Purpose of the role:
To provide recruitment support, with an emphasis on direct marketing, reducing recruitment costs, screening candidates, and supporting the business to obtain the right hires to meet the business values and long-term needs.
Responsibilities:
- Provide an efficient and effective service to the Group, ensuring all recruitment policies, procedures and approved Group standards are followed
- Act as the point of contact with external recruitment specialists, ensuring positive relations are fostered with preferred agents
- Work alongside the Marketing team to ensure website and social media recruitment advertising is regularly updated according to business needs and to assist in organising and attending any relevant careers fairs or recruitment events
- Develop the use of LinkedIn and other recruitment platforms to increase direct applications
- Act as the HR representative in recruitment interviews, when necessary, ensuring all local employment laws and best practice are followed throughout the recruitment process
- Assist Managers with the maintenance and development of job descriptions for all roles within the Group, preparing advertisements, screening applications and shortlisting, interviewing and selecting candidates
Skills required:
- Recruitment experience is a must, preferably from an in-house environment
- Experience recruiting within a financial or professional services business as well as an appreciation of the standards that are expected within a regulated environment would be an advantage
- Understanding of local employment legislation and its practical application in a commercial financial services business
- A proven ability to communicate effectively at all levels coupled with a strong understanding of how to develop good working relationships within the business and with other service providers