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Talent Acquisition Consultant Loughborough (Hybrid working from home with...
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Talent Acquisition Consultant
Loughborough (Hybrid working from home with occasional travel required)
Full Time
Permanent
Grade 3
Our passion at Currys is helping everyone enjoy the latest tech. We’re proud of the service levels we provide for our customers – online, in-store or in their homes. And it’s all down to our people, 30,000+ capable and committed colleagues, learning together, growing together, making us amazing and celebrating the wins.
At Currys, we don’t just see our colleagues as enablers of our strategy – they are at the centre of it, with ‘Capable and Committed Colleagues’ as a core pillar of our business strategy. Being able to attract, develop and retain a highly engaged, skilled, and committed workforce has never been more important to us.
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our in-house Volume Talent Acquisition Team as a Talent Acquisition Consultant. This role is a great opportunity for someone who shares our passion to deliver exceptional recruitment support for Contact Centre Managers to ensure the best internal and external talent is hired.
As part of this role, you’ll be responsible for:
- Delivering the functional end to end volume and non-volume recruitment and selection strategy for Currys Contact Centres across 5 locations in the UK (Loughborough, Poole, Preston, Sheffield & Warrington)
- The effective delivery of the entire candidate journey from application through to start date
- Writing and advertising vacancies, ensuring that job posting is accurate and stands out from the crowd
- Reviewing and screening candidate applications and completing initial telephone screenings
- Coordinating assessment bookings with candidates and assessors
- Offering, onboarding and supporting candidates through their pre-employment checks to ensure a seamless onboarding journey
- Developing effective relationships with key stakeholders
- Attending open days and recruitment talent fairs to engage future talent and promote company brand
- Proactively sourcing candidates when application levels are limited by utilising tools such as LinkedIn and CV databases to find the best talent in an increasingly competitive talent landscape
You will need:
- To be adaptable with excellent organisational skills - this is a busy role so you’ll need experience of managing changing priorities
- Strong communication skills to manage stakeholders at all levels, providing a consultative service and challenging where appropriate
- Recruitment experience ideally in a complex and dynamic operating environment
- Experience of working in a contact centre environment or similar would be an advantage
We know our people are the magic ingredient in our success. That’s why we reward you with benefits that go deeper than just the day-to-day. Benefits that work for you, your lifestyle and your career. They include: Hybrid working – Most of the time you can work from home but there will be times where face to face meetings are required, Company pension scheme, Discretionary/Performance based bonus, Colleague discounts, Sharesave scheme and Life Assurance.
Beyond that, we’ll be with you every step of the way, enabling you to get the most out of your role, grow your skills your way, and see your career develop in the way you want. Be part of our talented People team and unbox your passion at the UK’s best-known retailer in tech.
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