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Student Talent Attraction & Acquisition Advisor – Campaigns Specialist (Campus) – Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow

At EY we encourage everyone in our team to be bold, think big and be different. Why?

Because at EY in an ever-changing world, we have to continue to drive innovation to attract the best diverse talent, and this starts with our Student Talent Attraction team.

EY is one of the largest student employers in the UK. In total, we recruit around 2,500 students every year into Apprentice and Graduate programmes, as well as a broad range of work experience opportunities. To fulfil these demanding requirements, we attract over 75,000 candidates each year. We have a passion not just for recruiting the best student talent but ensuring we attract the most diverse talent by making a positive impact on the lives of students in the UK, and our wider society.

The student recruitment team is fast paced, forward thinking and innovative. We are a large team based around the UK, working as one team to deliver the most exceptional student experience.

Our vision is to become the leading and most innovative student recruitment attraction team, revolutionizing how we engage and attract top talent from universities and schools. We strive to be the catalyst that connects exceptional students with our organization, creating a dynamic and diverse talent pipeline that drives our future success. The student market is evolving and complex, and agile thinking with execution is what will continue to make EY stand out from the crowd.

In pursuit of our vision, our student recruitment campaigns team are committed to:

• Bold and Creative Approaches that Transform: We constantly challenge conventional recruitment methods, embracing creativity and innovation to develop ground-breaking strategies that captivate and excite students. By thinking outside the box, we aim to leave a lasting impression and position our organization as an irresistible destination for aspiring professionals from diverse backgrounds.
• Building Meaningful Connections: We recognize the importance of building authentic and meaningful relationships with students, universities, and academic institutions. Through personalized interactions and genuine care, we foster trust, understanding, and a sense of belonging, ensuring that students see us as more than just a potential employer, but a company who is committed to building a better working world for everyone.
• Elevating our Employer Brand: We strive to cultivate a distinctive and compelling employer brand that resonates with students and sets us apart from competitors. By showcasing our values, culture, and the unique opportunities we offer, combined with “BIG BANG” and events that bring the “WOW” factor we attract top talent who align with our organization's vision and contribute to our collective growth plans.
• Diversity and Inclusion as a Priority: We are committed to championing diversity and inclusion at every stage of the student recruitment process. By actively seeking out students from diverse backgrounds and underrepresented groups, we create a vibrant and inclusive community that celebrates individuality and fosters innovation, through long-lasting connections.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: We leverage data analysis and insights to drive our recruitment strategies. By tracking and analysing key metrics, we gain a deeper understanding of student preferences, behaviours, and trends, allowing us to continuously optimize our approach and make data-driven decisions.

The Opportunity
You’ll be fanatical about return on investment (ROI), to ensure the events and engagements yield results and brig about the most memorable student experience.

This is a unique opportunity to join the in-house recruitment team at EY, finding future talent that will enable EY to deliver our market leading high-volume UK wide strategy. You’ll join a multi award winning team, responsible for engaging, sourcing, and attracting the best and most diverse candidates to the firm’s school, work experience and graduate programmes across the UK.

We are looking for someone who can manage relationships with schools, universities at the highest level, and foster best in class relationships. As well as engaging diverse talent pools for EY. You will also be involved in planning and running innovative candidate engagement events at scale alongside delivering on internal projects within the team, to make EY stand out from the crowd and make a “BIG BANG” and leave a lasting impression.

Key aspects of the role:

• Contributes to the achievement of Student Recruitment hiring targets across all programmes by demonstrating measurable impact on fill rate linked to activity, reviews pipeline reports weekly and initiates course corrections to ensure university and campaign plans are coordinated across the team
• Managing EY brand at a target list of universities, ensuring value for money, return on investment and effectiveness of events delivered
• Partner with university/ early careers officials to build brand awareness and promote EY as a top employer of early career talent through innovative bespoke events
• Ambassador for EY and be able to effectively communicate employer brand to internal and external stakeholders including students, careers professionals and internal management, demonstrating EY’s unique selling points
• Gains knowledge with regard to business strategy and performance and demonstrates understanding of the key business drivers and fill rate
• Delivering bold events strategy at universities and schools, including; student societies, in curriculum and lecturing, alongside attending career fairs, hosting information sessions, and building relationships with career services staff and student organizations
• Plans and execute recruitment events, including coordinating logistics, promoting events, and ensuring a positive candidate experience end to end bringing in talent from the business to story tell and convey messaging
• Actively engage with potential candidates through various channels, including social media, online job boards, and professional organizations.
• Creative approaches to sourcing candidates and have a deep understanding of the early career talent landscape, how do you reach the candidates who are not attending careers fairs or are part of societies?
• Is responsive to business needs, demonstrating speed of response through own actions and proactively proposing ideas and solutions
• Builds a strong internal network for example with Talent Shared Services, Resourcing, Operations, HR and the business to remain abreast of key issues and events and to provide exceptional service and insight to business

MI & Reporting

• Produces and interprets weekly data to assess ROI on campus activity to help shape future strategy
• Able to produce weekly management/pipeline reports for team and business as required and can identify when data is not accurate or of questionable integrity
• Uses the recruitment portals effectively so that data is maintained with integrity and updates the recruitment records consistently to ensure accurate reporting of candidate activity at all times
• Accurately collects and reports on data for specific KPI’s or produces reports proactively for the team and internal stakeholders

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• A passion for student recruitment, either via prior experience or a desire to learn
• Highly organised with an eye for detail
• Confident excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs etc)
• Curious about fill rate, reviewing variance against target and initiative action
• Previous experience in a large organisation in a high-volume campaigns role or delivering across scale and regional complexity
• Recruitment marketing and campaigns experience
• Bringing authentic story-telling to life through creative campaigns for hot spot roles
• Experience in event management and delivery
• Relationship building skills – with the ability to challenge where necessary, always acting with integrity and enthusiasm
• Enjoy teaming and working with others on core delivery and projects
• Calm and objective when under pressure
• Experience of public speaking/ delivering workshops to students
• Social media knowledge and experience

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Experience of either schools or university recruitment (ideally both)
• Proven track record of executing volume recruitment
• An understanding of Undergraduate and schools work experience programmes
• Experience of managing campaigns for multiple positions and building candidate pipelines
• Social media knowledge and experience
• Ability to quickly prioritise work and remain flexible in accordance with business needs

What working at EY Offers:
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.

About EY
As a global leader in assurance, tax, strategy and transactions and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Join us in building a better working world.

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