Job Introduction
Do you want to be part of the transformation of talent acquisition at one of the world’s most high-profile media organisations? Would you love the prestige that comes with working for a renowned, house-hold name like the BBC and being part of our exciting and transformational evolution?
If you’re passionate about recruitment with an inclusion and accessibility mindset, then this role is for you!
The BBC is the world’s leading public service broadcaster. We’re impartial and independent and every day we create distinctive, world-class programmes and content which inform, educate and entertain millions of people around the world.
We are looking for a Talent Acquisition Advisor for Executive Recruitment. The successful candidate will lead on the administrative tasks and project coordination which enable the Executive Recruitment function to deliver high quality, diverse hires in to the BBC across Public Services.
The Talent Acquisition Advisor will be a trusted partner working in partnership with Executive Recruitment Leads and wider Talent Acquisition team to support effective, high quality talent acquisition processes and solutions. They will be responsible for providing support across all stages of the Executive Recruitment lifecycle, with a focus on enhanced customer and candidate experience.
Main Responsibilities
Supporting the deployment of Executive Recruitment processes and initiatives across BBC Public Services., they will work with Executive Recruitment Leads to facilitate seamless candidate experience and engagement. As well as working with Executive Recruitment Leads and Senior Stakeholders to organise and arrange assessment and selection activities.
Delivering seamless onboarding experiences in partnership with wider HR Services colleagues, the Talent Acquisition Advisor will also provide ad-hoc administrative support as directed to support in the delivery of Talent Acquisition activities and prepare documents, presentations and other material as required.
They will be expected to contribute to a high performance and inclusive team culture and ensure delivery against service level agreements and KPIs to enhance the reputation of the BBC Talent Acquisition function through excellent service and professionalism.
The Talent Acquisition Advisor will contribute to a culture of service excellence and role-modelling of BBC Values and Behaviours, they will work collaboratively with colleagues within HR and the HR Shared Service Centre to deliver high quality service.
They will also be responsible for supporting and enabling the wider Talent Acquisition community where appropriate.
Are you the right candidate?
The ideal candidate will have relevant in-house recruitment experience gained in large complex corporate settings with multiple stakeholders (including matrix relationships).
They will have experience of providing complex operational or administrative support or project management within a recruitment environment.
They will be used to working with limited supervision demonstrating a systematic, disciplined and analytical approach and be able to assume responsibility for discrete areas of work and able to use judgement based on previous experience and precedent to provide the best outcomes.
The ideal candidate will be motivated to play a key role in delivering quality and value for all audiences who embrace and advocate for diversity and inclusion in culture and business needs.
Demonstrating a willingness and ability to learn from experience and subsequently apply that learning to perform successfully, they will be highly credible and have experience of building relationships with key stakeholders.
They will understand how to work effectively in a team to deliver and be capable of maintaining personal effectiveness by managing their own emotions in the face of pressure, setbacks or when dealing with provocative situations. They will be able to demonstrate an approach to work that is characterised by commitment and motivation.
With excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal; they will be confident in dealing with the full range of business users, via multiple communication channels who understand how to handle, resolve and escalate enquiries; passes on information promptly.
The ideal candidate will be driven to achieve the right result despite challenging internal / external circumstances and be able to manage multiple, sometimes conflicting priorities.
Ready and able to take the initiative and originate action, they will be responsible for the consequences of the decisions made.
The ideal candidate will be able to use data and analyse information rapidly, making informed judgments and providing advice on the best option to progress in line with established process.
With excellent attention to detail and accuracy they will ensure facts are correct, complete and consistent.
The ideal candidate will have an understanding of the relevant jurisdictional law, regulation and policy in relation to talent acquisition and have a knowledge of HRIS tools, CRM and applicant tracking systems.
If this sounds like you we would love to hear from you!
About the BBC
We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
Package Description
Band: B
Contract type: 1 x Continuing Contract
Location: Office base London, Salford, Cardiff or Glasgow. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office with home working
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
- Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
- Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
- Benefits- We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
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