- Company Name
- PEI
- Job Title
- Junior Talent Partner (12 month FTC)
- Job Description
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Job title: Junior Talent Partner (12‑month FTC)
Role summary: Partner with business divisions to manage end‑to‑end recruitment, build talent pipelines, and enhance the hiring experience while championing brand, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Expectations: Deliver measurable recruiting outcomes (cost, time, quality), maintain strong candidate pools, support talent development initiatives, and produce recruitment metrics for business stakeholders.
Key responsibilities
- Execute the centralised recruitment process across divisions.
- Own full‑cycle hiring: identify needs, pre‑qualify vacancies, create and post job ads on careers pages, job boards, social networks, and ATS (Eploy).
- Manage employee referral programme and act as primary liaison with third‑party agencies.
- Coach hiring managers on best practices, bias mitigation, interview techniques, onboarding, and inclusive methods.
- Support Head of Talent on work experience, internships, graduate fairs, and leadership programmes.
- Perform candidate screening, phone qualification calls, and assist with 1st/2nd interview stages; provide feedback.
- Liaise globally (UK, US, APAC) to ensure consistent processes.
- Generate regular recruitment reports, track metrics, and embed EDI considerations.
Required skills
- Strong customer/client‑facing communication (phone, email, in‑person).
- Proven stakeholder management across multiple departments.
- Comprehensive understanding of the full recruitment lifecycle.
- Advanced interpersonal, coaching, and consultative skills.
- Excellent organisational and time‑management abilities; capacity to handle multiple priorities.
- Experience in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
- Familiarity with ATS/CRM (Eploy preferred).
- Recruitment experience (in‑house, agency, or similar).
- Experience coordinating work‑experience initiatives, graduate programmes, or career fairs.
Required education & certifications
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Human Resources, Business, or related field.
- Professional HR or recruiting certification (e.g., SHRM‑CP, PHR, or similar) is preferred but not mandatory.