New Talent - Resourcing Manager

Do you love that no two days are the same? That's one of the many reasons we enjoy working in HR at Severn Trent... Still need more?

We’re passionate in helping people with their own career path, we’re proud to support our senior leadership teams to deliver our people strategy and we really care about the 9,000 employees who deliver one of life's essentials to 8 million customers daily.

People are at the heart of what makes this company great and we're committed to helping people be the best they can be and making Severn Trent a truly awesome place to work.

If you want to do more because you care, we’d love to talk to you. There really is something for everyone here.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

This is a fantastic opportunity working as a New Talent Resourcing Manager with us at Severn Trent, to inspire and attract our next generation of technical experts and leaders into a career in our wonderful water industry. You will be leading a small, incredibly passionate, team and be accountable for the end-to-end delivery of our New Talent attraction and selection strategy.

Working in a fast-paced environment, you will be recruiting high volumes, typically 200+ roles, across our apprenticeship, graduate, year in industry and summer intern programmes.

We’re passionate about creating opportunities for everyone in our communities and you will be key in helping us to tap into a breadth of talent pools, including early careers, career returners, career changers as well as marginalised talent.

Want to know more? If so, read on!

Some of your key accountabilities will include:

Collaborate with Hiring Managers, New Talent Programme Managers and HR Business Partners to validate programme requirements for each campaign, both annual and ad-hoc. Ensuring we are ready to go to market and deliver an attraction & selection strategy that meets the skills needs of the business.
Planning, designing and delivering our attraction & outreach strategy, reflecting the needs of individual new talent programmes and aspiring to attract a diverse talent pool. With the aim of reaching & inspiring over 9,000 people across our communities a year, through events, social media and partnerships with local community groups, schools, universities and outreach partners.
Design, manage and oversee the end-to-end selection process of our new talent candidates, including application, selection and on-boarding. Ensuring that we deliver a great candidate experience and our selection methods are fit for purpose and designed without any adverse impact.
Own the success measures and KPI’s for our attraction & selection strategy, adapting plans to ensure we’re reaching all parts of our communities and driving continuous improvements in our selection process.
Work closely with our external stakeholders and partners, including assessment providers, schools, colleges, universities and outreach partners. Effectively managing the relationship and any commercial arrangements to deliver the strategy.
Using engagement and satisfaction feedback to identify and implement improvements that will enhance our candidate & hiring manager experience.
Oversee the offer and on-boarding process, keeping successful candidates informed and engaged, generating excitement before they start their learning journey with us.
Provide guidance and coaching to managers and ensure all activities comply to relevant HS&W, SafeGuarding, Company and legal standards such as; right to work, GDPR etc.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

We’re looking for a candidate who has managed high volume recruitment campaigns across multiple locations, business functions and disciplines.

Previous experience of working within an early careers recruitment environment and a strong understanding of early careers recruitment methods and assessments would be required for the role.

Having a broad understanding of; apprenticeships, intern and graduate development programmes. Ideally within a utilities or similar industry would be desirable.

Due to the nature of the role, flexibility to work outside of normal working hours and the ability to travel for events and assessment centres will be required.

You’ll be a strong planner and organiser, who enjoys working at pace and is comfortable multi-tasking and managing a variety of campaigns and timelines. With an ability to flex your style to suit a variety of different audiences, from students to Senior Leaders.

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We want people who show up and get involved. Those who are ready to be part of something bigger and who want to make a difference because they care.

Is that you?

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent, and we’ll reward you for it too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.

With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite's perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:

28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 per annum based on company performance)
Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
Family friendly policies
Two volunteering days per year

WHATS NEXT?

We can’t wait to hear from you.

Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare. If you’re not too sure about what you need to do, or have a question about the role before applying, please get in touch.

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