OSB Group Hiring for Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at Chatham Full Time

About the team:
The OSB Talent Acquisition Team is an integral part of the wider HR team across the OSB Group. The team is responsible for all the Talent Acquisition across the group, we support the businesses hiring needs at all levels, ensuring an effective approach, whilst offering a positive candidate experience. This is a great opportunity to join a small, happy, successful team and develop your experience in this dynamic organisation.

About Us:
OSB Group is a leading specialist mortgage lender, primarily focused on carefully selected segments of the mortgage market. Our specialist lending is supported by our Kent Reliance and Charter Savings Bank retail savings franchises. Diversification of funding is provided by sophisticated securitisation platforms. OSB’s unique cost-efficient operating model is supported by our wholly-owned subsidiary OSBIndia.

What you will be doing:
The key purpose of this role is to build and embed a culture of service provision from the Talent Acquisition Team to the business, offering best in class customer service to hiring managers and a quality candidate experience.

Your responsibilities will include

Managing recruitment process for all assigned positions, from approval to hire to CV tracking and screening, arranging and undertaking/assisting with interviews through to the point of selection, offer, and pre-employment screening.

Providing guidance on the talent acquisition lifecycle to the business, advising managers, with support where required, of best practice, appropriate sourcing strategies, market conditions and talent attraction.

Providing professional support and guidance, in conjunction with the HR team, to line managers at all stages of the recruitment process including the creation of robust and accurate, job descriptions, interview and selection techniques.

Supporting the Group Head of Talent Acquisition in the use of direct hiring strategies to reduce reliance on agency recruitment costs.

Undertake effective CV screening in order to shortlist appropriate candidates for interview, in line with the essential and desirable requirements regarding skills, experience, knowledge and qualifications.

Ensure proactive and customer focussed communications with candidates, potential candidates, agencies and other parties.

Supporting the Group Head of Talent Acquisition on implementing employer branding strategies to raise our company profile and to become an employer of choice amongst retail and challenger banks.

Supporting the Group Head of Talent Acquisition on implementing social media recruitment strategies such as LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Twitter and other media forms to attract best in class candidates

Partnering with the HR teams and business area leaders to deliver a seamless service from the HR Team.

In return for your commitment:
We offer a base salary dependent on experience of between £30,000 – £35,000 and a competitive benefits package including:

Discretionary annual bonus opportunity of up to 15%

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Contributory pension (8% employer 5% employee)

Life Assurance (4x salary) plus Group Income Protection

Access to Private Medical Insurance and Medical Cash Plan

Additional benefits such as, cycle purchase scheme, season ticket Loan, holiday purchase/sell schemes, employee perk portals and save as you earn scheme.

Prioritising your well-being!

Could you be the one?:
We are looking for talented individuals who have the experience and knowledge set out below:

Previous experience managing an end to end recruitment process (including undertaking interviews) is essential

Previous experience working with a recruitment database

Basic knowledge of competency based interviewing techniques

Excellent communications skills, with the ability to work with a variety of stakeholders

We also believe that your career and how you progress is as unique as your individual personality. We continually support our people so they can become the best version of themselves.

What to do next:
If this sounds like you, please apply now! For internal applications the closing date for applications is 22nd December, please visit the internal careers page to apply.

Alternatively, if you wish to have an informal and confidential chat about this role please contact us on recruitment@osb.co.uk

If shortlisted from your initial application we operate a personalised recruitment process. Interviews are a two way street, we aim for them to be relevant and conversational to get the best out of you!

OSB Group are dedicated to diversity in the workplace and committed to treating all our employees and job applicants equally. We embrace equal opportunities and are opposed to discrimination on any grounds.

As part of our public commitment to the Women in Finance Charter, we have introduced our own initiatives to attract, develop and advance senior women in our sector. We don’t stop there though, we have broadened our approach to encourage diversity and inclusion at all levels and in all roles. Our leadership and Executive Committee are right behind us, to the extent that our Diversity Champions sit at Board level and on a monthly basis receive updates on our progress.

Whilst we are an organisation that values face-to-face interaction and relationship building, we also acknowledge that people are not just productive in an office and tied to the 9 to 5. The vast majority of roles throughout the Group fall within scope of our Hybrid Working approach, which aims to provide ongoing flexibility and support in terms of work:life balance. Our approach provides opportunity for individuals to informally agree with their Line Manager how they split their working week between their primary office location and home.

All applicants must have rights to work in the UK and be willing to undertake the relevant pre-employment screening checks should your application be successful.

Unfortunately, due to the high number of applications currently being received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.