Job Description
About the role
Do you have the right skills and experience for this role Read on to find out, and make your application.
Are you an experienced onsite recruiter or an experienced agency recruiter who is looking to change direction and work onsite? Are you more focused on delivering exceptional customer service and looking to further your career within the RPO space? Or perhaps just looking for a new role that will challenge you and help you make your mark in the recruitment sector?
If the answers to the above are a yes, then here at Pertemps we have a fantastic opportunity for you.
Due to maternity cover within the team, we are looking for a specialist recruiter in the Early Years/Apprenticeship space to join our team of internal recruitment experts. As a Resourcing Business Partner in the UK's largest Water company, Thames Water, you'll be embedded into the company's vision and culture and build relationships across the organisation. We're looking for individuals who has a passion for recruitment, thrive in finding the right people for the right roles and deliver results to target in an environment of continuous improvement.
Here are the key responsibilities:
- Build and manage the relationships with key business stakeholders, HR Business Partners, candidates, and our outsourced preferred suppliers (PSL)
- Attend weekly/monthly meeting as required to ensure you are kept informed with the recruitment requirements in your area.
- Work in collaboration with the Resourcing Business Partners in the team, sharing best practice and ensuring that a consistent approach is adopted across Thames Water.
- Ensure that the end-to-end recruitment process always supports a positive experience to our candidates.
- Updating spreadsheets with weekly information and reporting back to the business.
- Consult with Hiring Managers to obtain a full understanding of each vacancy and their requirements, providing insight on routes to market and salary benchmarking.
- Carrying out 360 recruitment with circa 100 Apprenticeship roles.
- Working out a detailed recruitment strategy to ensure the best candidates are applying for our roles.
To be successful in this role, you'll need to have experience of recruiting in Apprenticeship roles. We work in a fast-paced environment and no two days are the same, therefore you'll need to be able to prioritise your workload, work under pressure and deliver to tight deadlines. Some recruitment experience, whether this is from a branch or preferably in-house and experience of direct sourcing at different levels and securing placements in short time scales is essential, as well as experience of liaising with external agencies and off-site clients.
You'll need to be fully PC literate on Microsoft Office and able to pick up new systems with ease. At Thames Water, we work with SAP and a bespoke applicant tracking system - Kallidus, and it would be great if you have worked on a similar system. We also work in a structured, process driven environment, so you must enjoy working to a process, ensuring you are following the correct recruitment methodology and frameworks at all times.
This is a fantastic fixed term contract opportunity to make a difference and you'll will be working with like-minded people who have our client at the heart of everything they do. We're committed to giving you great training and we'll make sure you have everything you need to thrive in this role.
Pertemps is full of hard working and dedicated staff who have one vision - to provide value and the best possible service to our client. If you have strong relationship management skills, a passion for recruitment and are looking for a role where you can make a difference, this is the ideal role for you!
In return for your hard work, you will receive a competitive salary, 24 days holiday increasing to 29 with length of service and a good contributory pension scheme. The role is based in our clients fantastic central Reading based offices with some flexibility around working from home due to mirroring the client's hybrid working policy.