Senior HR Consultant - Talent Acquisition
Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.
Package: £45,250 - £55,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)
Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.
Let us introduce the role
AWE is currently recruiting for a Senior HR Consultant to join our Talent Acquisition team.
The internal recruitment team has an opportunity for an experienced Recruitment professional to lead recruitment activities and projects within the team and across functional areas to deliver a Centre of Excellence strategy.
In this role you will be involved in:
- Creating and collaborating with the Senior HR Manager Resourcing to produce and execute resourcing strategies to enable a Function to realise and deliver its objectives
- Partnering Leaders and working in conjunction with other Centres of Expertise (CoEs) to support the delivery of resourcing needs
- Managing the delivery of forecasted demand for the business ensuring sourcing strategies are built and delivered upon
- Creating reports and analysing data to share with stakeholders
- Overseeing the end to end recruitment process for the appropriate Functions and campaigns
- Delivering the 'employer value proposition' (EVP) through external and internal promotion of AWE as a place to work
- Deputising for the Senior HR Manager Resourcing when required
- Supporting the task management of the Recruitment team
- Undertaking competitor mapping and networking to ensure talent is identified for existing and future requirements
- Personally manage and deliver senior recruitment campaigns ensuring a high quality service, including managing the D band offer process -providing up to date salary/rate and market information and comparison data from recent hires in the business area
- Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player
Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:
- Strong communication skills and the ability to prioritise and work under pressure
- Ability to form strong stakeholder partnerships and manage conflict
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team sharing your own knowledge and supporting the team to ensure it succeeds
- Ability to interpret and articulate data to support management decisions
- Knowledge of the recruitment industry best practice, process and relevant legislation
- A comprehensive understanding of an e-recruitment system or database (preferably Workday)
- Proven experience of sourcing niche and senior candidates via direct channels (e.g. LinkedIn, Job Boards and Networking)
- Leading recruitment campaigns with internal and external stakeholders
You'll need to have the ability to work calmly and constructively in a priority changing environment and be able to manage your own workload. You will also have initiative, enthusiasm, a flexible approach, and ability to work to tight deadlines.
Some reasons we think you'll love it here:
AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:
- 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
- Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
- Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
- Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
- Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
- Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
- Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
- Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.
The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.
Hybrid working is available for this role on an informal, non-contractual basis. Typically 2 days onsite per week.
All candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the correct security clearance for this role.