Senior Recruitment Business Partner Heathrow, England
Job description
This is a key time to be joining British Airways as we Build a Better BA. We take huge pride in our past – but we’re looking to the future as an airline that loves embracing the best of modern Britain. Our country’s creativity, diversity, style, wit and warmth are the same special qualities that make us who we are. If you’re made of the same qualities as us, you could soon be part of the next chapter of our story. Together as one team, we’re connecting Britain with the world and the world to Britain like no one else
As the Senior Recruitment Business Partner, you will play a critical role in managing a team delivering the recruitment needs of our organisation. You will be responsible for ensuring the smooth and efficient recruitment of new entrants in line with operational requirements, whilst at the same time delivering a great candidate experience.
Establishing strong working relationships with all relevant business partners will be key to your success, and this includes our third-party recruitment partners, as you will be accountable for driving overall team performance.
You will lead a team of Recruitment Business Partners and Suppliers, providing inspiration, guidance coaching and support to colleagues, ensuring a timely and seamless delivery of candidates into our business. Your ability to proactively identify and mitigate potential risks and issues is critical and will rely on your ability to identify creative solutions, often in the moment.
Your role will extend beyond day-to-day recruitment operations. You will attend governance meetings alongside key recruitment LT members to provide insights and recommendations on resource delivery within specific business area. Taking a comprehensive view of recruitment, you will challenge existing processes and play a significant role in driving transformational change. By working closely with key collaborators and colleagues across the recruitment team, you will identify cross-campaign synergies and promote the implementation of process improvements.
Overall, this role offers an exciting opportunity to have a significant impact on our talent acquisition process and candidate experience. By effectively managing recruitment operations, building strong partner relationships, driving transformational change, and leading continuous improvement initiatives, you will contribute to the overall success of our organisation and help us attract top talent to meet our operational needs.
About You:
To be successful in this role you will possess:
- Exceptional problem-solving skills: you can identify and resolve issues efficiently, finding innovative solutions to unblock obstacles and ensure the successful delivery of requirements.
- Strong time management and prioritisation abilities: you can work under pressure, prioritize tasks effectively, and meet tight deadlines, ensuring efficient timely delivery.
- Effective communication, influencing and collaboration skills: you are comfortable and experienced in challenging and influence senior managers and decision-makers, creating productive relationships and driving successful outcomes.
- Attention to detail and strategic thinking: you have a great eye for detail while also having the ability to think strategically.
- Strong candidate focus and innovative mentality: with a strategic approach along with a real focus on the candidate experience, you can demonstrate creative and innovative thinking to balance daily operations and identify future development opportunities
Our Corporate and Support roles come with big potential to make your mark on our business. The airline industry changes so fast that we’re constantly evolving and finding new ways to impress customers and get ahead of our competitors. If you’re an innovator and brave and bold thinker, you will be in your element at British Airways.
Your impact on British Airways will be rewarded with a competitive rewards package plus the opportunity to develop and progress your career in many directions.
Not only will you have the chance to further your career development within BA, you’ll have access to our competitive reward and benefits package. This includes core company paid benefits such as a Defined Contribution pension scheme, generous Life Assurance cover and a whole host of options to support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing. You can also sign up for a range of voluntary benefits such as Private Medical cover, Dental and Critical Illness cover, Technology Scheme, Cycle to Work and Electric Car Scheme. And of course, you’ll be able to enjoy the benefit of staff travel as soon as you join us
We are an equal opportunities employer and value diversity at British Airways. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. However, this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.
N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities
