IHG Hiring for Talent Acquisition Manager – 6 Month contract Job at Denham, South East England, England Full Time

We want to welcome you to a world of bringing True Hospitality to everyone. When you join us at IHG®, you become part of our global family. A welcoming culture of warmth, honesty and a passion for providing True Hospitality.

We pride ourselves on letting your personality and passions shine, recognizing the individual contribution you make and supporting your ambition to learn and create your own career path. In making a difference to our guests and owners, colleagues and communities, every day is a chance to create great and unique experiences, in your own way.

With over 370,000 colleagues in nearly 100 countries sharing our values, there’s countless opportunities at your fingertips.

We’re growing; grow with us.

This position is responsible for providing the highest level of Talent Acquisition services to IHG leaders and associates. This role is an integral partner in helping to acquire key talent to meet the business needs.

This role manages the Talent Acquisition processes for Corporate roles and partners closely with HR to ensure best in class practices. This position is ultimately responsible for delivering qualified candidates for assigned client groups while guiding hiring managers and candidates through the IHG selection process. This individual will perform full lifecycle recruiting and will build and maintain excellent relations with HRBPs, business leaders, hiring managers, candidates, and the community at-large. A wide degree of creativity, near- and long-term recruiting vision, strategic thinking, business understanding, and personal organization is required.

Your day to day

• Lead the initial intake session with HM to fully understand the role, define the recruiting strategy, set clear expectations for deliverables as well as be an effective advisor to the interview and assessment process.
• Efficiently and effectively assess applicants against qualifications, technical competencies and cultural fit. Prepare a candidate slate within the framework of the position’s specifications in an appropriate and consistent timeline.
• Communicate regularly with hiring managers to establish rapport, provide status updates, and determine the effectiveness of recruiting plans. Collect, analyze and distribute feedback to candidates, hiring managers and Talent Resourcing Management
• Ensure that all Talent Acquisition administration procedures and protocols are completed accurately and thoroughly, including requisitions, offer packages, candidate tracking and reporting to ensure compliance, Track and monitor progress against hiring metrics.
• Recommend ideas and strategies related to recruitment that will contribute to the long-range growth of the company, implementing any new processes and fine-tuning standard processes.
• Provide complete, accurate, and inspiring information to candidates about the company and position.
• Manages and coordinates all communication with short listed candidates.
• Manages and/or oversees the scheduling and logistics of all interviews between candidates and hiring managers.
• Prepares candidates for interviewing with IHG and specific hiring managers by providing detailed information on the company, our business strategy, department background, job descriptions, and expectation-setting.
• Organizes, leads and documents post-interview debrief/feedback and post-mortems with interview teams and candidates. Reviews the hiring manager’s interview feedback with each candidate and takes appropriate action when warranted.
• Extends offer of employment to selected candidates under the direction of the hiring managers and within the guidelines of IHG compensation policy.
• Provides reports on Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) for assigned business groups. Provides related reports as requested.
• Uses effective communication approaches that include proactively keeping others informed, appropriately expressing ideas and thoughts verbally and in written form, and timeliness.
• Participates in the development of ongoing creative and cost-effective sourcing strategies.
• Stays informed of trends and innovative recruiting techniques in order to be competitive in state-of-the-Art recruiting practices.

What we need from you

• 3+ years’ experience in full lifecycle recruiting

Technical Skills Knowledge –

• An expert level of knowledge in all full lifecycle recruiting components including, but not limited to, sourcing, interviewing, assessment, selection, process advisory, legal/compliance, job analysis, wage and salary trends, relationship management, offer negotiations and on boarding.
• Must be able to manage competing demands, while being extremely adaptable and flexible.
• Experience in leading searches for all levels of positions. Experience in a fast paced recruitment function.
• Experience fully utilizing an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and other technologies to scale and differentiate HR capability. Experience in maximizing use of capabilities of an applicant tracking system.
• Goal-oriented individual who can prioritize activities and ensure follow-through to achieve results while thriving in a fast-paced, changing business environment.
• Strong business acumen and demonstrated ability to translate business priorities into talent priorities
• Excellent project management, writing, and oral communication skills are required.
• Ability to present new recruiting concepts to executive leadership (HR and Business).
• Demonstrated ability to command the attention and respect of senior level leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to function/recruit on a national and/or global level.

What we offer

• At IHG we give our colleagues greater flexibility and balance – working in a more hybrid way, blending remote and office working. We like to believe we offer a unique culture, where there’s inclusivity yet room to be yourself. When hard work pays off, it’s positive to know you’re appreciated.
• Alongside our great working environment, we’ll offer you a strong package firstly including an industry competitive salary, an annual bonus, healthcare, and incredible worldwide hotel discounts.
• As an equal opportunity employer, IHG is committed to providing a working culture that values diversity and inclusion and is committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a barrier-free recruitment process.

Whilst this role will initially be based in our Denham head office location, by Summer of 2022 we will be relocating to our new Global Headquarters in central Windsor so you will need to be able to travel to Windsor as required in the longer term.

• Closing date for applications is: 24th December

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Job Reference: EMEAA27576