Talent Acquisition Partner - 6 month contract
Posted 1 day ago by Lanes Group
£35,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
Preston, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Lanes Group is seeking a Talent Acquisition Partner for a 6-month contract in Preston, responsible for managing recruitment across the business. The role requires experience in internal recruitment or agency settings and involves various recruitment-related tasks, including candidate sourcing and liaising with line managers. The position offers a hybrid working arrangement with flexibility in hours and travel to different sites as needed. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Key Responsibilities:
- Sourcing of candidates
- Interviewing candidates/prescreening/attending selection panels
- Liaising with line managers nationwide to understand varying recruitment needs
- Liaising with internal and external staff and professional organizations
- Diary management, administration, and carrying out employment checks
- Assisting in training/development of managers on the talent process
- Assisting the Head of Talent on improving campaigns, procedures, and policies
- Attending job fairs, schools, and colleges
- Involvement and management of apprenticeship programs
- Data reporting for MI - Excel skills essential
- Assisting marketing with advertising vacancies/social media and intranet
- Assistance with ad-hoc projects/duties to support the business
Key Skills:
- Previous Talent Acquisition experience
- Flexibility with working hours
- Excellent communication skills, including oral, written, and presentation
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Confidentiality and discretion with high levels of diplomacy
- Adaptability to suit audience and cope with change
- Ability to work at pace on multiple demanding projects
- Car driver essential for site visits
Salary (Rate): £35,000 yearly
City: Preston
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
The Lanes Group are the UK’s largest independent provider of water and wastewater solutions and services, we play a vital role in always maintaining the seamless operations of the nation’s water systems. Formed in 1992, our half a billion-pound turnover ensures continued expansion for market share. Our key differentiator is our 4000+ staff and our resource pool that includes the most innovative fleet, plant, and equipment the market has to offer.
About The Role
Due to company growth, the Lanes Group are looking to appoint a Talent Acquisition Partner to join the Preston team of 6 on a 6 month contract initially with a view to being extended dependent upon contract extension. The team are responsible for Recruitment of all staff across the business in. An ideal applicant will have past Internal Recruitment or external agency experience with a good understanding of the entire Recruitment cycle.
Location: Preston (two office locations) – Hybrid – travel to various sites as required
Hours: Monday to Friday – 37.5 hours a week – flexibility required
Salary: £30-£35k
Responsibilities – But Not Limited To
- Sourcing of candidates
- Interviewing Candidates/prescreening/attending selection panels
- Liaising with line managers nationwide throughout the business to understand varying recruitment need.
- Liaising with both internal and external staff and professional organisations (veterans societies, government schemes universities and colleges etc)
- Diary Management, Administration and carrying out employment checks
- Assisting in training/ Development of managers on the Talent process.
- Assisting the Head of Talent on improving campaigns, procedures and policies
- Attending job fairs, schools and colleges
- Involvement and management of apprenticeship programmes and assisting the HR team and Learning and Development with associated administration
- Data reporting for MI - Excel skills essential
- Assisting marketing with advertising vacancies/social media and intranet
- Assistance with ad-hoc projects/duties may be required to support the business
Experience And Qualifications Required For The Role
- Previous Talent Acquisition experience is essential
- Flexibility with working hours.
- Excellent communication skills, including oral, written and presentation
- The ability to work well on your own as well as part of a team
- Confidentiality & discretion and displays high levels of diplomacy
- Adaptability – can adapt style to suit audience and can cope with change
- Ability to work at pace and on a number of demanding projects at one time
- Car Driver is essential to visit sites on occasions throughout the UK
What We Offer
- 24 Days holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Pension
- Death in service
- Free on site parking
The Lanes Group plc comprises of a range of established service providers subsidiaries, which complement the specialist service of Lanes, by both work type and geography. Increasing our overall capability, assets and offering to our customers.
Lanes - https://www.lanesgroup.com/#our_group
Lanes I - https://lanes-infra.com/
SUS - https://sus.co.uk/
Clearflow -https://www.clearflowltd.com/
AQS - https://aqsenvironmentalsolutions.ie/
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from under-represented members of the community. Strictly no agencies please