Senior Talent Sourcing Specialist

The Senior Talent Sourcing Specialist will partner with the Talent Acquisition, Talent Management & HR Business Partners to support key business clients in delivering full end to end service, building talent pipelines for key regional leadership and niche roles. He/she will leverage strong market knowledge, adept stakeholder management skills, creativity and innovation to help attract, develop and retain top talent and achieve its goal of being the best place for talent

Responsibilities

Sourcing and Selecting the Best Talent for UK & Ireland
Identify potential candidates by using all available candidate sources - both internally and externally e.g. Workday, social media, conferences etc.
Partner with business & HR clients to build and maintain candidate relationships
Conceptualize, develop and execute a plan of action for talent pipelining and mapping strategies in partnership with key stakeholders
Giving expert advice to HR Business Partners and Internal stakeholders on pipelining strategy
Proactively investigate new ideas to create innovative sourcing strategies
Partner with local and regional Talent Management, HR and business leaders to understand/ assess organisational talent gaps in relation to the current state of succession plans for key leadership and niche roles

Execute Talent Acquisition Services
Manage end to end recruitment process for select vacancies
Manage regional scale up projects as required

Authority
Reports to Talent Acquisition Manager in UK
Accountable for building talent bench strength for key leadership & niche roles in partnership with business and HR leaders, Talent Acquisition & Talent Management
Goals and targets are set by the direct manager with freedom to determine the "how" of implementation
Works within the boundaries of defined SLA's and global/regional policies/processes

Outputs
Direct sourcing with less than 20% agency spend
The bench strength for key roles is improving on baseline gaps - i.e. number of "ready now" candidate profiles in pipelines
Management of vacancies in line with recruitment standards based on defined Talent Acquisition metrics

Qualifications
Essential
University Degree in Life/ Social Sciences, Business Admin. or equivalent
Fluency in English.

Desirable
Specialist training and/or qualification in recruitment or talent management
Fluency in multiple languages.

Job Experiences
Proven track record as an in-house sourcer/recruiter or executive search consultant
Life sciences recruitment experience
Demonstrated success in building and maintaining talent pipelines
Proven track record delivering high quality service to senior clients

Desirable
Experience of leading TA service delivery within a broader HR department

Skills
Essential
Strong relationship management experience
Ability to understand business needs and translate into actionable plans
Ability to creatively leverage different sourcing channels
Project management experience
Highly organised through handling multiple day to day tasks in a fast paced environment

Behavioural Competencies
Customer focus (15) Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers
Gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services
Acts with customers in mind Establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect

Drive for Results (53) Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully
Is constantly and consistently one of the top performers
Very bottom-line oriented
Steadfastly pushes self and others for results

Learning on the Fly (32) Learns quickly when facing new problems
A relentless and versatile learner
Open to change Analyses both successes and failures for clues to improvement
Experiments and will try anything to find solutions
Enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks
Quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything

Interpersonal Savvy (31) Relates well to all kinds of people-up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organisation
Builds appropriate rapport
Builds constructive and effective relationships
Uses diplomacy and tact
Can defuse even high-tension situations comfortably