Culham Centre for Fusion Energy Hiring for Talent Acquisition Coordinator – FTA until March 2024 Job at Culham, England Full Time

By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on.

Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA are at the forefront of realising energy from fusion, working with industry and research partners to deliver the ground-breaking developments that will underpin tomorrow’s fusion power stations with the aim of bringing fusion electricity to the grid.

As we work towards our mission and goals, UKAEA has devised values that capture the spirit of how we work. These values include being: Innovative, Committed, Trusted and Collaborative.

Who are we looking for?

We are seeking an exceptionally organised and customer centric individual to support our Talent Acquisition team to ensure all recruitment campaign requests are managed from submission through to post-interview feedback. As the talent acquisition coordinator you will be responsible for ensuring that managers are supported with their campaigns, advertising vacancies, scheduling first and second stage interviews, booking rooms and gathering feedback to provide an overall positive candidate and hiring manager experience.

To be considered for this fixed term appointment until March 2024, you will have a background in administration with exceptional coordination and organisation skills. If you have worked in a talent acquisition function previously, this would be highly advantageous but not essential. You will be confident managing multiple conflicting priorities and will have gained experience in a fast-paced environment. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and will place customer service at the centre of everything you do.

What will you be responsible for?

• Processing new talent acquisition requests from Hiring Managers into the applicant tracking system
• Advising hiring managers on the talent acquisition process via the guidance available
• Creating high quality and inclusive adverts for hiring managers to ensure UKAEA are attracting top calibre candidates, whilst delivering consistency and professionalism including the elimination of discrimination.
• Working with department administrators and hiring managers to book in placeholders for interviews.
• Arranging and organise pre-screen and panel interviews; liaising with candidates (from the UK and overseas), as well as hiring teams
• Booking virtual and physical meeting rooms, administering additional assessments
• Meet and greeting candidates (virtually and in person) – making them feel comfortable whilst creating and promoting an excellent customer experience.
• Verifying ID documentation.
• Progressing candidates through the hiring process and providing appropriate and timely feedback after interview to both candidates and managers where required.
• Promoting and understanding equality, diversity and inclusion, ensuring that this is considered within all responsibilities, including challenging inappropriate behaviour.

Please note, hybrid working may be available for this role however this may be subject to change based on business requirements and format of interviews.

Essential skills, experience and competence required

• Good administration experience (ideally within talent acquisition)
• Excellent planning and organisational skills with good attention to detail
• Competent IT skills and knowledge of using systems and social media platforms
• Excellent written communication, interpersonal and customer service skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a need to juggle priorities regularly

Desirable skills, experience and competence

• Previous experience in a talent acquisition related discipline
• CIPD or recruitment qualification would be advantageous

What we offer

• A competitive salary
• A culture committed to being fully inclusive, supported by a Being Inclusive Strategy and Inclusion Ambassadors
• An Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders, with a full calendar of health and wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible working options including family friendly policies
• Emergency leave (paid)
• 30.5 days annual leave increased with length of service (including privilege days and 3 days between Christmas and New Year) plus bank holidays
• Wide range of career development opportunities (e.g professional registration, internal promotions, coaching and mentoring programme)
• Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme
• Annual corporate bonus scheme
• Relocation allowance (if eligible)

We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly from individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, including nationality and citizenship, people with disabilities, (visible and hidden) and women. The Executive team with support from our EDI ‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion’ (EDI) partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, is actively promoting EDI and taking steps to increase the diversity of our people through reinforcing best practice in recruitment and selection, and revaluating approaches where it is clear we can remove barriers to success. We are easily accessible by car and are a 10-minute walk from Culham Railway Station in Oxfordshire.

Please be advised that this vacancy is due to close on 7th December 2021. We may close earlier than this date if large or sufficient numbers of applications are received.

Please note all employees working at the UK Atomic Energy Authority will be required to complete an online Disclosure Certificate application as part of their clearance – The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks will show the details of all current criminal convictions (convictions considered unspent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974) or will confirm that there are no such convictions.

Note for applicants who are applying for employment with UKAEA either from outside the United Kingdom or who have spent time outside the United Kingdom in the last five years. Please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants . If the country you are resident in or have resided in is not listed on this website or that the UK Government is not aware of how to obtain a criminal records check from that state then we are unable to process your application.