Recruitment Manager

Are you passionate about building diverse and inclusive talent pipelines that drive meaningful change? As the Recruitment Manager for our client, an international wildlife conservation charity, you'll lead their recruitment team, playing a key role in shaping the future of their organisation by attracting exceptional talent.

Recruitment Manager
Location: Head Office (Regents Park), NW1
Department: People
Salary: £47,250 - £49,875 per annum
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Workplace type: Hybrid
Business Area: Enabling Functions and Professional Services

Purpose of the role

In this role, you'll design and execute strategic hiring initiatives that meet their long-term goals, champion their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and enhance their talent brand. If you're ready to bring innovative talent strategies to life and make a real impact in conservation, they'd love to hear from you.

Key responsibilities:

Use data-driven insights to evaluate and enhance recruitment practices, embedding EDI-focused interventions that ensure equitable hiring processes and inclusive outcomes across all candidate touchpoints. Provide day-to-day support to recruiting managers on timelines, role scoping, and recruitment administration when necessary to ensure alignment with strategic goals and a positive candidate experience. Manage the recruitment system, ensuring its effective use across all hiring processes and driving continuous improvements for a seamless candidate and hiring manager experience About You

They're looking for a strategic Recruitment expert with a proven track record in creating equitable hiring practices, supporting diverse talent pipelines, and empowering hiring managers with best practices to deliver a positive, inclusive candidate experience. You may have a blend of the following:

Proven track record in embedding EDI-focused recruitment practices to drive equitable hiring outcomes and support diverse talent pools. Ability to advise and support hiring managers on best practices in recruitment, ensuring a positive and consistent candidate experience. Proficiency in analysing recruitment metrics and data to inform decisions, identify efficiencies, and track recruitment performance. Skills in training, coaching and developing hiring managers in recruitment best practices and compliance with UK Employment Law. This is a hybrid role, with an expectation to be in their office two days per week.

About the organisation

They're an international conservation charity. Through their unrivalled animal experts in their two zoos, the work of their pioneering scientists, their dedicated conservationists, their purpose is to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wild animals going extinct. Their vision is a world where wildlife thrives and they're working every day to achieve this. From investigating the health threats facing animals, to helping people and wildlife live alongside each other, they are committed to bringing wildlife back from the brink of extinction.

What do they offer?

They are proud of their approach to employee benefits. Their benefits include:

• Their vision and purpose - you'll work alongside colleagues who are passionate about science-led conservation, knowing that you will help them to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wildlife going extinct
• Pension scheme - they offer a generous pension scheme with up to 12% contributory pension
• Flexible working - talk to them about your flexible working requirements and they will do everything they can to make sure you work in a way that suits you
• Holidays - 25 days annual leave allowance, plus UK bank holidays
• Wellbeing - access to a blended programme of wellbeing initiatives, including confidential access to their 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Life assurance - eligible employees will be enrolled in their life assurance scheme from their first day
• Complimentary tickets - annual allocation of Zoo tickets, with a 30% discount in online and retail shops
• Cycle2Work - their cycle to work scheme enables you to lease a bicycle
• Season ticket loan - they offer an interest free loan for eligibly London-based employees to buy a season ticket for travel between home and work
• Family friendly policies - they offer enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption packages

Closing Date: 21st November 2024
First stage interviews will take place week commencing 25th November.

NB: They reserve the right to close their advertisement early or extend the advertising date until a suitable candidate has been found.

To Apply and for more information

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They strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds and celebrate the value of having a team of employees with diverse skills, experiences, and heritage. They are committed to ensuring their teams can bring their authentic selves to work without fear of discrimination. They have active equality networks for their staff with lived experience and those who provide active allyship in Race and Culture, Team Pride, Disability Network, and Menopause Network, complemented by their strategic EDI Steering Group.

This role is subject to standard pre-employment checks, including the candidate's right to work in the UK.

No agencies please.