Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Job title:

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Company

So Energy

Job description

🌍 UK, Hybrid⭐️ Our PerksValues-driven culture – we’re really proud of our culture.🙌 Drive your own experience

• Personalised Learning and Development Budget
• Hybrid working hours – Each team has their own Smart Working Charter that empowers you to do your work in the best way you can
• Technology – Your choice of Mac or Windows

✨ Empowering you to be your most authentic self

• 25 Holiday Days + your local bank holidays
• 1 Birthday day – it only happens once a year!
• 3 So Giving Days – spend these days giving back to your chosen cause
• Religious Celebrations Leave
• Mental Healthcare – Sessions with Unmind
• Enhanced Family Leave

So EnergyWho we areSo Energy was created in 2015 because we knew energy suppliers could be better. Since then, we’ve grown rapidly but sustainably, with 350,000 customers and over 450 Energists (what we call our people). But we’re not done. We’re on the road to a net zero future, and thanks to our partnership with ESB, we’re well on the way. We’re customer-centric, tech-led, and passionate about sustainability.We want to do the best we can for our customers, each other, and our planet, so we’ve created a workplace that’s encouraging, supportive, and offers the opportunity for growth. As a company, we live by six core values that guide everything we do:

• Clear
• Honest
• Ambitious
• Inquisitive
• Caring
• Sustainable

The RoleSenior Talent Acquisition Partner at SO ENERGYAs a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, you will play a pivotal role in shaping So Energy’s workforce by identifying and attracting top talent across all areas of the business. This role is central to our mission of creating a sustainable, customer-centric, and tech-led organization. You will act as a strategic advisor to hiring managers, providing market insights, fostering diverse recruitment practices, and ensuring a smooth and engaging candidate experience.Reporting to our Head of Talent ( ) 👋What you’ll be getting up to:Strategic Recruitment:

• Collaborate with senior leaders to define hiring needs, forecast talent requirements, and develop tailored recruitment strategies.
• Lead on hiring for senior and complex roles, ensuring alignment with business goals.

Sourcing and Talent Pipelining:

• Develop and implement innovative sourcing strategies to attract diverse, high-quality candidates, including the use of social media, networking, and talent pools.
• Build and nurture long-term relationships with passive candidates, establishing talent pipelines for future roles.

Stakeholder Management:

• Partner with hiring managers and HR business partners to understand team needs, provide market insights, and influence hiring decisions.
• Act as a consultant to senior stakeholders, providing expertise on recruitment best practices, including diversity and inclusion strategies.

Candidate Experience:

• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience, from initial contact through to onboarding, ensuring timely communication and a personalized approach.
• Advocate for employer brand initiatives to attract and retain top talent.

Driving Talent’s Impact:

• Lead on key projects to enhance the strategic impact of Talent Acquisition across the business, such as workforce planning, talent market analysis, and initiatives to improve diversity and inclusion outcomes.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to align talent strategies with broader business objectives, ensuring Talent Acquisition is seen as a critical enabler of business success.
• Identify and implement process improvements to elevate the recruitment function’s efficiency and value to the organization.

Market Research and Insights:

• Conduct research on market trends, competitor hiring practices, and salary benchmarking to guide strategic decisions.
• Provide regular reports on recruitment metrics, campaign performance, and time-to-hire.

Mentorship and Team Collaboration:

• Support and mentor junior talent acquisition team members, fostering their professional growth.
• Collaborate with the broader HR team to ensure alignment on workforce planning and employee engagement strategies

This role will be a great fit if:

• Stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Proven expertise in managing the full recruitment lifecycle in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering diverse and inclusive hiring practices.
• Proficiency in utilizing recruitment tools, ATS systems (such as TeamTailor), and social media platforms for sourcing.
• Ability to analyze and present data to inform hiring strategies.

Research shows that some people are less likely to apply for a role Your experience, skills and passion will set you apart so tell us about your achievements, irrespective of whether they are personal or work-related, tell us about your journey, and about what you learnt.So, if this role excites you, don’t let our role description hold you back, get applying!APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON 31st of January 2025Want to tailor your application?Hiring Process * Hiring manager interview with the Head of Talent

• Technical Interview with the Head of Talent & Head of People Partnering
• Culture Interview with our Engineering Manager & Head of Billing & Settlements

Support – If you have a medical condition or an individual need for an adjustment to our process, and you believe this may affect your ability to be at your best – please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make any adjustments that may be needed.Our ValuesWe look for people who share our values and can add to our culture. Values are shared beliefs that guide our decision-making, culture is how we function as a group and how we live our values as individuals.Clear – The energy industry can be pretty complex so we strive to provide clear communication to our customers and colleaguesHonest – Transparency is key, Whether that’s providing clear bills to our customers or trusting our staff to do the right thing.Ambitious – All of us are ambitious about the future of So Energy and what we can contribute to it.Inquisitive – We are also questioning the Status Quo to see if there is a better way to do things for our customersCaring – We care about the work we are doing, our customers and our colleagues
Sustainable – As a renewable energy company we are providing sustainable products but we also care about sustainable careers. That’s why learning and continuous development is so important to us.Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & BelongingAt So Energy, we’re committed to cultivating an environment that promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. We are a global community and we believe our unique qualities should be celebrated as they are critical to our innovation. It’s essential to us that you bring your authentic self to work every single day, no matter your age, ethnicity, religion, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, caring responsibilities, neurodiversity, or otherwise. Inclusion isn’t just an initiative at So Energy. We strive to embed it not just into our values but throughout our entire culture.

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Location

London

Job date

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 02:49:04 GMT

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