Talent Acquisition Manager

• Do you really care about recruitment and the candidate experience?
• Do you understand how to attract and recruit specialist talent?
• Do you love being hands on with candidates, sourcing and nurturing leads?
• Do you want to join the original and best Specialist Talent Acquisition team in government?

DWP are expanding our Recruitment and Talent Acquisition capability. We want skilled recruiters, talent sourcing and Talent Acquisition professionals to apply to join our award-winning team.

About you and your role

In DWP Talent Acquisition Managers (TAMs) are respected recruitment experts. We focus on candidate attraction and candidate experience for DWP's hard-to-fill, senior and specialist roles.

Our job is all about finding great candidates and getting them to apply.

We figure out how best to fill our vacancies, and use expert insight to make and inform strategic recruitment decisions.

Each Talent Acquisition Manager partners with specific practices, functions and areas within DWP (especially DWP Digital), and provides expert recruitment advice, recommendations and solutions to key senior stakeholders.

Our TAMs each run a caseload of multiple live and forthcoming recruitment campaigns - so you'll need to be able to manage your own workload.

You'll balance working with internal stakeholders and putting time in with candidates in the marketplace, to reach new talent and make hires.

TAMs represent the Specialist and Functional recruitment team within DWP. Outside the department they represent DWP, on social media, talent sourcing platforms and at events.

Your essential skills, knowledge and experience

• A confident, persuasive communicator and influencer, with internal stakeholders of all levels and with potential candidates for DWP roles (especially specialist, digital and senior roles)
• Good skills in written English, specifically an ability to write persuasive, engaging copy for job adverts and candidate communications
• Experience of autonomously sourcing and managing candidates for specialist and/or senior roles, especially digital/technology roles. Thorough understanding and high level of competence with the tools (e.g. LinkedIn) and techniques required for this activity.
• Knowledge, experience and understanding of the specialist recruitment market, and of recruiting in a digital/technology context, or another specialist context.
• Able to source, collate and utilise recruitment market data and talent insights using a range of tools and resources.
• Good decision-making skills: ability to understand and solve problems, make suggestions and expert recommendations based on the available data, especially in a recruitment context.

Pay, benefits, and key details

Pay is from £35,711 to £36,545. It's very likely that the pay offer will be £35,711 for this role.

You'll also be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer pension contributions of 28.97%. That works out as over £10,000 a year in your pension pot.

We work a hybrid model, with some time at home and some time in the office.

You can be based in any of our hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

Our brilliant benefits and perks also include:

• 24 days leave, rising to 26 days after 1 year (plus public holidays)
• Great work life balance, including flexible working hours and extra days off on flexi
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Learning and development tailored to your role, including industry recognised qualifications
• Discounts and savings on shopping, days out, free eye tests and loads more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a travel season ticket
• Sports and social activities
• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including Women's Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more

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