Kepler Group Hiring for Talent Acquisition Specialist Job at London, England Full Time

Kepler executes engineered marketing, where every message and ad delivered helps create a more personalized and productive relationship between brands and their consumers. We do this by acting as clients’ agency of record, as their in-house team, or some hybrid of the two – and by harnessing data and technology across all paid digital media and data-driven CRM channels.

Kepler prides itself on being a great place to work. In fact, we’re proud to share that AdAge recognized Kepler among the Best Place to Work in 2022, validating our investment in our team and our clients.

• We’re transparent with our employees. You’ll hear updates on company financials, how we’re performing against bonus goals, and how we’re responding to challenges we face.
• We’re growing. For you, that means unparalleled growth opportunities and a role in shaping the direction of the company.
• We’re fun. You’ll work with and learn from the smartest people in the industry and have a blast doing it.

Department overview:

The HR and People Operations team is an integral part of the business, playing a key role in the growth and development of our talent acquisition, company culture and people development and engagement. Our global team is responsible for a team of approximately 600 employees in the US, S. America, London and Singapore. The environment that we work in and the development of our employees is of utmost importance to the business. Emphasis is placed across various initiatives including but not limited to wellbeing, DEI, company benefits, company values, people learning and development and social events.

Role overview:

We are currently looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join the HR team in London and look after the development and execution of our recruitment strategy and pipeline for our UK and Singapore offices. This role will be responsible for attracting high calibre talent to our teams across Sales, Marketing Client Management, Technology and Central Support.

Working closely with our US HQ, UK & Singapore HR and our regional hiring managers the role will have a high level of autonomy to deliver an effective recruitment and development approach and associated processes for these markets. This is a unique opportunity in a fast-paced, data-driven environment to impact internal teams, advance people’s careers, and see your efforts directly drive Kepler’s growth and success.

Here’s what we’d like you to do:

• Liaise with hiring managers to understand recruitment needs and gain an overview of the key requirements for the roles
• Work with the Finance Director to understand the P&L requirements and salary levels
• Manage the communication and promotion of the open roles across the various platforms including the website, LinkedIn and our internal application tracking system, Greenhouse
• Carry out candidate head hunting, and industry networking
• Own relationships and liaise with external recruiters where necessary
• Coordinate each interview stage with the hiring managers and provide day to day oversight over all recruiting operations including, contacting candidates for phone screening and managing candidate interview bookings as well as follow up and feedback
• Work closely with the Marketing team to create and manage a UK/Singapore localised employer brand communications plan to promote Kepler (UK/SG) as a great company to work for and to drive interest to the new roles, leveraging various key company initiatives, for example, benefits, career pathways, learning and development, socials etc.
• Oversee the interview process through to offer letters, contracts and inductions, following the current structure guidelines in place as well as refining these with hiring managers and US counterparts as required
• Organise interview training refresher sessions as required
• Conduct regular market salary reviews and feedback to senior management
• Coordinate induction sessions for all new starters with the relevant department leads
• Work with the HR team to support the ongoing learning development of our team by organising internal and external training programmes

Desired skill sets include but are not limited to:

• Comprehensive experience of in-house or agency recruitment in UK, experience of Singapore recruitment market a bonus
• An interest in digital media/advertising & technology
• Familiarity with candidate management systems and ability to adapt to using new technologies effectively for process management and reporting purposes
• Knowledge of leveraging social media, including Linkedin and Instagram, to drive interest for role openings
• Experience of setting up onboarding processes and training
• Experience of providing interview training
• Some wider experience of Learning & Development preferred
• Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail to prioritise quickly and own multiple tasks while meeting and/or exceeding expectations
• Demonstrated written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills to connect with and motivate candidates
• Self starter with a proactive approach and passion for process improvement
• Enjoyment when working as part of a team spanning across multiple markets

We also offer a range of benefits for all our employees – to name a few:

• Competitive salary & bonus
• Flexible working hours (start between 8 or 10am), with minimum 26.25 hours across 5 days offered
• Hybrid working pattern from office and home, plus ‘work from anywhere’ for up to 4 weeks per year
• Standard 25 holiday each year, with 1 extra day for each year length of service (up to 28)
• Free weekly company lunches, free fresh fruit, and refreshments throughout the week
• Generous monthly wellbeing budget
• Regular socials
• Monthly mobile phone and home internet service budget
• Annual home office equipment budget
• Annual tuition reimbursement
• A full overview of our benefits can be found on our website