Ocado Group Hiring for Talent Acquisition Team Lead Job at Hatfield, East of England, England Full Time

Ocado Group is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, age, or disability or union membership status.

The Ocado Logistics Recruitment team manages high recruitment volumes for roles based within our warehouse operation, including Area Managers, Operations Managers, and Senior Operations Managers.

In this role you will lead and manage a team of Recruitment Partners, whilst liaising with key business stakeholders to understand requirements across the year, including supporting new site set-ups. You will be responsible for managing talent pipelines in order to support all hiring targets and create a talent pipeline for future candidates.

If you have experience in leading a Talent Acquisition Team with passion and positive energy, you can partner and influence stakeholders whilst being composed and resilient, in an ever changing environment ….Please read on and apply!

Please note: Hybrid working, 2 days a week are required in Head Office, Trident Place, Hatfield.

About the role:

• Proactively engage with candidates, providing a great candidate experience

• Supporting regional teams, taking a proactive and consultative approach with key stakeholders

• Acting as a brand ambassador for Ocado, ensuring our candidates align with the Ocado Values

• Review and assess turnover and retention rates to forecast hiring needs

• Accelerate hiring times by building a talent pipeline

• Improve the quantity and quality of potential hires by utilising various sourcing techniques

• Analysing and reporting on key aspects of the recruitment process

• Influence selection processes and criteria for roles as appropriate

• Maintain accuracy across job descriptions based on the needs of the hiring manager

• Collaborate with hiring managers to create impactful and appropriate job adverts

• Advertise job openings on our careers page, as well as job boards and across social media platforms

• Promote employee referral programmes

• Screen CVs and applications, keeping candidates informed throughout their recruitment journey

• Facilitate recruitment processes, including arranging interviews

• Provide interview feedback as appropriate

• Welfare support, management and development of direct reports

• Cover the work of other team members when necessary

• Take on additional tasks commensurate with the role

About you

• Exceptional business partnership skills and experience of successfully working with leaders at the very senior levels of the organisation

• Delivered high volume recruitment in a multi site environment within the Retail or Logistics sector

• Tech savvy – understands and operates fluently in a tech environment and personally navigates technology seamlessly

• Inspirational leadership: both professional leadership skills and as a thought leader in the talent acquisition space

• Naturally uses data to drive decisions and influence

• Responsible for end to end recruitment delivery in an in-house environment

• Works well with ambiguity and proven experience navigating and resolving potential recruitment blockers by developing networks

What we offer you

Our employee benefits are designed for you, we care about people and we’ve ensured we have a wealth of benefits that focus on your well-being. We regularly review our benefits to ensure we are supporting our employees appropriately.

• 30 days ‘working from anywhere in the world’ policy

• Wellbeing support through Apps such as Unmind and an Employee Assistance Programme

• 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after 5 years service (plus optional holiday purchase)

• Pension scheme (various options available including employer contribution matching up to 7%)

• Private Medical Insurance

• 22 weeks paid maternity leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave (once relevant service requirements complete)

• Train Ticket loan (interest-free)

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Free shuttle bus to and from Hatfield Train Station to the Hatfield offices

• Free shuttle bus to and from Welwyn Garden City Train Station to the Welwyn Garden City offices

• Opportunity to participate in Sharesave and Buy as You Earn share schemes

• 15% discount on Ocado.com and free delivery for all employees

• Income Protection (can be up to 50% of salary for 3 years) and Life Assurance (3 x annual salary)