Informa Markets Hiring for Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at London Full Time

Informa Markets organise over 500 large-scale branded and transaction-oriented events in 14 specialist markets. These are typically not-to-be-missed annual events where buyers and sellers build relationships, see and show products and do business.

We also provide year-round online digital platforms where companies showcase their businesses and products and buyers conduct research, generating valuable leads, and we provide data and digital content that supports the flow of knowledge and transactions in markets.

Informa Markets, part of the FTSE 100 Informa Group, creates platforms for international markets to trade, innovate and grow.

Job Description

Our internal recruitment team is crucial to the success of the Informa Markets business as it continues to scale. We are passionate about providing an excellent experience to our hiring manager and candidates.

The Senior Talent Acquisition Partner is specifically tasked with hiring the very best talent across EMEA (with focus on UK and Netherlands)

You will foster excellent relationships with internal stakeholders, and you’ll then create strategies to find, engage and hire excellent talent to join our dynamic teams across Informa Markets.

As a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, the key areas of focus are:

Recruitment Strategy

Be actively engaged with the strategy that provides a best-in-class candidate and hiring manager experience using an agile and continuous process improvement approach.

Support Informa’s overall digital and data commercial transformation strategy by collaborating with senior leadership on driving internal and cross-divisional synergies, with a focus on helping to define and regularly calibrate identified talent profiles.

Champion diversity with an unbiased and progressive approach in our recruitment practices through continuous learning, teachings, and communication to actively progress our diversity in people and thinking.

Team Dynamics and Representative

Partner with the Talent Acquisition Team Leader to create a collaborative team environment that balances the strengths of each individual teammate, sharing responsibilities and priorities as appropriate, meeting targets, and achieving performance goals that include receiving and providing regular, meaningful feedback. Promoting workplace diversity, inclusion, wellbeing, and work/life balance will be a key component of this role.

Act as a product ambassador for the company’s applicant tracking system, Smart Recruiters, collate feedback, and suggest process & product improvements to provide a world-class candidate and hiring manager experience.

Key Stakeholder Relationships

Collaborate with the HR Business Partnering Team and the Reward Team to share market trend knowledge and develop cross-functional strategies to attract and retain talent.

Coordinate with local HR support service teams to ensure proper candidate onboarding and manager handoff.

Work collaboratively with the HR community to ensure we are attracting candidates from diverse backgrounds and in alignment with our D&I policies.

Reporting, Analysis & Compliance

Assist the Talent Acquisition Team Leader with producing meaningful data analysis coupled with insights to share with stakeholders and HR leadership. Focus on agreed to areas such as quality of hire rating, diversity, retention and use technology to collaborate as a team to analyze process flows and pinch points.

Evaluate external labor market conditions, analyze hiring trends, turnover rates, and candidate feedback to recommend changes, improvements, and solutions quarterly.

Qualifications

You could be an agency recruiter who wants to make the move in-house, or an in-house recruiter ready for the next step. We are looking for an organised, passionate, smart, focused and gregarious, proactive hunter of talent who can work in a fast-moving environment and engage even the most passive talent.

Previous end-to-end recruitment experience, agency experience is advantageous

Ability to hire for crucial and high profile roles for key stakeholders across our brands within Informa Markets

Ideally you will have recruited for technology, sales, marketing or digital roles before

You have a natural ability to influence and work in consultative manner

You love autonomy, you will have an ability to work independently and be results driven

Provide guidance on appropriate interview techniques and questions; oversee scheduling and logistics of interviews

You will be an excellent communicator both internally and externally. You can craft brilliant e-mails and hold engaging screening calls

You care about the experience of our candidates and are keen to deliver an amazing process for both our candidates and hiring managers

You have an eye for detail and are great in implementing agreed processes

Supporting your colleagues and an opportunity to add value is important to you

You have worked with ATS system (we use Smart Recruiters)

Additional Information

Alongside a competitive salary, Informa also offers the following employee benefits:

Hybrid, balanced working

25 days’ paid holiday per year pro rata, increasing to 27 days after 2 years’ service, as well as bank holidays

Money purchased pension scheme & life assurance

ShareMatch Scheme, Informa’s colleagues Share incentive plan

Healthy Lifestyle subsidy/ Mental well-being support

Learning & Development – Our Learning team supports year-round development with face -to-face training, access to Linked-in Learning.

Long term career development opportunities

AllInforma Colleague run networks for Diversity and Inclusion • Inspired Sustainable Development at the very core of our business

Ability to contribute towards socially responsible and sustainable events

LGBTQIA+ Colleagues and Allies Network

Visible & invisible disabilities and conditions Network

Ethnic minorities and multiculturalism Network

We know that sometimes the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don’t fit all the requirements. If you’re excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we’re looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need!

We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, Informa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under local law.