Human Resources Background Screening Lead

5 days ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Direct Line Group Full time

At Direct Line Group, insurance is just the start. Combining decades of industry experience with talented people in every field, we're a customer-obsessed market powerhouse. And we all work together to be brilliant for customers, every single day.

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our Talent Acquisition & Onboarding team. Reporting into our Acquisition Lead, you will oversee our comprehensive background screening and compliance processes, ensuring all regulatory checks are completed, and compliant. You'll develop compliance policies, mitigate risks, and uphold the integrity of our hiring practices.

Additionally, you will lead a team of compliance professionals, ensuring they provide high-value, proactive solutions to all partners while supporting transformation programs and encouraging a one team' culture.

The Talent Acquisition & Onboarding team specialise in strategic relationship management, aligning business strategies with immediate and long-term resourcing and onboarding needs. We are dedicated to employer branding, direct sourcing, talent pooling, and driving programmes that enhance how we engage, attract, assess, and onboard talent. We focus on running efficient operations, meeting business talent demands, and providing candidate experience, colleague and hiring / line manager community experiences.

What you'll be doing:

  • Oversee the end-to-end background and compliance screening process, including criminal checks, employment verification, education verification, and reference checks.

  • Implement comprehensive compliance procedures related to background screening and hiring processes.

  • Stay updated on legal and regulatory developments affecting background screening and hiring compliance.

  • Relationship management which will involve understanding and identifying business strategy and priorities, advising on a broad range of onboarding programs.

  • Lead, coach, motivate and develop a, high performing team, encouraging a collaborative and high-performance work environment.

  • Create and share best practices within your team, and broadly within DLG to ensure Background Screening & Compliance is highly effective and valued.

  • Develop external network of peers to ensure understanding of market changes and service improvements.

What we're looking for:

  • Experience in background screening / compliance within a commercial organisation.

  • Team management experience, able to lead, coach, motivate and develop a forward-thinking team.

  • In-depth knowledge of background screening practices, employment law, and regulations.

  • Inclusive mindset with the desire to seek out and encourage diverse voices and perspectives. Experience in identifying and scoping process improvements to refine procedures to ensure efficient delivery.

  • Experience working with multiple partners with demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders - across multiple locations / disciplines.

What we'll give you in return:

We wouldn't be where we are today without our people and the wide variety of perspectives and life experiences they bring. That's why we offer excellent benefits to suit your lifestyle and a flexible working model combining the best parts of home and office-working, varying with the nature of your role. Our core benefits include:

  • 9% employer contributed pension.

  • Up to 10% Bonus

  • 50% off home, motor and pet insurance plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover

  • Life Assurance

  • Income Protection

  • Additional optional Health and Dental insurance

  • Generous holidays, 25 days (excluding bank holidays). Plus, the option of buying or selling up to 5 days each year

  • Buy as you earn share scheme.

  • Employee discounts and cashback Plus, many more

Ways of Working

Our hybrid model offers a 'best of both worlds' approach. The perfect blend between connection and flexibility combining the best parts of home and office working. Most of our team spend circa 2 days a week in our Leeds office. For more information about our flexible working approach click here . 

Life at DLG 

Direct Line Group is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and we're committed to making DLG a truly inclusive place to work. We recognise and embrace that people work in different ways and we'll always adapt as much as possible so you have the best and most comfortable working environment that we can offer.

We know you're more than a CV, and the things that make you, you, can bring real potential to DLG. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you

Collectively we help every business within our group aim higher. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder to stand out in the market, we want to be an insurance company of the future. And with so many areas to choose from, your ambitions are welcome here. See your opportunity to start a career that's varied, distinct and exciting. Visit directlinegroupcareers.com

Let's see where your ideas take us.

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