empowering them to make the right choices for their ambitions and careers. We value our people as vital to our continued success and aspire to a diverse, open and inclusive environment that provides the motivation for everyone to pursue their career goals and flourish. When you work for Activate Learning, you’re working for an organisation that provides you with the advantages of a large employer, a trusted partner in your career development, and a transformational way of working whilst also investing in building a community environment for everyone.

Together, we will bring out the best version of yourself.

We offer a buddy system, a thorough induction process and a close-knit community of experts and leaders across the Group to support the sharing of best practice and encourage individual growth. We have extensive technology in place to develop digital capability and comprehensive Learning and Development opportunities.

What are the benefits of working for Activate Learning Group?

At Activate Learning we are pioneering education with an unwavering focus on providing talent for business and transforming lives through our award-winning Learning Philosophy. Our student experience is the result of our attention to detail in recruiting, developing and retaining the right staff who match and promote the values and behaviours of our brand.

We reward our employees with generous annual leave entitlements, an excellent Pension scheme, comprehensive Learning and Development opportunities, travel subsidies – bus and train, cycle scheme, onsite parking (first come first served), plenty of public transport options for all sites and an Employee Assistance Programme.

Applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before any advertised closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment.

Activate Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check at the appropriate level.

Applications are encouraged from all candidates meeting or exceeding the minimum criteria for the role regardless of age, disability, gender, orientation, race, religion or ethnicity.

Activate Learning are committed to employing disabled people and will ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. We guarantee to offer an interview to all applicants with a disability provided they meet the essential criteria for a role. We will anticipate and provide reasonable adjustments as required and support any existing employee who acquires a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work. If you require an accessible format please contact us.

If an agency submits an unsolicited CV to any partner or employee of our company, you should be aware that they have no authority to enter into an arrangement with you. Should we require recruitment agency involvement, we will contact the agencies on our preferred suppliers list, and we would ask that you respect the relationships we have already built with these suppliers.