Talent Acquisition Specialist (UK and France), 12 Month Fixed Term Contract.

We are currently recruiting for a Talent Acquisition Specialist (UK and France) to join the Human Resources team, initially for a 12 month fixed term contract.  The purpose of this role is to partner closely with assigned senior level stakeholders, acting as an advisor and taking ownership for the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, from recruitment briefing meeting, advertising, sourcing, arranging interviews and making job offers, negotiating and agreeing final packages.  The scope of recruitment will include from junior to director level roles.

Your responsibilities in this role would be:

For assigned roles, you will manage the end-to-end recruitment process.  This includes:

• Conduct a Recruitment Briefing Meeting with the Hiring Manager to ensure an understanding of the requirements of the vacancy and the interview process, providing guidance on the current candidate market place

Source

• Develop job adverts to post and advertise vacancies
• Search and ‘headhunt’ candidates directly for niche roles
• Build Talent Pools for specific high volume roles
• Promote the Employee Referral program and encourage internal development and movement
• Advertise on LinkedIn and JobBoards, promoting the Employee Value Proposition

Assess

• Review applications and assess suitability for open roles
• Provide coaching and counselling to hiring managers to effectively support recruitment objectives and KPI’s

Measure

• Keep abreast of market trends and demands impacting the company’s ability to attract competitive candidates; coordinate with HR on salary offer considerations and equity concerns
• Ensure the ATS and Tracker are kept up to date for reporting purposes

We are looking for:

• Demonstrable experience within a talent acquisition role with experience of driving and owning the end-to-end recruitment process, ideally gained in an internal recruitment team
• A proven track record of direct hiring via creative solutions - reducing the overall cost of hire and time to hire
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills
• Good knowledge of legislation in the recruiting process both in the UK and France (or ideally)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English & French
• Good organization skills with the ability to anticipate requirements, prioritize own workload and set daily/weekly objectives and targets. Has a sense of urgency
• Strong attention to detail
• Able to maintain confidentiality at all times
• Proficient IT skills in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of effectively utilising an ATS system

About Us:

We are a quality and innovation-led cell and gene therapy CDMO with a mission to enable our clients to deliver life changing therapies to patients around the world.

Our innovative solutions and proven expertise allow our clients in the biotech and biopharma industry, to deliver life-saving therapies to reach even more patients.

The success of cell and gene therapy products transforms outcomes for millions of people suffering from some of the world’s worst diseases and medical conditions.

We work together, motivated to make a difference, and so can you.

What’s in it for you:

• Highly competitive reward packages
• Wellbeing programmes
• Development opportunities
• Welcoming, friendly, supportive colleagues
• A diverse and inclusive working environment
• Our values are: Deliver Innovation, Be Inspiring and Have Integrity
• State of the art laboratory and manufacturing facilities

We want you to feel inspired every day. We’re future-focused and our business is growing rapidly. We succeed together through passion, commitment and teamwork, and so can you.

Collaborate. Contribute. Change lives