Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist - Software Engineering & Data - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
| Posting date: | 12 August 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 August 2024 |
| Location: | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1GA |
| Company: | Tesco |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | tesco/TP/12955985/900838 |
Summary
About the role
We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
As we continue to grow our Technology business we’re looking for a driven and creative Senior Technology Talent Acquisition professional to join us and play a crucial role in helping us drive this growth.
If you thrive on hunting for technology talent in a competitive market and want to work in and lead part of an expert team in a high growth, inclusive environment with access to the latest recruitment technologies - then this could be the role for you.
Here in the Tesco Talent Acquisition team, we play a significant role in the development and success of our business - our world is fast paced and demanding, but hugely rewarding. We are also one of the largest in-house recruitment teams in the UK, so if you love recruitment and are passionate about your career, you will have plenty of opportunity to develop and progress here
The Hiring Manager for this vacancy is Lily D\'Amery
You will be responsible for
- Leading recruitment activity to attract, engage and hire great talent for Tesco Technology, with a primary focus on one or two business domains (Software Engineering & Data in this case)
- Meeting and exceeding targets and KPI’s such as monthly joiners, time to hire and direct hires.
- Providing management, coaching and guidance to your team of Talent Acquisition Specialist to enable them to meet their own hiring goals and develop their skills and experience.
- Building strong stakeholder relationships with the domain Leadership Team, understanding their business and providing market data and insight to ensure Tesco remain competitive in a demanding recruitment environment.
- Defining and developing attraction, engagement & sourcing strategies that are innovative and a break from the norm. Working with thirds party sourcing platforms & agencies to achieve this.
- Shaping, leveraging and promoting Tesco’s Employer Brand through networking, Social Media, events and other means enabling Tesco to engage with, and attract, individuals from the tech community.
- Reviewing and improving, where necessary, our processes and assessment techniques, ensuring we are providing candidates and hiring managers with an effective, engaging and positive hiring experience that results in above average acceptance rates.
- Understanding the benefits of having a diverse and inclusive business and being a champion of our inclusion approach that Everyone is Welcome at Tesco.
You will need
- This role has line management responsibility for 6 Talent Acquisition Specialists, so previous experience of leading, developing & mentoring a team will be required
- Proven experience at leading and delivering recruitment within the Technology space with a strong track record in meeting ambitious targets.
- Deep expertise in attraction and sourcing techniques in the technology space, including the utilisation of niche sourcing tools and talent mining activities.
- A talent for building and exceptional and influential stakeholder relationships and partnering effectively with business and people colleagues.
- Strong leadership skills, including the ability to coach, direct, motivate and inspire and to be a role model of the Tesco values.
- A solutions mindset with the ability to approach challenges as opportunities and to problem solve to evolve and maximise performance.
- A strong sense of empathy for your candidates, hiring managers and your colleagues, placing positive experiences at the top of your priority list.
- The ability to simplify processes, unlock barriers and to lead with a continuous improvement approach to support hiring efforts in both your direct remit as well as for the broader team and function.
- Ability to track and report recruitment data, trends & insights.
What’s in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we give our wonderful colleagues bags of benefits. Including wellbeing services, an award-winning pension scheme and much, much more, our colleague reward package keeps on giving. And helps make every day a little better for you and your family. These include but are not limited to:
- Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
- Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme (for salaried roles)
- Private medical insurance
- Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
- Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
- 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
- The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
- Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
- A Colleague Clubcard for you & a family member (after 3 months of service), giving you access to lots of discounts in-store & online
- Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
- Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here
- Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want
Click Here to read more about the full range of benefits we have available for our colleagues
About us
Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.
It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.
We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.
But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.
We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers
Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.
For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com
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