Avanade Hiring for Global Talent Acquisition Diversity Lead at London Full Time

Your Work

You will design innovative, scalable sourcing and recruiting strategies that contribute to Avanade’s future growth and Diversity targets. Provide subject matter expertise through market insight, consulting, and evidence-based best practices to drive results. Trusted adviser to our Business and HR leadership, Employee Networks, Global I&D and TA Team Leads and working groups. Identify trends and leverage knowledge, data, and competitive intelligence to influence and drive our diversity recruiting strategies. Compile, analyse and capture insights from data to support business decisions. You will design and implement our Global I&D Talent Acquisition Strategy along with initiatives and pilots to meet our Diversity hiring targets globally

Your Community

We are a small but mighty team with huge goals to transform the way Avanade acquires the right talent. You will work alongside the Global and Area Talent Acquisition Leads, Recruitment Marketing, the Global Inclusion & Diversity team and HR leads. You will be the face of Global Talent Acquisition Diversity across Avanade.

You will report directly to the Global TA Transformation Team Lead with a collaborative, dotted- line into the Chief Diversity Officer. We think boldly and inclusively. We experiment with new approaches and expect some to fail. We collaborate daily over coffee (or tea for our British colleague). We like solving hard problems. We remove barriers to entry so we can expand our talent pools and provide more opportunities for all to thrive at Avanade. Together, we will position Avanade as an award-winning destination for top talent, that is truly diverse and future ready.

Your Experience

• Proven Global Talent Acquisition Leadership with a focus on Inclusion and Diversity
• Evidence of designing strategies to deliver diversity hiring results
• Worked in a virtual and dispersed, global team environment and partnered with individuals across all levels of an organization
• Successful and proven track record of building TA I&D strategies and solutions that are globally/regionally consistent and locally relevant – add driving them to completion
• Built successful relationships with external TA I&D Partners

Your Skills

• Considered to be a Diversity SME in the TA space with a genuine passion for building diverse and inclusive teams
• Experience in creating and delivering Global Talent Acquisition Strategies
• Managing large complex projects/programs along with an ability to multi-task in an agile, growth mindset environment
• Demonstrated capability to work well in a team and independently in a fully remote role
• Constantly learning, you have a desire to be genuinely progressive in everything you do – the idea of being part of a People function that thinks of itself as ‘back office’ makes you cringe
• Proven experience with design, development, and implementation of TA sustainable large-scale programs
• Able to work at pace, under pressure and connect the dots quickly, solving problems
• Knowledge of the following frequently used tools extremely beneficial: Microsoft Excel (e.g., proficiency with VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables) Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft PowerPoint (skills with an eye for detail on formatting and graphics/charts).

What we offer you

Come for the distinctive experiences you have helping forward-thinking corporations, non-profits, and governments push the boundaries of digital innovation. Stay for the limitless learning opportunities that encourage you to master Microsoft and pursue big ideas. Enjoy ambitious growth for yourself as part of Avanade’s people-first culture with benefits like employee stock purchasing, flexible work arrangements, a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and competitive pay.