Early Talent Partner

Early Talent Partner

Department: Recruiting Solutions

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Osterley, UK - Hybrid

Description

About GTI

We aim to help students realise their potential in the world of work through technology, content and tools. That’s not an easy thing.

We believe in understanding students and partnering with employers, universities, schools and other technology providers.

It’s about students finding the right role and employers finding the most suitable candidates. But it's more than that – it’s about helping young people discover options, develop and build confidence.

About Sky

Sky is Europe’s leading media and entertainment company and we are proud to be part of the Comcast group.

Across six countries our innovative products connect 23 million customers to the best apps, and all the entertainment, sports, news and arts they love, including our own award‑winning original content.

Mission

This exciting opening will provide the successful candidate with opportunity to look after key deliverables such as ownership of Sky’s Software, Cyber Security and Technology programmes.

You will also work closely with the wider GTI team, based in our London HQ, to support business wide projects and best practice sharing.

Key Metrics

  • Ensure Sky’s graduate recruitment targets are met, in line with diversity and inclusion targets
  • Satisfaction of graduate cohorts and stakeholders throughout the campaign
  • Knowledge and best practice sharing with GTI

Outcomes

Key stakeholders are supported and consulted throughout the recruitment process

  • Manage client relationships with stakeholders, early talent partners and engagement leads onsite to ensure the successful delivery of the campaign
  • Work with stakeholders to collate hiring targets, review job descriptions and pull hiring needs into an annual project plan pre go live
  • Advise on early careers best practice and deliver comprehensive End of Campaign reports to review the year’s progress and implement improvements for the future.

Sky’s hiring targets are met in line with diversity and inclusion targets

  • Manage recruitment pipeline and provide up to date and accurate reporting on a weekly basis
  • Develop and deliver engagement strategies for keep warm activities with candidates
  • Support the marketing, event and social media strategy to attract a pipeline of qualified candidates for each role
  • Deliver training to hiring managers including assessor training, unconscious bias training and training on working with young people
  • Provide shortlists for assessment centres and work with stakeholders to identify invitees
  • Arrange and run assessment events virtually and in person, including wash up facilitation
  • Manage candidate offer and rejection process, providing feedback, supporting from offer to start date including contracts and onboarding
  • Deliver recruitment events/presentations, inductions and external speaker sessions

Graduates and Interns are supported in their end to end journey with Sky

  • Manage the end to end graduate programme, looking at pastoral care, rotation mapping, ad hoc support and successful roll off into the business positions
  • Support design and roll out of graduate programme processes and development activity
  • Support with key events on programme such as Welcome Days, Graduation, Midpoint, Induction etc

Person Specification

  • Demonstrable experience of the early careers sector
  • Proven experience in managing high volume graduate and internship campaigns
  • Able to juggle and maintain focus on multiple programmes, cohorts, suppliers and start dates
  • Able to adapt personal style to build trust and influence with stakeholdersAble to support graduate and internship hires through development programmes, providing high levels of pastoral care

Work Experience, Knowledge & Skills

  • Early careers experience, volume recruitment end to end
  • Pastoral care, working with young people
  • In scheme management and care
  • Strong people skills and excellent Stakeholder management
  • Assessment centre facilitation
  • Passion for media

Other Information

  • Permanent role 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 9.00 – 5.30pm
  • 3 month probationary period
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