Talent Acquisition Partner

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Role- Talent Acquisition Partner

Reports to- Head of Talent Acquisition

Location- London or York (hybrid)

Type of role- Permanent

About Hiscox - our culture as an international specialist insurer, we stand apart from the world of mass-market insurance products. Our approach is selective, concentrating on our core areas of expertise and strength, and underpinned by a culture that encourages us to challenge convention and always look for a better way of doing things.

There isn't a single template for what makes "a Hiscox person." Our values are deeply embedded in our culture, driving the way we work, support each other, and grow our careers. We thrive on going the extra mile and focusing on human relationships, within our business, the market, and with our customers. Thinking creatively, challenging the status quo, and solving problems for the people we serve. We foster a high-performance culture by building careers, investing in our people, and equipping them with the skills of the future, ensuring we hire, and retain the best talent. We call this special blend "the Hiscox factor." If you're ready to join a team that values innovation, dedication, and a commitment to excellence, Hiscox is the place for you. Come and discover the Hiscox factor for yourself.

About the People Team

The Hiscox People Function is embarking on an inspiring and forward-thinking transformation journey to establish a colleague-centric employee value proposition (EVP) that will be delivered through a digital first approach.

Our aim is to create scalable and standardised people propositions through our Centres of Expertise (CoE) that will have a significant impact, be relevant, and focus on building Hiscox's future capabilities.

We are dedicated to being a strategic partner to the business by delivering innovative HR strategies and solutions that drive colleague engagement, enhance performance, and cultivate a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

Our vision is to create a collaborative and diverse workplace culture whereby Hiscox is recognised as the best place to grow your career in HR and/or the insurance industry

The Role of a Talent Acquisition Partner

This is a Lead role that will balance inputting and developing TA strategies for a defined area/client group, alongside ensuring that the overall recruitment strategy runs smoothly and delivers quality outcomes for the business.

You will translate business requirements into talent plans and tangible outcomes and then operationalise and deliver them. You will be acting as the primary point of contact for hiring managers, enhancing their experience and the advice they receive, through the utilisation of the RPO resources.

You will partner senior business and HR leaders and help build a robust talent pipeline. You will appropriately source key capabilities and skill areas via internal and external talent pools at the appropriate price and manage the service as per agreed SLAs.

You will be using People and Talent analytics to track key talent metrics and provide insights for decision-making and to influence senior leaders on their thinking and recommend adjustments to strategies already in flight. You will be a DEI champion, ensuring diversity and inclusion initiatives for your client area are in place, working with cross-functional teams to create strong diverse succession slates, and develop metrics to track and measure progress.

Being part of a global TA team, you will also take the leading and/or be supporting critical global TA initiatives, to enhance quality of hires, consistency, efficiency, cost and great candidate/ hiring manager experiences.

These initiatives could be:

 - reviewing/adopting/implementing new technology systems, i.e. CRM/talent pooling, and/or driving technology change programmes such as Applicant Tracking System/Workday upgrades or RPO tec integrations, partnering closely with key stakeholders to ensure a smooth transition, via communications, engagement, training and high adoption from all Hiscox BUs/Functions

- identifying opportunities for process automation and optimization, gathering input from colleagues and stakeholders, inspecting data and building the case for change to drive tangible service improvements that enhance hiring effectiveness and efficiency

 - continuously reviewing and improving the internal and external interview processes, which includes evaluating and refining interview structures, technical assessment stages, hiring manager effectiveness, ensuring a measurable increase in the quality of internal and external hires, consistency, efficiency, cost and great candidate and hiring manager experiences

- enhancing our Employer Value Proposition by working cross-functionally with Communications, Marketing, Branding, Leadership, and People Teams

Key Stakeholders

This role forms part of the global TA organisation, and the wider Careers and Experience CoE. It reports directly to the Global Head of Talent and it is aligned to a particular client area, that is supported by the respective Business and People-related structures. As a result, you will be working closely with Country Leads, Functional Directors, Business Managers and the People Director for the respective client area and their teams

Additionally, you will be partnering with the Global HR Team, HR Operations & Specialist Functions.

About You

You bring proven experience of working in a similar role providing operational hiring support within reinsurance and London Market space. You will be pro-active with a desire to question the “norm” that will allow you to drive best practices and optimal use of resources available to you. An expert in your specialism with proven experience in similar role you will balance strategic thinking with operational need to deliver. You will have strong project and change management knowledge and will need to be able to build impactful partnerships, cross-functional, cross geography at all levels within the Hiscox.

Diversity and Hybrid working

At Hiscox we care about our people. We hire the best people for the job and we’re committed to diversity and creating a truly inclusive culture, which we believe drives success.

We have also learned over the past few years that working life doesn’t always have to be in the office, and now it is safe to do so we have introduced hybrid working to encourage a healthy work life balance.

This hybrid working model is set by the team rather than the business to enable you to manage your own personal work-life balance. We see it as the best of both worlds; structure and sociability on one hand, and independence and flexibility on the other.

Work with amazing people and be part of a unique culture