Emerging Talent Manager

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

We are looking for an Emerging Talent Manager to lead on attraction and end to end recruitment of the next generation of talent across the organisation.

You will:

• Shape and deliver the Emerging Talent attraction strategy and use a variety of sourcing tools to attract and recruit the best talent for Skanska’s Emerging Talent vacancies with clear focus on social value and growing diversity in applications and hires.
• Use your experience and initiative to design advertising campaigns and develop partnerships with recruitment marketing organisations, educational establishments, social enterprises, and other relevant partners.
• Design and deliver ‘Experience Skanska’ programmes e.g. careers insight days, work experience and T-level placements to inspire young people.
• Lead the full recruitment lifecycle from forecasting, advertising, shortlisting, assessment centre design and facilitation through to offer and onboarding. You will m anage circa 70 vacancies per recruitment cycle - a mix of apprentice, graduate, intern and T-level placement roles across multiple disciplines e.g. Civil Engineering, Environment, Quantity Surveying, Mechanical and Electrical, Data & Digital Technology Solutions.
• Implement assessment strategies to ensure best practice (fair, transparent, accessible, and fit for purpose) selection approach and process.
• Proactively update and involve all key stakeholders.
• Provide support to the wider Emerging Talent team with organising and delivering development and networking events.
• Evaluate the process, outcomes and inputs and proactive approach to continual improvement, in line with Skanska business plan and wider sector and target audience benchmarks.

We are looking for:

• Previous recruitment experience
• Strong motivation to work with young people
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple vacancies, stakeholders and high volumes of applications.
• The ability to effectively plan and manage your workload.
• Clear communication style and confidence to professionally represent Skanska.
• The ability to make sound decisions based on values, recruitment best practice and relevant legislation.
• The ability to use digital platforms and social media for effective employer branding and attraction.
• Competent to work with Microsoft Office, specialist software systems and application tracking systems.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us:

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.