London Legacy Development Corporation Hiring for Talent Acquisition Specialist Job at Stratford, London, England Full Time

This is your chance to make a career move like no other, working with a diverse group of passionate people, to deliver a positive impact for the greatest city in the world. We are committed to opening up opportunities for diverse, local talent both as an employer and as a regeneration agency.

We are absolutely committed to better reflecting the communities we serve in east London, and we are looking for someone passionate about this too. We’re keen to hear how your work and lived experience make you suitable for this role, and we’d especially welcome applications from people based in our local communities, and those from traditionally underrepresented groups. Above all, we want to understand how you will give us a better representation of the perspectives of those we are here to serve, and how you can help us to continuously support and develop our inclusive culture to make LLDC the employer of choice.

The Opportunity

Our People are at the heart of what we do – they’re absolutely central to driving the current and future development, regeneration and success of the legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games. This is an exciting opportunity to get involved with the next steps of our journey, and to work alongside our diverse and passionate People and Organisation Development Team to mobilise, operationalise and deliver against our ambitious and exciting people plans, alongside a varying and broad range of stakeholders.

As the Talent Acquisition Specialist, you’ll have proven experience across all things recruitment, attraction and onboarding. You’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the business continues to source and develop people by supporting hiring managers and stakeholders at all levels to achieve their hiring objectives. You’ll do this by understanding the business needs & challenges, highlighting and communicating our purpose and values and defining and implementing the best strategies to source, attract, interview and select only the most talented people to join the LLDC. You’ll lead the full end to end recruitment and selection process at all levels, supporting talent solutions that aim to attract, measure, develop and manage the company’s talent pool. You will drive improvements to the Talent Acquisition process to reduce time to hire and improve manager and candidate experience. You will encourage hiring manager involvement and act as an expert for talent projects, strategies and solutions. You will collaborate with other business areas (People Operations, Learning and Development etc.) to ensure new employees are onboarded appropriately and support training when required in relevant Talent Acquisition systems or I&D recruitment related areas. You will ensure candidate suitability including checks and proof of qualifications. You’ll also work with data to draw insights from analytics to support ensure our hiring process smarter and more efficient and continuously seeking ways to elevate our hiring practices, ensuring they are fit for the future and contribute to the development of our employer brand.

You’ll report into the Senior People and Organisational Development Partner and support the organisation to meet our ambitions around inclusion and diversity, and ultimately, in becoming the employer of choice. You will also work closely with the People and Organisational Development directorate partners and support on the creation of processes and practices that are truly inclusive and appeal to and attract a diverse range of talent. This is a great opportunity for a talent acquisition / recruitment professional who is passionate about inclusion and diversity and wants to have an organisation-wide impact, be responsible for the end to end recruitment process and think creatively about how we attract and hire diverse talent.

Is it for you?

You’ll need to have proven experience in recruitment and selection practice and be able to demonstrate a track record of delivering high quality, inclusive and effective talent acquisition campaigns. A skilled recruiter, with a passion to continuously evolve recruitment and attraction practices to create diverse teams and talent pipelines, you’ll need to be passionate about evolving and showcasing our brand and attracting the very best talent to help us to continue to build and deliver our legacy.
You’ll take a proactive approach, with the ability to develop effective and productive professional relationships and a passion for delivering high quality, high impact work that adds real value. Ideally, you’ll bring your own unique lived experience to our team, and use that experience to add your unique voice and expertise in shaping the future of one of the most exciting projects in London.

How to apply

To apply for this post, please follow the application instructions within the job advertisement and ensure that you provide the information that we have requested within our online application form. Please note we do not accept CVs for any of our roles.

We would also appreciate it if you would take the time to complete the Equality and Diversity Monitoring section. The information you give us will help us to refine our recruitment and employment practices and respond to the needs of the diverse range of people that our organisation comes in contact with. All details that you provide will be kept in strict confidence and will not be viewed by any member of the selection panel.

The closing date for applications is 1st September 2022 at 11:59pm.

Interviews will be taking place the week commencing 5th September 2022 either in-person or via Microsoft Teams video call. The details of this process will be advised should you be invited to interview.

If you would like to discuss this role further or have any questions, please email our Talent Acquisition Team on [email protected]

If this all sounds good to you, we’d love to hear from you!