BBC Hiring for Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor – Sourcing – Technology & Product Job at London, England Full Time

Do you want to be part of the transformation of talent acquisition at one of the world’s most high-profile media organisations and be part of the team driving its inclusive sourcing strategy?

Are you an accomplished talent acquisition sourcing expert, who specialises in Technology & Product? Would you like to influence the transformation and future success of talent acquisition at the BBC? Would you like to support the organisation at a time when you will play a critical role in helping it make an even greater impact across the world, arguably when the world has never needed it more?

The BBC is the world’s leading public service broadcaster. We’re impartial and independent and every day we create distinctive, world-class programmes and content which inform, educate and entertain millions of people around the world. Our 22,000 employees are driven by our five inspiring public purposes and you’ll need to be deeply inspired and motivated by them too.

We are on a journey of transformation. An enterprise-wide cultural and organisational evolution, that will unlock and amplify the potential in all our existing and future employees to deliver value for all audiences. And we need world-class talent to join and help us deliver this aspiration.

As well as being accountable for contributing to and delivering the inclusive sourcing strategy, processes and procedures from Early Careers to senior hires you’ll be joining at a time when our entire Talent Acquisition team itself is also undergoing transformation and evolving, to help deliver on the BBC’s vision. You will therefore have to help us move internally to a more strategic and joined up approach to sourcing, while balancing this with the need to improve the candidate experience and deliver on evolving commercial realities

Main Responsibilities

• Achieve inclusive and complex Technology and Product Sourcing utilising the new and evolving inclusive sourcing vision and strategy and approach across the BBC, while making adjustments as required to this approach to ensure this continues to meet the wider BBC strategy.
• Experienced in ensuring inclusive sourcing processes, best practice and trends.
• Deliver new high impact inclusive sourcing tools and initiatives.
• Engage with possible talent interested in the BBC and conduct professional screening of candidates ensuring alignment with the BBC cultural values whilst supporting the building of capability across Talent Acquisition in inclusive sourcing.
• Ensure the global recruitment and CRM system and data processes are fully utilised with exceptional attention to detail in record keeping whilst always ensuring confidentiality.
• Partner with the Employer Brand and Executive Search and Market Mapping teams to develop and deploy a consistent approach to candidate relationship management.
• Work with wider Talent Acquisition team and counter-parts to position the BBC as an employer of choice in the external market, enabling the BBC to attract the future skills and capabilities to deliver the BBC’s strategic priorities while also supporting the development and promotion of talent already in the organization.
• Collaborate with People Partners, Senior Talent Acquisition Business Partners, Executive Search, Assessment and Selection and Early Careers Recruitment to aid in development succession and strategic workforce planning to enable the Technology and Product Sourcing team to carry out talent mapping and talent pooling for current and future requirements.
• Maintain consistent communications and accurate administration throughout the sourcing process especially pertaining to hand offs to other teams to ensure timely correspondence that will include all offers of employment.
• Have excellent time management skills and be able to manage any queries from hiring managers and candidates relating to quality of service.
• Be responsible for escalating issues and/or queries appropriately.
• Contribute to a high performance and inclusive team culture ensuring delivery against SLA’s and KPI’s, enhancing the reputation of the BBC Talent Acquisition function through service excellence and professionalism.
• Support continuous improvement and strive to be insightful, identifying any opportunities, risks and priorities.
• Be a visible member of the Talent Acquisition Team, actively contributing to the wider Talent Acquisition and People and Organisational Development strategy and goals as appropriate.
• Build relationships and form alliances with external counterparts, communities of practice and stakeholders to keep informed of external trends and best practice and to scan for innovations and opportunities to form partnerships.
• Be an ambassador for the function and represent the BBC Talent Acquisition team internally and externally (as appropriate).

Are you the right candidate?

You will no doubt already have relevant in-house inclusive sourcing experience that specialises in technology and product gained in large complex corporate settings and direct experience of successfully shaping and delivering high impact sourcing strategies and campaigns.

You’ll also have led and successfully developed a high performing sourcing team that specialised in technology and product before and enjoy uncertainty as you’ll help us to shape and deliver evolving sourcing services into an organisation that itself is going through significant cultural change. And finally, you’ll be at home with technological advancements in sourcing, with knowledge of CRM systems and unlocking the insights and value these can bring to the talent acquisition ecosystem.

The challenges and aspirations listed above should truly motivate you; with the opportunity to support us in building a talent acquisition team that is not only best in class, but also the envy of UK and international industry as whole.

If you want to be a critical part of this challenge and your track record and area of expertise are aligned, then we’re looking forward to receiving your application.

For more information, please contact Sam Hassall via: [email protected]

About the BBC

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here

Package Description

Band: C
Contract type: Permanent
Location: UK – Various

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits– We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

The situation regarding the coronavirus outbreak is developing quickly and the BBC is keen to continue to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people across the BBC, while continuing to protect our services. To reduce the risk access to BBC buildings is limited to those essential to our broadcast output. From Wednesday 18th March until further notice all assessments and interviews will be conducted remotely. For more information go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/

Mae’r sefyllfa gyda’r coronafeirws yn datblygu’n gyflym, ac mae’r BBC yn awyddus i barhau i sicrhau diogelwch a lles pobl ar draws y BBC, gan barhau i warchod ein gwasanaethau hefyd. I leihau’r risg, dim ond y bobl sy’n hanfodol i’n hallbwn darlledu fydd yn cael mynediad i adeiladau’r BBC. O ddydd Mercher 18fed Mawrth ymlaen, bydd pob asesiad a chyfweliad yn cael ei gynnal o bell, nes rhoddir gwybod yn wahanol. I gael mwy o wybodaeth, ewch i https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/