MBDA Hiring for Early Careers Recruitment Coordinator at Stevenage Full Time

This role is a contract opportunity as a contingent worker for an initial period of approx 9-12 months.

Dynamic working pattern: Our team currently attend site one day per week and the remaining 4 days work remotely. Monthly and quarterly meetings are to be attended onsite where possible and ad hoc meetings as required. The option is there to attend site more regularly should you wish to.

The opportunity:
We are looking for a pragmatic structured recruitment professional to support the delivery of our Early Careers Programmes (Graduates, Undergraduates and Apprentices). This is an exciting fast paced environment involving a broad range of activities that includes recruitment, talent attraction and education liaison.

You will have a brilliant opportunity to play a key role in supporting the UK Early Careers Programme (ECP) recruitment strategy and in line with the overall business requirements.

This will include;

Assessment Centre Support – October through to May

Candidate pre-assessment session on Zoom (supporting candidates with technical run-through, expectations shared and guidance given)

Creating Assessment Booking using external platform

Sending Candidate invitations – initial call and email and making any required reasonable adjustments

Follow up calls after 48hrs – always by phone (not email)

Removing withdrawn candidates and invite reserves (both on ATS/Workday and external platform)

Create Assessment Centre timetables within external platform and the addition of assessors – AC and DEMO

ATS – Administration/Status change – across Assessment Centres

Possible support as and when needed in making offers and rejections (dependent on experience) – October through to May – Primary responsibility though remains with HR Advisors

On-boarding process/platform – uploading and sharing content, messages, updates – either via external partner and/or increased comms shared on careers website – “keep warm” approach if not using external provider/tools – load candidates onto platform

Recruitment/Attraction Support (may include the following):
Organising and supporting careers fairs and school, college and university led events (once booked) – possible future attendance.

Support to Recruitment Advisor with the creation and sharing of content across job boards, marketing partners, outreach partners (recruitment) website content, onboarding/events tool – ad-hoc conversations – organising and supporting campus champions

Role profiles/info – reaching out to managers/Technical Coordinators – support and chasing with tracking and storing of data including medicals and security Risk Categorisations

Support the build around relationships across schools, Universities and Colleges, including webinars and hosting Q & A’s

Managing surveys and feedback in line with requests from Early Careers HR Advisors and HR Manager – weekly activity for assessor survey

Arrange appropriate DBS checks ref safeguarding – Early Career programmes and activities only

What we’re looking for from you:

• Most importantlyy we need someone who has the drive and dedication to succeed, coupled with an enthusiasm for early careers recruitment and do whatever is needed for the best outcome.
• Previous experience and understanding of recruitment within a busy recruitment/HR function
• Ability to work at pace, under pressure and across all levels of the organisation
• Excellent organisation and planning skills
• Ability to multi-task with a range of relatively complex support activities
• Ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision and manage and create own workload
• Numerate with strong problem solving, analytical and reporting skills
• Patience and courtesy to provide an initial contact point for HR queries (Early Careers)
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Monitor and prioritise workflow to achieve deadlines.
• Be a self-starter and motivated to execute this role to an excellent standard
• To have a pro-active approach and flexibility to support team and colleagues where needed
• Excellent PC skills – MS Office, SAP, Recruitment systems experience desirable (we use Workday).

What to expect:
This role will give you the opportunity to support and develop a clear recruitment plan through utilising strong networks both within MBDA, as well as within industry delivering current best practice (in line with overall strategy). The breadth of the role means that no one day is the same, so it’s essential to be flexible and adaptable to whatever comes your way.

• Being part of a close, supportive and highly driven successful team
• A highly experienced team with a breadth of industry backgrounds
• A fun, enthusiastic, supportive and fast paced environment

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process. We also welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements.

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Please Note: MBDA UK requires all employees to achieve appropriate clearances.