Verisure Services (UK) Ltd Hiring for Arlo Europe Talent Acquisition Specialist Job at Brentford, England Full Time

Arlo Europe Talent Acquisition Specialist

Arlo Europe, part of Verisure, is seeking a talented, innovative, passionate Talent Acquisition Specialist.

The role will report directly into the Head of HR for Arlo Europe, while working closely with the Arlo Team.

This is a position reinforcing our growing and talented team – the TA Specialist will play a critical role that will contribute on shaping the newly created recruitment function at Arlo Europe and will have the opportunity to develop quickly, benefiting from the support of Group Talent Acquisition Team.

The role will be expected to impact quickly and develop as the business grows. It is an exciting and unique opportunity for an experienced TA specialist to be part of a transformational growth story. This role provides a substantial exposure to Senior leaders across business functions.

The company’s success depends on its people and it invests in them every day. Working with Verisure is being part of an industry leading world-class company that has a strong entrepreneurial spirit.

Strategic context and Value proposition

Verisure is the leading provider of monitored security solutions in Europe. In 2019, we formed a strategic partnership with Arlo, a world leader in connected cameras. Verisure acquired all rights to Arlo’s European business, in particular, the exclusive distribution rights for Arlo branded camera products for all sales channels in Europe, including e-commerce and retail. Additionally, Verisure is entering into a supply agreement with Arlo whereby we get access to the full portfolio and past and future innovation stream of Arlo camera products to sell through the Verisure direct or partner channels across all our countries.

Today, Verisure does not focus on e-commerce and retail channels. Instead, we drive our core go to market channels: direct field sales, Alliances and telesales. The acquisition of Arlo Europe now gives us a leadership strong position in these two emerging and important future emerging channels for our business. This transaction has strategic importance. Camera led subscription services building on surveillance versus professionally monitored security are now creating attractive incremental growth opportunities.

Arlo Europe is a newly acquired division that is the leader on the Smart Home Market in Europe. We provide peace of mind to our customers for them to have total control over the protection of the things and ones they love. Pioneering, professional grade technology and industry leading AI allows them to stay connected to their property from wherever they are, so they can rest easy knowing everything is safe and secure. Whether it’s keeping an eye on packages, checking the wellbeing of family or deterring and preventing unwelcome visitors, Arlo prides itself on giving customers the most accurate view on what’s going on when they are away.

Arlo Europe is present in 49 Countries and its expansion is continuing rapidly. The Talent Acquisition Specialist for Arlo Europe will support our growth in line with a strong and visionary Management that is creating a robust business plan for value creation.

Responsibilities

The role goes beyond transactional recruitment – it will touch upon various aspects of recruitment, HR and the overall business, and will further develop the successful candidate across various areas of expertise!

The Talent Acquisition Specialist will have the opportunity to impact very quickly and significantly by leading Talent Acquisition projects for Arlo Europe, and this, across European geographies. On top of the core responsibilities, the person will also participate in and develop initiatives and projects to improve our recruitment processes, tools and systems (e.g. employer branding, business processes, digital recruitment, HRIS, assessment tools). All of these tasks will be managed in a very entrepreneurial and dynamic environment!

You must be delivery-focused, enjoy interacting with and interviewing top talents, be adept and skilled at managing a variety of senior stakeholders, and have project management skills. Building collaboration with people across the business, as well as developing innovative ideas that can make our talent acquisition processes faster and better, will also be important. A good understanding of the business is important to interact with internal stakeholders and candidates.

Responsibilities will include:

· Deliver full lifecycle recruitment

• Become an integral part of the interviewing and selection cycle – source, screen, interview, and prepare candidates for interviews with hiring managers, assessment, compensation advice and coordination around offer with other HR stakeholders,
• Assess candidates for a full range of roles from junior level to senior management, and across multiple functions and regions.

· Become a leader and trusted advisor to hiring managers and business stakeholders

• Advise around Talent Acquisition processes and candidate pools, lead conversations, and actively advise on actions to achieve the most efficient recruitment processes,
• Initiate collaborative relationships with hiring managers, leading the brief and creation of job descriptions, as well as gathering hiring needs for the year.

· Project management

• Organizing, planning and executing Talent Acquisition projects for Arlo Europe, from complex searches to best practices deployment,
• Lead/support initiatives to adapt and innovate around candidate sourcing strategies to optimize KPIs and processes to ensure and outstanding Recruitment experience to candidates and hiring managers
• Develop and lead projects in line with the broader Talent Management of our Arlo employees

· Communication and employer branding

• Be a true corporate ambassador, able to attract top talent and adapt to all style and all levels of candidates (from junior profile to more senior people)
• Become the public face of the company from the initial application to the final on-boarding, and convey our DNA and employer brand,
• Advise various communications channels such as LinkedIn, career site, intranet, to ensure dynamic promotion of our employer brand and opportunities.

Location

Permanent hire to be based in the Arlo / Verisure office in London, UK or Verisure HQ in Antony, Paris, France

Reports and organization structure

Direct reporting line into the Head of HR, Arlo Europe

Candidate profile

Experience and Qualifications

Key Requirements:

We see this role as critical for the achievement of our growth. As result we are looking for a high potential / top performer individual with:

· University degree, ideally in an analytical and business-oriented field

· Minimum 3 to 5 years of professional experience as in-house Talent Acquisition Specialist or Recruiter in complex and international organisation

· We could also consider similar experience at a top tier executive search firm, with track record of full life cycle recruiting

Competencies

· A keen understanding of a variety of roles within similar business

· A good business understanding to drive meaningful conversation with hiring managers and candidates

· Hands-on knowledge of sourcing and attracting high-calibre candidates

· Hands-on experience with full-cycle recruiting using various interview techniques and evaluation methods

· Strong command of LinkedIn Recruiter

· Proficiency of Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) – Office 365 is an asset

· Demonstrable experience of partnering with and managing the expectations of a variety of internal stakeholders

· Some project management experience in organizing, planning and executing initiatives

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Ability to perform well under tight time constraints and changing deadlines, and to handle multiple tasks and prioritise

· Exceptional organisational and administrative skills, attention to detail yet mindful of the big picture

· High fluency in English – other European language is an asset

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills to influence the development of appropriate and effective internal and external messaging

· Team player, humble, comfortable and effective in a hands-on, team-oriented environment

· Ability to operate collaboratively in a matrixed team environment – proven ability to easily, naturally develop great relationships across the organization

· Analytical skills to understand problems, analyse, and apply solutions to improve processes

· Numerical skills and data-driven mindset

· Self-starter, ability to work autonomously and demonstrate commitment and ownership

· Reliability – can produce work of very high quality on a timely manner, ability to priorities and handle multiple tasks within tight deadlines

· High ‘EQ’ High IQ individual

· Agility – able to manage uncertainty and adapt to change with pragmatism. Knows how to get things done in ambiguous, executive settings

· Energy contributor, low maintenance, flexible, ambitious but collegial

· Ability to interface with and influence key stakeholders

· Solution-oriented mindset and commercial judgement

Strong fit with our Company DNA

· Passionate in Everything We Do: Our people have a sense of energy that is unmistakable, one that drives us to delight our customers and focus on creating impact quickly.

· Committed to Making a Difference: When we say we will do something; we deliver with excellence. We are accountable, focused and operate with discipline.

· Always Innovating: We believe that Innovation can be big or small; it’s a continuous state of mind that inspires us to think differently and always make things better. We are risk takers and we learn continuously.

· Winning as a Team: Our people know that by leveraging one another’s strengths, investing in and developing our team’s capability and by collaborating well, we will win.

· With Trust & Responsibility: Operating with integrity is core to our success. We are humble, honest and value deep mastery and expertise. We do the right thing, always.

The Company

We Are People Who Protect People

We are the leading provider of professionally monitored alarms for residential households and small businesses in Europe.

Peace of mind for families and small businesses

We believe it is a human right to feel safe and secure. We now protect more than 3.4 million families and small businesses. Our service includes 24/7 monitoring, expert verification and response, customer care, service and maintenance services, and professional technical support. As well as protecting against intrusion, we protect against fire, attack, theft, life-threatening emergencies and other hazards. Verisure people are dedicated and committed and provide what we believe is the best customer service in the industry.

Leading across a broad footprint

We are the leading provider of residential and small business monitored alarms in Europe. We operate in 16 countries across Europe and Latin America. Our business is driven by organic growth, based on our differentiated business model. We attract high quality customers. We work hard to ensure that our customers are happy. This contributes to an industry leading level of attrition and a long customer lifetime.

A technology-enabled human services company

Our 18,000 team-mates are the foundation of our company. Our business model combines technology and human expertise to protect people. We are a human services company. More than 80% of our colleagues interact with customers every day. This connection provides the insight that inspires our innovation. These insights are a source of advantage. We leverage these insights with the significant investment we make into product and service innovation. The close customer contact also fuels the pride which drives engagement.

30 years of experience – and many more to come

We have been protecting what matters most since 1988. Over that time, we have expanded beyond our roots in the Nordics and Spain. We now serve most of Europe and have also established a strong presence in Latin America. In 2017, to evolve our operating model, strategic innovation, operational excellence and access to talent, we opened our new Group headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2019, we formed a strategic partnership with Arlo, a world leader in connected cameras. Verisure acquired all rights to Arlo’s European business. This allows us to offer connected camera services in Europe as a complement to our professionally monitored security service. It also allows us to access new go-to-market opportunities in retail and e-commerce.

Reference ID: r2021090539

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Up to £37,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

• Performance bonus

Benefits:

• Bike to work scheme
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Gym membership
• Life insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

COVID-19 considerations:
There are Covid safety measures in place in the office and we offer hybrid working: 2/3 days in the office and 2/3 days working from home

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Brentford TW8 9DR: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Application question(s):

• Do you have proof of Right to Work in the UK?

Experience:

• Recruitment: 2 years (required)

Work remotely:

• Temporarily due to COVID-19