Location: Leeds
Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 per year, plus bonus
Job Title: Talent Acquisition Executive

Job Summary:

We are seeking a proactive Talent Acquisition Executive to join our Operations team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for attracting top-tier talent and managing the end-to-end recruitment process for our Leeds office, with a view to building out overseas locations in the future.

This role requires a strategic thinker who can effectively target passive candidates, build talent pools, and manage recruitment campaigns while ensuring a strong employer brand presence in the market.

Key Responsibilities:

Attraction:

* Proactively target passive candidates, leveraging various sourcing strategies to engage top talent.

* Conduct effective market mapping to identify potential candidates for headhunting opportunities.

* Build and maintain talent pools for future hiring needs, regularly engaging with these candidates to keep them warm.

* Develop strategies to target candidates from non-recruitment markets, such as sales and customer service industries, to expand the talent pool.

* Collaborate with the Marketing team to ensure that the employer brand is effectively represented across all channels.

* Work with our Digital Marketing team to execute a robust Social Media Strategy for Internal Recruitment, including campaigns on LinkedIn.

* Optimize the use of LinkedIn Recruiter Professional Services (RPS) accounts to ensure maximum effectiveness in candidate sourcing.

* Foster relationships with local universities, attending relevant attraction events and sending regular updates to maintain engagement.

* Organize and coordinate Open Days/Evenings to attract and engage potential talent.

Vacancy Management:

* Oversee the management of recruitment campaigns, ensuring they are executed effectively to attract high-quality candidates.

* Ensure all job advertisements are accurate, compelling, and attract suitable candidates.

* Add qualified candidates to the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and assign them to relevant vacancies.

* Conduct initial telephone screenings for candidates applying to internal vacancies, assessing their fit for the role.

* Hold vacancy briefings with line managers to fully understand the role requirements and profile.

* Facilitate and participate in second-stage interviews, providing support to hiring managers.

* Administer psychometric assessments for final-stage interviews, as required.

* Pre- and post-interview discussions with hiring managers, coordinating the feedback process.

* Serve as the main point of contact between candidates and hiring managers, coordinating all interview logistics.

* Debrief with line managers post-interview to gather feedback on candidate fit and interview techniques.

* Coordinate the feedback process, ensuring timely communication with all candidates.

* Manage the offer and start date process, ensuring a smooth transition for new hires.

* Meet with new joiners to provide support throughout the onboarding process, ensuring a positive experience.

What you'll need:

* Your ability to engage and nurture passive candidates will be essential in this role. This will be using a number of methods, including over the phone and LinkedIn messaging.

* Strong interpersonal and communication skills: The ability to build relationships with stakeholders and candidates.

* Manage multiple recruitment campaigns simultaneously, with a focus on delivering results.

* Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

* Experience managing social media recruitment campaigns across various platforms. (pref, not essential)

* Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and LinkedIn Recruiter Professional Services (RPS). (pref, not essential)

What You'll Get:

Personal Development: We invest heavily in your personal growth, from daily in-house training to

Career Growth: Raw Selection has ambitious growth plans, including opening new offices and expanding abroad. You will have the opportunity to grow with the company and advance your career.

Social and Team-Building Opportunities: We regularly host team events and social gatherings to celebrate our successes.

Freedom and Flexibility: In return for high performance, we offer the flexibility to work from the office or from home and we don't track your holiday days

What it's Like to Work at Raw Selection:

A supportive and encouraging environment: Our culture is focused on personal and professional growth, and we are dedicated to helping you achieve your goals.

A clear set of values: We work hard and stay humble, we are resilient, and we win and lose as a team. We embrace making mistakes as an opportunity to improve.

Exciting Opportunities: We place genuine executives and compete against the top executive search firms in the Private Equity industry.

Passionate Purpose: Raw Selection was founded with the goal of providing recruiters with more than just a job and placing top executives into challenging, life-changing careers.

About Raw Selection:

Raw Selection is a genuine specialist executive search firm, one of only two in Leeds.

We partnering with Private Equity firms and their portfolio companies across Europe and North America to secure investment and back-office professionals and introduce C-Suite profiles to the companies they acquire.

Raw Selection was founded by Alex Rawlings in 2017 with two clear goals:

* To build a business that offers its recruiters more than just a phone, laptop, and a boss who cares about his own commission more than your progression.

* To place top executives into challenging, life-changing careers.

We have big goals; our ambition is to grow into the top executive search firm in the Private Equity industry. We know that in order to do this, we have to hire high performing individuals like you.

Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 per year, plus bonus