PwC Hiring for Director of Talent Acquisition and Strategic Workforce Planning Job at London, England Full Time

PwC is one of the world’s leading Professional Services organisations who advise some of the most successful organisations, entrepreneurs and private businesses on a range of services including Audit, Risk, Tax, Consulting and Acquisitions. We are innovative and driven to deliver to our clients while meeting our purpose of building trust in society and solving important problems. We strive to be a great place to work for our employees and offer career defining and development opportunities across all our teams. Our Business Solutions teams provide a vital role, making sure we have all the right resources, services and technology to be the leading firm. These teams play a key role in helping the firm go to market quickly, making it easier for our people to do their jobs and delivering exceptional value to the rest of the business. A career in the People function will provide you with the opportunity to work in partnership with business leadership and key stakeholders to develop, drive and execute the people strategy, to continuously enhance the employee experience and business performance.

As the Director of Talent Acquisition and Strategic Workforce Planning you will work closely with our Centre of Excellence (CoE) and report to our Head of People Strategy and Transformation.

You will be responsible for evaluating the firmwide, near term bench strength and developing the firmwide talent acquisition strategy that will reach the talent we need to achieve our business goals. To drive this, you will be responsible for setting up the firmwide approach to Strategic Workforce planning that will effectively forecast the gap between future workforce demand and supply to enable us to better understand what we ‘buy, build or borrow’.

This talent acquisition strategy will incorporate: an employer brand strategy that attracts outstanding candidates; inclusive and innovative candidate sourcing; cultivating and nurturing talent pipelines; and sophisticated and relevant technology that supports candidate selection and interviewing methods along with onboarding plans that are all focussed on exceptional candidate and manager experience.

Setting the direction for all strategic activity done by their CoE’s, by leveraging creative, inclusive and resourceful thinking to benefit the employer brand, strategic workforce planning and optimise our talent acquisition function.

Managing the team leadership in the CoE’s , ensuring alignment to our firmwide strategy, and drive strategy and policy aligned to their areas of expertise. Drive the Diversity & Inclusion agenda across the CoE’s, ensuring its incorporation into every element of the talent acquisition agenda.

Key Accountabilities

• Building an intimate knowledge of the talent marketplace for the professional services industry, as well as PwC’s ongoing workforce needs

• Guardianship of the overall approach to Talent Acquisition, policy, processes and framework

• Stewardship of how the candidate experience is felt and perceived by everyone involved in the hiring processes

• Set the strategic direction for partnerships with outsourced service providers

• Developing, implementing and managing the firm’s overall talent acquisition approach encompassing EH, GM and SR, contingent workforce and resourcing strategy, including talent engagement, employer brand, ensuring alignment with the global PwC strategy

• Leading the establishment of a firmwide strategic workforce planning approach (including toolset) to ensure demand and supply of labour and skills across the Lines of Service are being maintained and are aligned to future strategy including what roles and skills will be required in the future based on technological/ delivery mechanism change – contributing to firmwide thinking on which skills we should ‘buy, borrow, build’

• Bringing insight on Recruitment technology and process and use them to continuously advise on best practice delivery through the Operating Model

• Working in close collaboration with People Partners, People Directors, Workforce Strategy Specialists, Finance, Procurement, IT, MI/Data team, Shared services (if relevant), and outsource providers

• Ensuring a sophisticated and sustainable / agile approach to assessment and selection

• Leading a team of CoE specialists in the areas of workforce planning, employer branding, talent engagement and sourcing strategies

• Contributing to the development of the wider People strategy and working closely with the People Leadership team to ensure cohesive and coordinated services

• Considering the use of Recruitment Process Outsourcing as an effective and efficient recruitment strategic option

• Setting direction for overall vendor and supplier management strategy and delivery

Essential Skills and Experience

Technical Skills

• Substantial experience in Talent Acquisition, Employer Brand and Strategic Workforce Planning areas of expertise

• Experience in developing processes, analytics, systems, tools and platforms help deliver access to diverse talent

• Understanding of the firmwide strategy, goals, and commercial aspirations

• Ability to integrate the core PwC values into all CoE practices

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

People & Leadership Capabilities

• Relationship & Team building

• Whole Leadership and collaboration

• Agility and forward-thinking

• Adapting to change

• Analytical thinking

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