Talent Acquisition Partner - 12 Month FTC
Location
Twickenham, Greater London | United Kingdom
Job description
There has never been a better time to work in science. LGC’s “Grant Management Group” (GMG), is a diverse team of 300 friendly people, who together manage £0.5 billion of health research funding on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care. This means we help decide which organisations are allocated money to develop their health research, and we then monitor that funding. Previously this has included projects around cancer, diabetes, global health and dementia for example. We are very proud to have commissioned critical research supporting the development of the Oxford/Astra Zeneca Covid vaccine. We make a real difference to people’s health and lives and are passionate about what we do.
Job Description
We're looking for a Talent Acquisition Partner to join the LGC GMG team, on a 12 month fixed term contract.
The Talent Acquisition Partner will be responsible for shaping, managing and improving the end-to-end recruitment process.
We are looking for someone to build our reputation as an employer of choice, someone who is passionate about sourcing the best talent and candidates to fill our vacancies. The Talent Acquisition Partner will reflect on our successes and failures and constantly seek to improve the way we advertise, interview and offer.
- Provide a tailored end-to-end talent acquisition service, from initial briefing through to direct sourcing, shortlisting/screening candidates and managing the offer process, whilst adding value at each staqe of the recruitment cycle.
- Operate as a trusted advisor to the business, partnering with line managers to evaluate each vacancy and ensure its purpose, profile and budget is appropriate.
- Write engaging job advertisements that attract good quality candidates.
- Champion equality, diversity and inclusion, ensuring shortlists submitted to hiring managers reflect a broad range of candidates wherever possible.
- Promote internal career development opportunities.
- Evaluate advert placement and review recruitment metrics to better understand future opportunities.
- Manage the interview process, including briefing candidates prior to interview.
- Assist with interview and feedback training to ensure candidate experience is excellent.
- Maintain full overview of all GMG recruitment and be able to respond to vacancy queries in real time.
Qualifications
- Proven experience as a recruiter/ talent acquisition partner (in-house or agency).
- Experience of using applicant tracking systems (eg Smart Recruiters).
- Experience using job boards and sourcing/headhunting candidates.
- Experience recruiting niche scientific / technical / bio-med / pharma roles or Research Funders would be desirable.
- Understanding of work visa programmes helpful (where applicable).
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Passionate about recruiting top talent and providing best-in-class candidate experience.
- Commitment to attracting a diverse workforce.
- Ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders across the organisation and understand the needs of different teams.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills.
- Excellent IT skills (G Suite / Google Workspace and Microsoft Teams/Outlook)
Additional Information
Why work for us
Join our team and you’ll be working with an exceptional organisation who manage high quality health and care research for the benefit of patients and the public. NIHR is one of the UK’s largest funders of health and care research.
Salary & Benefits
- £37,900 to £40,000 PA
- Bonus - subject to company performance
- 25 days annual leave, plus public holidays (UK)
- Enhanced contributory pension scheme
- Life Insurance
- Benenden Healthcare
- Season Ticket Loan
- Laptop, IT equipment and remote IT support
NB: We offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, flexible working arrangements. This is an office-based, hybrid role with an expectation for all employees to attend our offices a minimum of 4 days a month, usually worked as 1 day per week, and may increase, subject to team requirements.
Whilst the post is being advertised as a one-year fixed term contract there is a possibility of extension which will be explained at interview.
To Apply If you are interested in working with us and feel you have the appropriate background and skills, please apply with your CV,
(with the cover letter attached in the same document), outlining your suitability for the role and highlighting your experience against the required criteria.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES LGC strongly believes that every job applicant and employee should be valued for their individual talents regardless of age, disability, race, color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion, or belief. Short listing, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender, sexual orientation, marital status, color, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, age, or trade union membership.
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