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Talent Acquisition Partner - People Directorate. Part time (up to 0.8 FTE), 8 month FTC opportunity)

Department Overview

This role sits within the Experienced Hires Talent Acquisition team, in the Talent Acquisition & Development (TAD) function of the People Directorate, alongside Future Talent, Learning & Organisational Development and Talent. The teams collaborate and work closely to ensure that our activity is aligned throughout the function as part of our overall Talent strategy.

Job Description

This is a key role in the Experienced Hires Talent Acquisition Team. Our mission is to provide a great candidate experience for all our candidates (both internally and externally). With this in mind, our Talent Acquisition team is completely dedicated to resourcing great talent into the Bank and working closely with our colleagues in the Future Talent Team. This role will not only own a portfolio of key stakeholders to partner and manage the full resourcing strategy and the day to day operational recruitment for the area/s, but will also be supporting our Senior Leadership Lead Talent Acquisition Partner across all areas of the Bank, attracting and appointing into our leadership roles.

This person will use their significant talent acquisition expertise to support and guide our attraction and selection activity to ensure we secure all the talented people we need, in the most inclusive ways possible. This is at the heart of everything we do in Talent Acquisition and we are proud to form an integral part of the wider Talent strategy for the whole Bank.

You will also get the chance to be involved or lead multiple project work, and either be or become a real authority on inclusive recruitment from candidate attraction and selection by guiding and innovating processes for the future.

Please note that this role is a part time (up to 0.8 FTE) opportunity and for an 8 month secondment.

Role Requirements

• Take the lead as the talent acquisition subject matter expert for your business areas

• Partner with senior leadership teams to shape and agree the short and longer term talent acquisition strategies for their business, often at Head of Division, Director and Executive Director level

• Work on projects such as psychometric testing design, Applicant Tracking System review, employer brand initiatives and other related projects as and when required

• Understand your designated areas’ business and associated resourcing needs, using MI and market information to provide insights into supply, demand, quality and diversity

• Influencing hiring managers to shape and add value to the recruitment strategy for specific recruitment campaigns

• Identify the most appropriate sourcing channels to attract the best and most diverse talent for the role

• Design inclusive assessment and selection processes to meet diversity and inclusion aims and eliminate bias

• Support the continuous improvement of talent acquisition processes, including the elimination of non-value add activities, maximising the use of technology where possible

• Take the lead of talent acquisition projects and training

• Collaborate with colleagues across the People Directorate providing insights from the business and your expertise

• Manage relationships with external suppliers as and when required

Minimum (Essential) Criteria

• Strong internal and external end to end recruitment/talent acquisition and partnering experience, gained within an in-house or RPO onsite environment

• Experience of recruiting up to Director level hires

• Previous experience of working with recruitment portals and databases is essential

• Experience of managing large campaigns for multiple positions and building candidate pipelines

• Previous experience of championing diversity and inclusion within your organisation

• Experience of designing innovative selection processes, must be Ability & Personality (previously Level A & B) qualified

• Strong analytical/data skills, with the ability to provide post project analysis on recruitment campaigns

You will also need to have:

• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate, challenge and influence at all levels both verbally and in writing

• Passion for providing excellent service and recruiting talented individuals

• Sound organisational skills with the ability to juggle a busy and changing workload effectively

• Strong IT skills, especially Microsoft office.

Desirable Criteria

• Exposure to vendor relationship management of recruitment agencies and other recruitment suppliers highly advantageous

• Delivery of an Applicant Tracking System would be useful

• Up to date knowledge of UK employment law and factors effecting Recruitment in the UK.

Our Approach to Inclusion

The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.

At the Bank of England we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. We believe that it’s by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we’ll continue to make the best decisions for the public.

We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part time working patterns. We've also partnered with external organisations to support us in making adjustments for candidates and employees in the recruitment process where they're needed.

For most roles where work can be carried out at home, we aim for colleagues to spend half of their time in the office, with a minimum of 40% per month. Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them, their team and stakeholders.

Finally, we're proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme. You can find more information on what this means here. If you wish to apply under this scheme, you should check the box in the ‘Candidate Personal Information’ under the ‘Disability Confident Scheme’ section of the application.

Salary and Benefits Information

This specific role offers a base salary of circa £45,900 - £50,000 per annum (depending on skills and experience) on a full-time basis. We encourage flexible working, part time working and job share arrangements. Part time salary and benefits will be on a pro-rated basis as appropriate.

In addition, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package as detailed below:

• A non-contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/95th of your annual salary for every year worked. There is the option to increase your pension (to 1/50th) or decrease (to 1/120th) in exchange for salary through our flexible benefits programme each year.
• A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool.
• A 7% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits. (Note that from April 2023 and for the Benefits year 2023/24, this will increase to 8%)
• 26 days’ annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits.
• Private medical insurance and income protection.

National Security Vetting Process

Employment in this role will be subject to the National Security Vetting clearance process (and typically can take between 6 to 12 weeks post offer) and the passing of additional Bank security checks in accordance with the Bank policy. Further information regarding the vetting and security clearance requirements for the role will be provided to the successful applicant, and information about how the Bank processes personal data for these purposes, is set out in the Bank’s Privacy Notice at Privacy and the Bank of England | Bank of England.

The Application Process

Important: Please ensure that you complete the ‘work history’ section and answer ALL the application questions fully. All candidate applications are anonymised to ensure that our hiring managers will not be able to see your personal information, including your CV, when reviewing your application details at the screening stage. It’s therefore really important that you fill out the work history and application form questions, as your answers will form a critical part of the initial selection process.

The closing date for applications is 30th July 2023.

The assessment process will comprise of two stages.