Digital Talent Acquisition Specialist

Company Description

Are you a star recruiter, a strong communicator and an outstanding stakeholder manager who is passionate about recruitment? Then you may be our new Digital Talent Acquisition Specialist for PA Consulting. 

• Flexible working - We are currently operating a discretionary hybrid working model which is designed to help you plan your work and your life.
• We require our people to come into the office at least two days a week
• This role will be based from either our offices in London (Victoria), Cambridge or Belfast.
• Application deadline: ASAP

We’re an innovation and transformation consultancy that believes in the power of ingenuity to build a positive-human future in a technology-driven world. Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking with breakthrough-technologies to progress further, faster.

With a global network of FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 clients, we’ll offer you unrivalled opportunities for growth and the freedom to excel. Combining strategies, technologies and innovation, we turn complexity to opportunity and deliver enduring results, enabling you to build a lasting career.

Job Description

Take your career to the next level in a role that is critical in enabling the growth of the business. You will be responsible for managing the success of our Digital recruitment capability streams. You will have the resilience to handle a fast-paced environment where you will be at the coal-face of sourcing and qualifying talent who will go on to deliver high-impact projects.

This will encompass:

• Sourcing pipelines of candidates
• Qualifying and selecting candidates
• Offer management and negotiation
• Managing candidate experience
• Liaising with senior stakeholders

You will have a range of tools at your fingertips to support, including LinkedIn Recruiter and Hackajob.

Activities will include:

• Designing innovative sourcing strategies to targeting high quality candidates
• Using search techniques on platforms such as Linked In
• Writing adverts and communications that highlight key qualifiers for each role as well as the benefits of working at PA
• Carefully qualifying candidates against specific role requirements and company culture
• Managing your candidates’ expectations, ensuring they are kept engaged and informed throughout their experience.
• Liaising with internal stakeholders to engage and influence consistent and effective recruitment processes.
• Coordinate closely with recruiting team members to innovate our research strategy for talent pooling, market mapping and competitor analysis
• Actively engage in diversity and inclusion hiring strategies
• Be data driven in your methods, with a firm understanding of how your recruitment metrics can be used to improve performance.
• Deliver market insight and intelligence by keeping up with industry trends and gaining credibility with stakeholders
• Be a champion of candidate experience, so that even unsuccessful candidates leave the process with a positive image of PA Consulting.

Qualifications

About you

We are looking for someone who is experienced in recruitment methods, tools and processes of as well as possessing strong communication and influencing skills. You will have:

• Minimum of 2 years direct recruitment experience within Digital / Technology either from a search firm or in-house
• Proven experience in hiring talent within one or more of the following areas: Software Engineering, DevOps, Data, Architecture, Cyber Security and Design.
• Significant experience and excellence in direct sourcing and attracting passive talent using tools such as Linked In Recruiter
• A diligent and motivated attitude. You will be target driven and a real self-starter who is not afraid to use their initiative
• Excellent communication skills and confidence in building positive relationships with diverse and challenging stakeholders
• Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to engage, influence and challenge candidates
• High energy and personal resilience with the ability to manage competing demands in a complex, matrixed environment. You should have the ability to lead yourself through ambiguity and change, often in a fast-paced atmosphere 
• Great partnering and teaming skills – ability to support others in a collegiate working environment and build internal networks to solve problems.

We know the skill-gap and ‘need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today by completing our online application

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Additional Information

The Offer

We offer the opportunity to work on purposeful projects with incredible people, competitive salary, pension and bonus scheme, clear pathways to progression, and a thriving learning culture. Benefits include:

• Consistent training, development and career progression
• Flexible healthcare plans for you and your family
• Competitive leave allowances 
• Access to a range of networks, centring LGBTQ+ people, women, people from minority ethnic backgrounds, and more

It’s an environment that is energetic and fast-paced, that values collaboration, curiosity and treating people fairly. If that sounds like somewhere you want to work, get in touch.

Diversity Enables Ingenuity

Our diversity strengthens us and stimulates a rich, creative environment where our people feel empowered to be themselves. We’re committed to recruiting, promoting and rewarding our people solely based on their ability to contribute to PA’s goals, no matter their background. Together, we are PA — Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process — at any time — don’t hesitate to contact us on [email protected]