- Company Name
- Amey
- Job Title
- Early Careers Manager
- Job Description
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Job Title: Early Careers Manager
Role Summary:
Lead and manage a high‑performing team responsible for recruiting apprentices, graduates, interns, and T‑Level talent. Drive the national early‑careers strategy, optimising selection, outreach, and engagement across all early‑careers pathways. Ensure compliance, cost‑effectiveness, and a superior candidate experience while leveraging data to continuously improve processes.
Expactations:
- Deliver recruitment throughput to meet service level agreements across all early‑careers channels.
- Maintain and enhance hiring‑manager capability, ensuring inclusive, best‑practice hiring processes.
- Foster strong relationships with schools, colleges, universities, training providers, and external partners to secure a diverse talent pipeline.
- Champion a seamless candidate journey, upholding brand reputation and equity, inclusion, and delivery excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop the early‑careers recruitment team, setting targets, providing coaching, and driving professional growth.
- Own and execute the national early‑careers strategy, covering outreach, selection, volume campaigns, specialist programmes, and niche roles.
- Monitor, analyse, and report on key metrics (time‑to‑offer, conversion rates, EDI performance, candidate experience, assessment outcomes) using dashboards.
- Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency, inclusivity, and candidate engagement.
- Manage relationships with training providers, assessment partners, and external suppliers, ensuring quality, compliance, and value.
- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partners, and business stakeholders to align pipeline and hiring plans.
Required Skills:
- Proven leadership experience, managing high‑volume early‑careers programmes.
- Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel, data‑driven decision making, and KPI management.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder engagement ability.
- Deep understanding of apprenticeship routes, graduate schemes, internships, and vocational pathways.
- Commitment to inclusive recruitment, equity, diversity, and inclusion outcomes.
- Effective project management, continuous improvement mindset, and detail orientation.
Required Education & Certifications:
- CIPD Level 5 qualification, or actively pursuing.
- Relevant bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in HR, recruitment, or related discipline.