Blenheim Chalcot Hiring for Junior Talent Executive Job at London, England Full Time

Junior Talent Executive

White City, London

ABOUT US

Blenheim Chalcot is the UK’s leading digital venture builder. We invest more than just funds, we invest our knowledge and experience, our ideas and infrastructure. Our ventures are at the forefront of a multitude of industries being disrupted by digital including FinTech, EdTech, GovTech, Media, Sport, Charity and more. We are highly entrepreneurial and seek opportunities where digital technologies can disrupt major markets – ventures we have built range from ClearScore to Agilisys and AVADO to even the Rajasthan Royals cricket team.

Our 19 companies have each been conceived and launched by us and now have total sales of over £500 million and more than 3,000 employees. Our assets under management stands at greater than £1.5bn.

As part of our expansion strategy in 2021 we will increasingly work closely with investment and strategic partners ranging from Paypal, FIS, L&G, Experian, Google, WorldPay, Imperial College and some of the leading venture capital and private equity companies internationally.

Our team, Venture Builder Services (VBS), exists to support our ventures to be successful quickly, sustainably and with access to the best practice tools, solutions and expertise. We provide a range of services to help new business get off the ground, including technology, growth (marketing and sales), talent, finance, legal and tax.

OUR CULTURE:

Our culture is inclusive, modern, friendly, smart and innovative – we seek to employ bright, positive thinking individuals with a can-do attitude. Our people enjoy challenging themselves to be the best at what they do – if that sounds like you, you’ll fit right in!

IMPACT BEYOND PROFIT:

15% of our partnerships and ventures are charities. These are the British Asian Trust, The Royal Foundation and OnSide. In the same way that we support our ventures, our Partners provide direct hands on support to the charities through sitting on the boards and much more.

OUR BEHAVIOURS:

• Honesty and integrity – trustworthy
• Resilience – keeps going when the going gets tough, remains optimistic in the face of challenges, open to feedback and willingness to change and experiment
• Team work – is collaborative and supportive, elevating and developing others to deliver results,
• Innovation – restless to improve, challenges how to make things better
• Deliver results – keeps promises, drives to achieve, commitment to high quality work
• People awareness – collaborative and supportive, respectful
• Commercial awareness – looks for best value solutions for the business, understand costs / revenues, spends money wisely

THE ROLE

At Blenheim Chalcot we are excited to announce that we’re expanding our Talent Team within VBS looking to hire a Junior Talent Executive. The role will report into Blenheim Chalcot’s Talent Lead and will support in the researching and attraction process of talent across within VBS and on a project basis across the Blenheim Chalcot portfolio. This will include a range of roles in different sectors at varying levels of seniority, as well as support with other BC portfolio talent projects.

The role is designed to be an integral part of Blenheim Chalcot’s central function with progression opportunities within the team and/or our portfolio companies.

Key responsibilities

• Help run the recruitment function of Blenheim Chalcot, supporting a variety of recruitment processes across the portfolio.
• Produce regular reports on placements for the Talent & Networks team, Blenheim Chalcot senior management and external stakeholders.
• Facilitate administration for all stages of the recruitment process, including liaising with key stakeholders, and updating people systems.
• Demonstrate a growth mindset to continuously improve the processes and activities.

Specific duties

It is essential that you’re confident and comfortable with doing the following:

• be able to transition between ventures and stakeholders with the ability to deliver results quickly,
• be on point for all elements of the hiring process,
• work in a highly entrepreneurial environment, focusing on execution and ensuring plans come to fruition; and,
• consistently build strong relationships quickly with stakeholders centrally within the VBS team and in the portfolio companies.

ABOUT YOU

The ideal candidate will have a curious nature for finding the best and most entrepreneurial talent out there. You must have a can-do attitude, ability to manage multiple tasks and superb interpersonal skills.

The Ideal Candidate

• An ambitious and driven individual with a minimum of 0.5yrs internship or work experience.
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent life experience.
• Experience using recruitment systems such as LinkedIn Recruiter and Greenhouse (or equivalent) is preferred.
• Due to the nature of our businesses, a passion and insight into digital would be ideal.
• You’re a problem solver – you take ownership and won’t settle until the problem is resolved.
• You’re resilient and love to use any learnings to improve a process next time round.
• You thrive from working in a fast-paced environment and are comfortable with ambiguity.
• You’re willing to get stuck in – we’re a small team so you’ll be happy get involved in projects outside of your job description.
• You’re collaborative by nature, looking to work with & elevate those around you.
• Excellent relationship building and stakeholder management skills.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

• Be part of the UK’s leading digital venture builder and have the opportunity to be a part of and learn from the incredible talent in BC
• Be exposed to the right mix of challenges and learning and development opportunities, including secondments and the opportunity to move around VBS or/and its ventures
• A fun and open, if a little cricket obsessed, atmosphere
• Discretionary bonus
• 25 days of paid holidays
• Life Assurance – 4 x annual salary. Pension Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme
• Flexible Benefits: Private Medical and Dental, Gym Subsidiaries
• Covid-19 Update: at present we’re working flexibly, both in our brilliant new office site called ScaleSpace in White City and from home. We will continue to work flexibly after the pandemic is (eventually!) over, but there will be an ask from the business that you come into the office a certain number of days per week.

PROCESS

We have a rigorous recruitment process, which we use for all our roles to ensure we attract the very best talent.

Individuals seeking employment at Blenheim Chalcot must note we see diversity as a really positive thing that actually creates a better workplace and delivers better outcomes, so we are really keen to maximise the diversity of the workforce and actively encourage applications from anyone and everyone.