Develop and execute high-volume recruitment and candidate attraction strategies for bus drivers, engineers, and operational roles. Build stakeholder, community, and industry partnerships; manage sourcing campaigns; analyze recruitment and retention data; improve selection processes and candidate experience; coordinate assessment and induction activities; coach team members; and support recruitment projects, KPIs, and workforce planning across multiple UK regions.
Talent Acquisition Specialist - Bus and Engineering The North Region
Hybrid - Yorkshire, North East and North West and Wales Regions
Initial 12 month FTC
At Arriva, our buses are at the heart of the communities we serve. Whether it's getting children to school or commuters to work. They connect our customers to what matters to them.
The Talent Acquisition Specialist will be responsible for developing and implementing attraction solutions, leveraging market insights, and building strong partnerships to ensure a robust candidate pipeline for the volume hiring of Bus Drivers and Engineers. Your role will focus on strategic sourcing initiatives, looking at innovative ways to attract candidates, ensuring a steady flow of high-quality candidates to meet business hiring needs.
You will partner with the business, and the Talent Acquisition Business Partner, to understand the hiring requirements and ensure this is reflected in the workforce plans.
This role is a hybrid position that will require at least 3 days at one of our central garages and regular travel across the Yorkshire, North East and North West and Wales Regions.
Responsibilities
- Manage the relationships with key stakeholders within the designated recruitment activity area at a local level – (Hiring managers and HR teams where appropriate).
- Build and manage relationships with external partners, industry networks, and community partnerships to
- Proactively identify and engage potential candidates, to ensure a steady talent pipeline for both trainee and experienced Bus Drivers as well as Engineers.
- Advise and upskill stakeholders on best practices, recruitment trends, and creative solutions to attract top talent.
- Develop innovative attraction solutions, analyse market trends, and provide data-driven insights to optimise recruitment efforts.
- Analyse retention data and new starter feedback, to support the improvement of candidate quality.
- Management of operational non-frontline vacancies.
- Lead and support recruitment-related projects to improve hiring processes and candidate experience.
- Creation of local attraction campaigns, working closely with Operational Management to execute targeted advertising.
- Continually review hiring processes to improve candidate experience.
- Understand the effectiveness of attraction sources and optimising to deliver maximum results, including the management of Indeed campaigns and sponsorship.
- Ensure that all campaigns are delivered within agreed timescales to deliver the required number of candidates for operational roles to meet the workforce plan.
- Attend candidate interview/assessment days and analyse results.
- Liaise with Training School to agree induction dates and capacity in line with the workforce plans.
- Support with the ongoing development of appropriate selection and assessment tools to improve candidate conversion and retention.
- Coach other members of the Talent Acquisition Team.
- Deputise for Talent Acquisition Business Partner when required.
- Contribute through own and team performance to the achievement of Recruitment KPI targets and SLAs.
What we're looking for
- Proven experience in an internal recruitment role within a high-volume, fast paced, hiring environment.
- Ability to analyse market trends, competitors and recruitment metrics to drive decision-making.
- Experience of developing partnerships with external organisations and industry networks.
- Confident with online and offline candidate search methodologies including CV databases, job boards and social media.
- Ability to lead or support projects that enhance recruitment strategies, processes, and employer branding.
- Creativity in developing and executing attraction campaigns and initiatives.
- Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills.
- Attention to detail and professional written and verbal communication skills.
- Knowledge of employment legislation in relation to recruitment.
- Experience of work with recruitment systems and standard computer packages.
- Full UK driving license as travel to depots and careers events would be required.
Benefits
- 33 days paid annual leave inclusive of Bank Holidays.
- Arriva Workplace Pension Plan (AWPP)
- Access to ‘The Village’ – Arriva’s Reward Gateway offering discounts shopping, days out and more.
- Holiday Purchase Scheme
- Eyecare Vouchers
- Free bus travel for you and your family on Arriva bus network
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