We are looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Manager to manage the full recruitment life cycle across all functions of our business, from creative, editorial, and marketing positions to business support functions such as sales, production, finance and technology. This is an opportunity to join a progressive People team in a fast-paced creative business.

 This is a maternity cover role on a fixed term contract and will share responsibility with the People Business Partners and Director of People for building and implementing the resourcing strategy at HarperCollins.  

DI&B experience is key as this role will help to drive diversity and inclusion initiatives relevant to resourcing in partnership with the HarperCollins Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Manager.

Key Accountabilities

• Pro-actively work with the People team to consider and deliver diversity & inclusion strategies to ensure we reach the broadest possible pool of candidates

• Be the owner and superuser of the anonymous recruitment platform – Be Applied

• Work with hiring managers to take a full role brief and formulate a recruitment plan supporting them on this throughout

• Create and update job descriptions and advert copy

• Work with hiring managers to advise and support with screening and selection through interviews and testing

• Monitor and manage recruitment spend with aim to drive down cost of hiring and increase number of direct hires

• Liaise with recruitment agencies, managing the PSL

• Book and coordinate interviews with hiring managers

• Manage the candidates (internal and external) throughout the recruitment process, ensuring that they receive regular feedback on the process, and receive excellent customer care

• Maintain accurate reporting including recruitment tracker spreadsheets with cost and source of hires analysis

• Support all our offices (London, Glasgow, Honley, Ireland and Manchester) to clearly understand the business requirements when recruiting a role – challenging where necessary using your recruitment experience

• Utilising and managing social media for direct recruitment, enhancing and developing our brand

• Keep abreast with industry news, attending networking events and looking out as well as in

• Project manage the recruitment for the two schemes in conjunction with Director of People/People Business Partners and key stakeholders, from attraction, selection, assessment centres and open days through to offer

• Deliver the new starter inductions in conjunction with the People Administrator and onboard new employees

Experience Required

• Recruitment experience, both direct and with agencies, ideally in the media, advertising, digital or publishing industries

• Experience of ability to source, network and hire top talent across a diverse range of roles at all levels

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, dealing with high volume of CV’s, roles, and candidates

• Can demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between resourcing and diversity & inclusion

• Solid understanding of recruitment employment law and best practice

Skills / Abilities

• Proven interviewing skills with experience of structured competency-based interviews

• Strong team player with the ability to use your own initiative

• Highly organised, with strong prioritisation and time management skills

• Results orientated and commercial awareness

• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills

• Ability to perform in a collaborative fast paced environment

• Ability to deal sensitively with confidential information

• Outstanding customer service skills

• Excellent PC skills, advanced knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

• Experience using an applicant tracking system (we use Be Applied)

• Data analysis skills to create regular reports

• Strong attention to detail

Benefits 

• Hybrid working model (2+ days in the office) 

• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays (option to buy and sell holiday days) 

• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave 

• Private healthcare cover and life assurance 

• Free access to HeadSpace, employee assistance programme (24 hour helpline), mental health first aiders, and a wellbeing portal 

• Season ticket loans (from day 1 for entry level) and cycle to work scheme 

• Employee networks: HC All In (open forum), Elevate (for ethnic minority colleagues), HarperParents, Menopause at Work and Pride at HC 

• Unlimited training on our Learning and Development portal, management courses (up to MA level) and mentoring programmes 

• Virtual GP and eyecare vouchers 

• Gym membership discount 

• Onsite physiotherapy (London only) 

• Charitable donation matching and volunteering day 

• We're a certified Carbon Neutral company 

• Free e-books and audiobooks, newspaper subscriptions and discounts on books 

• Subsidised canteen and retail discounts 

• Onsite prayer room 

If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly to Chrystella Smith – chrystella.smith@harpercollins.co.uk and Mary Redmond mary.redmond@harpercollins.co.uk with subject heading ‘Vacancy Query’ plus the job title and we will aim to get back to you within 5 working days.

If you wish to apply for the role please use the link on Applied.