Job Vacancy

Recruitment Specialist

Job Location: London

Job Number: 00320539

- Job description

Senior Graduate Recruiter

Location: London

Level: 9, Specialist

Reference: 00320539

Salary: Up to £40,000 depending on experience plus excellent benefits package.

 

 

Job Summary:

 

The Senior Graduate Recruiter will source and select the brightest and best entry level candidates for Accenture’s graduate and internship programs from select target Universities.  The role will include driving the relationship and campus strategy through working with careers services, faculty leads, lecturers and student societies. They will lead the university Action Team meetings alongside Managing Directors, providing key metrics around campus strategy and targeted approach. The Senior Recruiters role is to drive the strategy for their target universities with the support of their Junior Recruiter.

 

Key responsibilities:

 

Campus Recruitment -

• Develop strong relationships with 6-8 target Universities
• Maintain a primary focus on strategies to source STEM students and students to meet our diversity targets – Female, Afro Caribbean etc.
• Design and deliver a range of high impact, innovative sourcing events on campus to generate high quality internship and graduate applications e.g. skills sessions, networking events, presentations
• Conduct on-going research/ analysis into our target audience to ensure our sourcing strategies are relevant and stand out in a crowded market place
• Conduct regular competitor analysis and feed into longer term recruitment strategies
• Having overall management of their university budgets and Tracking ROI per event.
• Meeting recruitment targets (diversity, STEM, offer accept)
• Leading Projects within Graduate Recruitment – for example Diversity Lead, events lead, University Action Team Lead, Campus Ambassador Lead, and candidate experience lead etc. 
• Supporting Candidate Management team during seasonally busy times.

Relationship management:

 

Internal -

• Manage stakeholder relationships including recruitment sponsors
• University Action Teams – structure and motive teams of approx. 50-100 members from all levels across the business (including Accenture Leadership) to deliver bespoke campus strategies
• Wider recruitment team including Diversity Lead and experienced hire recruiters
• Broader HR teams including talent supply chain team
• Interviewers (consulting Managers and Senior Managers)

- Basic qualifications

External -

• Manage candidate relationships both on campus and throughout recruitment process (from first year undergraduates up to graduates)
• Manage relationships with careers services- including careers advisors, employer liaison officers and academics/ departments
• Manage third party suppliers/ partners e.g. Banks Sadler

Team Management:

• Supervision of one direct report (Analyst Junior Recruiter) – motivate, develop and manage day to day workload

Interviews:

• Conduct 1st and 2nd round interviews for Graduate and Internships vacancies
• Conduct Interview training for Managers

Skills / Qualifications:

 

Knowledge / skills requirement -

• Detailed knowledge of graduate recruiting processes
• Understanding of working in a professional services environment
• Knowledge of graduate recruitment industry and student job search trends
• Competitor awareness
• Employment law regarding Selection and Assessment (e.g. data privacy, discrimination)
• Knowledge of Selection and Assessment processes/best practice
• Knowledge of graduate recruitment marketing strategies

Functional Skills:

• Budgeting management skills
• Issue resolution/Problem Solving Skills
• Relationship management
• Interview and presentation skills
• Attention to Detail
• Organisational Skills/Time Management
• Negotiation Skills
• Training (skills for students & interviews for managers)
• Event management
• Performance Management

Experience:

• HR/Recruiting experience in commercial, fast paced environment, preferably in either Graduate or volume recruiting, HR, Consulting
• Customer Relationship/Vendor Management Experience

 

Please also note that Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

 

Closing date for applications: 30th November 2015

 

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found