Job Description - The Role
As a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist / Senior Recruiter at Arup, you will have a direct impact on the business by delivering top talent to the firm.
As a key member of the team, you'll manage strategic recruitment responsibilities, a typical day might include developing targeted sourcing strategies for volume and niche positions, providing data driven market insights to senior stakeholders, leading confidential executive searches, and mentoring junior team members.
You will be empowered to own your markets and provide subject matter expertise.
What you'll do:
- Lead full life cycle recruiting from strategic briefing and market analysis to onboarding, while ensuring alignment with business priorities and operational hiring needs.
- Develop and execute sophisticated sourcing strategies by leveraging market intelligence, talent mapping, and direct outreach to build diverse pipelines and attract top-tier talent.
- Act as a strategic advisor to senior stakeholders and hiring managers, providing data-informed insights on market trends, talent availability, and recruitment strategies.
- Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the recruitment process, proactively attracting candidates from varied backgrounds to foster an inclusive workforce that reflects Arup's values.
- Deliver a high-touch, candidate-centric experience, managing communications and queries across internal and external stakeholders, and ensuring a seamless journey from application to offer.
- Support data integrity, compliance, and reporting by keeping our applicant tracking system updated live.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with HR Business Partners and global teams, including Rewards, Mobility, EDI, and Operations, to understand talent needs, drive process improvements, and maintain compliance and reporting standards.
The skills you'll need:
- Extensive experience in full-cycle recruitment, ideally within engineering, construction, or technical sectors with expertise in direct sourcing, market mapping, and engaging passive candidates.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and collaborate effectively across diverse teams.
- Ability to prioritise while managing an average of 20 - 25 requisitions across multiple locations and multiple subject areas.
- Passionate about inclusive hiring practices, with a history of building diverse teams and driving change.
About the client
Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Guided by its values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Arup creates and contributes to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all.
Arup's internal employee networks support their inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion - creating a space for everyone to express themselves and make a positive difference.