Talent Acquisition Specialist Sheffield, England
Job description
Salary: (available on request)
Location: Hybrid working with occasional attendance required for meetings and collaborative working at Pond Street, Sheffield
10% potential bonus
Royal Mail Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
5 weeks annual leave, plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
Full time (35 hour week)
Permanent
We are looking for two first class talent acquisition sourcing specialists who are experienced in sourcing and delivering the best talent, to join our in-house Talent Acquisition Team.
We make careers, not just jobs, so if you are looking for the next step in your recruitment journey, we want you!
Your mission will be to partner with senior stakeholders to design and deliver a proactive recruitment strategy for specialist and mid to senior manager roles within our Corporate, Commercial and Central Operations teams.
Your future career…
Your daily challenges will include building professional networks via online channels, such as LinkedIn, to create an awareness of Royal Mail as an employer, whilst enticing candidates through innovative copy writing. You will engage with your networks to create and manage talent pools.
You will collect and report on recruitment trends, including local conditions, and competitive institutions for various specialist skill sets developing longer term recruitment plans and talent insights.
Working with hiring managers and the senior HR Team, you will focus on recruiting candidates that meet the job criteria, seeking out qualified applicants via shortlisting and qualification calls. Your role also includes sourcing, hiring manager guidance, candidate screening, legal compliance and reporting.
As an effective communicator you will guide candidates through their applications to conclusion, ensuring at all times a positive candidate experience.
Who are we looking for?
To be successful in this role you will need:
• Proven experience in a direct, proactive sourcing methodology recruitment position
- Confident and experienced in using the tools for direct hire, such as LinkedIn Recruiter, networking and search platforms
- An expert in building and maintaining relationships, both with functions, key stakeholders, hiring managers, HRBP’s and most importantly external future talent
- Talent mapping experience with proven results
- Not afraid to trial new techniques and showcase results
- A high achiever in a target driven environment
- Experience in recruiting for various specialist functions such as, finance, marketing, HR, engineering
Extra Benefits:
• Generous holiday entitlement of 5 weeks (plus bank holidays), increasing with years completed service
- Company pension scheme with competitive contribution rates
- RMG Share Schemes - partnership and matching share offer
- Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave, shared parental leave and childcare vouchers
- Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
- Supportive and generous company sick pay
- Access to our Feeling First Class service, providing both mental and physical wellbeing support
- Lifestyle benefits- You can purchase a car, bike, home technology or mobile phone, or choose from a range of health benefits and insurance products. You make regular payments from your salary, and so could save on tax*.
- Financial support- information and services to help you manage debt and grow your financial knowledge, with debt consolidation & savings plans*
- Your piece of mind with- Healthcare CashPlan, Dental Cover, Additional Life (life insurance) & Additional Life Partner, Hospital & Death Benefit Plans; Voluntary Critical illness & Voluntary Critical illness Partner
- Free & discounted RMG products- free keep safe & redirection, partner discounts
- Free stamps at Christmas
- Available only to perm employees
Your career in safe hands:
At Royal Mail we value our people and we want our people to be proud to work for our businesses.
We have the assets, the infrastructure, and the scale that others don’t, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year. We are responsible for the largest B2B customer database in the UK and are one of the largest employers in the UK, providing one in every 194 jobs.
We don’t expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.
Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.
We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.
Next Steps
Successful candidates will participate in a competency-based interview to showcase their previous experience.
Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean ‘your’ interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people.
Closing Date: Sunday 30th April. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
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