Canada Life Hiring for Talent Acquisition Specialist Job at Potters Bar, England Full Time

Job Purpose

The TA (Talent Acquisition) Specialist collaborates with hiring leaders, People Partners, Rewards and HR Operations as a trusted advisor to deliver strategic recruitment expertise involving, candidate sourcing, assessment and selection. This role influences (through coaching and advice) TA and HR colleagues to adopt effective Talent practices (internal / marketplace).

Successful outcomes involve executing with excellence through effective outreach activities (to generate a warm, ready pipeline of marketplace candidates) and leading searches providing a premium candidate and hiring leader experience. Aimed at delivering the right talent at the right time (to enable business objectives) searches primarily involve recruiting for junior/intermediate or multi incumbent roles. The TA Specialist will participate on projects aligned to achieve TA strategic initiatives.

Key Accountabilities

• Collaborating with hiring leaders and PRP’s in the planning, recruitment and selection of internal / external talent for junior/intermediate and multi incumbent roles within the assigned line of business. This includes conducting in-person or telephone interviews. This requires a deep knowledge of the specific Organisational and Operating Model and workforce plans for a line of sight on talent requirements to enable a recruitment strategy. This is derived from having strong partnerships with LOB / HR leadership to enable effective hiring outcomes and minimizing third party recruitment fees.

• Developing talent pipelines through the creation of effective job postings, social media content and pro-active sourcing following organizational guidelines and recruitment and marketing best practices.

• Creating and/or refining candidate assessment resources such as interview guides, candidate score sheets and work sample requests ensuring hiring leaders understand how to effectively use the tools to evaluate candidates based on merit and mitigating bias in the selection decision using current best practices.

• Coaching hiring leaders as a trusted advisor on how to develop and effectively use a recruitment process that demonstrates a commitment to a positive candidate experience, understanding of the importance of organizational diversity and use of unbiased tools to ensure objective decision making that is legally defensible

• Ensures all recruitment related activities are compliant with employment standard legislation and that project documents and resources are contained in the file of

record upon file closing.

• Researching external business market trends related to talent acquisition and Coaching hiring leaders on trends, competitive intelligence and future talent

sources and/or restrictions.

• Assisting with the development and improvement of talent acquisition skills and best practices within the team.

Desired Knowledge / Experience / Skills

• A good level of experience as an Recruitment specialist with demonstrated expertise in Non-Executive or multi incumbent recruitment roles, techniques and practices.
• Ideal education includes a bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Demonstrates proficient knowledge of recruitment best practices, legislative requirements, resources available and technology required in effective candidate sourcing
• A trusted and credible advisor to hiring leaders and colleagues.
• Acts proactively to understand business strategies and priorities, and build pipelines of external talent that fits role profiles and employment brand.
• Proven ability to be a skilled negotiator capable of arriving at mutually beneficial solutions with external candidates, while working with colleagues to ensure internal equity and fairness.
• Driven to improve the talent bench of the business and acts to ensure that all candidates are a good fit with the company employment brand and values, has excellent judgment identifying top talent.
• Is continuously engaged in the community, building pipelines of talent and acting as an ambassador of the company.
• Is highly proficient with existing and emerging technology including social media for recruitment and networking purposes.
• Highly proficient in how to use social networking resources and uses them effectively in candidate sourcing
• Developing a general business acumen and understands and demonstrates ability by applying organizational processes involved in recruitment activities
• Highly credible and is able to coach leaders in effective interview technique and how to use assessment tools appropriately
• Maintains subject matter expertise through ongoing research in the field

QUALIFICATIONS:

• REC or CIPD or other industry relevant qualification is advantageous