Talent Acquisition Partner

The Talent Acquisition Partner will work closely with business managers and their respective HR Business Partners, to source and recruit high calibre candidates through search and direct hiring activity. You will support the design and delivery of resourcing plans, identify top talent, and manage specific recruitment campaigns.

This role will be offered as a permanent/full time home-based contract but you will be expected to travel regularly to various RPS offices to fulfil the requirements of the role.

At RPS we work as one team, we roll up our sleeves and we get things done. Our flat structure creates greater collaboration and speed of communication. We know we develop better solutions together. That’s why at RPS you’re more than just a number. We want your input and more importantly, we value new ideas. We’re made up of some of the brightest minds in the industry. And we believe that’s because we celebrate diversity, respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone.

What You’ll Be Doing

Our Talent Partners work across the company providing bespoke high-quality talent acquisition services that include Volume, Specialist and Strategic Resourcing. As a team we deliver a range of bespoke and dedicated services for talent acquisition and retention across the group.

The Talent Acquisition Partner has responsibility for the high quality, cost effective and timely operational delivery of internal and external resourcing for assigned business areas. Coupling this with the intelligence and creativity to understand multiple businesses and market sectors while identifying and assessing the strengths and relevance of candidate suitability for role requirements across the business.

Your Responsibilities

Business Partnering

• Taking responsibility for client relationships and account management, acting as advisor, engaging with stakeholders to understand their problems and provide solutions

• Ensure the business follows the correct process, best practice and RPS behaviours

• Promoting diverse and inclusive sourcing and hiring practices

• Supporting the Resourcing Lead and the Head of Recruitment to provide regular dashboards, MI reports, insights and knowledge of the market based on evidence to the business

• Identify and reduce annual agency spend

• Develop the agency partner framework

• Support with ad-hoc business projects

Delivery

• Drive direct recruitment fulfilment (Direct, Agency and Referrals) and the continuous improvement to the recruitment proposition including both the candidate and customer experience

• Acting as overall project manager, providing effective operational, resource and project management of vacancies, ensuring good practice and the RPS process is followed

• Deliver excellent service to clients and candidates

• Build and maintain strong knowledge base of the key market areas

Operational

• Taking responsibility for quality assurance including all documentation, process and interactions with clients and candidates

• Regular process and continues improvement reviews

Who We’re Looking For

We are looking for a team player who is passionate about delivering an outstanding service to both our internal clients and candidates. You will have outstanding communication skills, with experience of working in a fast-paced recruitment environment, identifying hard to find talent. We are open to hearing from candidates with a few years’ recruitment experience through to experienced recruiters (agency or internal). Experience of volume campaign recruitment as well as Apprenticeship and Graduate Hires is of specific interest.

For us, it is about your passion to recruit and work effectively in a team environment. The role will be a hybrid model of office and home based working with the requirement to travel as and when needed.

What’s in it for you?

Here you’ll find true support and encouragement. We’re an accredited training provider and we support learning and development for everyone. A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll be supported as far as you want to go.

We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop the most innovative ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.

We understand the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to talk about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

What happens next?

If this opportunity suits your career journey, we’d love to hear from you. All applications will be considered. Ready to apply? Please have your CV ready and continue with your application online.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Mindful that a truly inclusive organization must make appropriate use of talent on a global basis and without unnecessary barriers, we are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion principles in all People processes in order to be as diverse as the communities and clients we work with, thereby securing, developing, and retaining the best available talent for the company’s future.

Our approach to Diversity and inclusion Our people live our purpose, deliver our promise, and demonstrate our behaviours every day. Our behaviours define who we are. Developed by our people, they underpin everything that we do. They create the memorable experiences we are known for and make RPS a great place to do great work.

‘Stronger Together’ is one of our five core behaviours and it is inherent in creating an inclusive workplace:

‘We are respectful, acknowledge diversity, and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. We bring out the best in one another, always assuming best intent. People who learn and grow thrive in our business, sharing in our success.’

Recruitment Agencies We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list. Please refer to the careers page on our website if you require any further information.

If you are interested for this position, you may apply to this link.