Overview

Job Location:
London

We're looking for a Global Talent Acquisition Coordinator to join our team in London as part of our HR function.

Your Role: You will support the Global Talent Acquisition Manager with all elements of Talent acquisition, providing outstanding support on the end to end recruitment for multiple vacancies globally. 

You will help to ensure a positive hiring manager and candidate experience by supporting and owning key recruitment activities, projects and best practice initiatives to develop the Talent Acquisition function.

Key Responsibilities

  • Responsible for supporting the full life-cycle talent acquisition process across multiple vacancies, working in partnership with the Talent Acquisition Team, HR and hiring managers.

  • Take ownership of coordinating, editing, and posting internal and external job postings across different platforms/job boards.

  • Ensure the accuracy of data capture, utilising the applicant tracking system (workday) to ensure best recruitment practice is adhered to and becoming, in time, a workday super user.

  • Maintain and proactively run reports on key recruitment data and recruiting information.

  • Maintain timely, clear, and professional communication with all stakeholders throughout the recruitment process. Acting as a point of contact for general recruitment-related inquiries from internal and external stakeholders, directing queries to the appropriate team members or handling routine matters independently.

  • Partner with the Talent Acquisition Manager and Hiring Managers to prioritise roles and provide strategies and guidance on attracting the key talent required.

  • Maintain the job posting slack channel in collaboration with L&D, including weekly job alerts and other relevant content.

  • Support the direct sourcing, CV review and interview booking process. Screen candidates, schedule interviews as appropriate and proactively engage with candidates on progress.

  • Maintain a solid understanding of inclusive hiring practices, ensuring all processes and practices across Talent Acquisition are inclusive. Support DEI initiatives and strategies, contributing to developing and implementing effective inclusive recruitment practices.

  • Champion our employer brand externally, support with Employer Brand Content Marketing, including delivery of social media assets – creating a window into our business. Maintaining the careers pages, intranet and other platforms.

  • Collaborate in planning and executing various Global Talent Acquisition Team projects with a keen eye on how to improve processes and candidate experience. Providing valuable insights and assistance in streamlining projects and contributing to the overall success of Talent Acquisition initiatives.

  • Uphold a high standard of professionalism and demonstrate a keen understanding of the company culture and values. Ensuring every candidate, regardless of the outcome, has a positive and memorable experience.

Your Experience

  • Experience working in a Talent Acquisition/ Recruitment role with a solid understanding of the recruitment and hiring process, with a genuine interest for creating a remarkable candidate journey.

  • Management of the hiring process and ATS system (knowledge of Workday would be advantageous).

  • Comfortable managing a busy reactive workload with conflicting priorities, managing multiple tasks and vacancies simultaneously. 

  • Proactive in your approach to doing your work and delivering on targets, with the ability to work autonomously.

  • Commercially minded, proactive, and confident communicator, who has experience delivering exceptional service to stakeholders and candidates.

  • Detail orientated with strong administration skills and meticulous attention to detail.

  • Demonstrate exceptional problem-solving, organisational and time-management skills.

  • Solid understanding of inclusive hiring practices and DEI initiatives. 

  • An understanding of the Events or Marketing space would be an advantage.  

If you don't meet every single requirement, we'd still encourage you to apply. At Ascential, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role we would still like you to apply.

Who are we?

Ascential takes the world’s leading brands to the heart of what’s next for their industries.

We do this through our events, intelligence products and advisory services. Our 700+ people serve a global customer base from more than 100 countries in the large and growing Marketing and Financial Technology sectors.  Ascential is part of the Informa Group.

Why Choose Us?

Two divisions. Three continents. One great culture – we want working for Ascential to be the best career move you’ve ever made.

Ascential is a people-powered company, and we’re committed to supporting diversity, equity and inclusion. We publish an annual DEI Report, setting out our goals and progress. We invest in Employee Groups including Able to Thrive, Ascential Pride, Black in Business and Empower Women’s Network. And our inclusive recruitment practices and early talent programmes help us to bring curious, passionate people from every walk of life into our team.

We’re committed to ensuring that the impact of our business on our environment – and the communities we operate in – is a positive one. That means making sure that each event we run is the most sustainable it’s ever been. We also default all of our pension plans to sustainable options, so that our people’s savings are invested in ways that help rather than hinder our planet.

Helping people to connect and drive progress isn’t a business-only goal. We know that the world is a better place when we lead with heart, so we support charitable causes that make a difference. We provide opportunities to give back through Volunteer Days and our charity partnership with Media Trust.

We value output, not hours. Most of our roles ask for 1-2 days a week in your nearest office. But if that’s not possible for you, let’s talk. Flexible work conversations are actively encouraged here.

Only you know what’s most important to you. That’s why we offer a benefits and wellbeing package that you can tailor to your needs. Some of these include

  • 25 days of holiday per year  – with an option to buy/ sell upto 5 days
  • Pension, Life Assurance and Income Protection
  • Access to either our commission, bonus or profit share schemes, dependent on the role
  • Flexible benefits platform with options including Private Medical, Dental Insurance, Critical Illness and the Ascential Shares Scheme
  • Employee assistance programme, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme
  • Volunteering opportunities and charitable giving options
  • Learning and development opportunities, to encourage and empower everyone to grow

We want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to perform their best when interviewing, so if you require any reasonable adjustments that would make you more comfortable during the process, please let us know so that we can do our best to support you.

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