Early Careers Lead

2 weeks ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Bishop Fleming Full time
Early Careers Lead


Year on year we recruit record numbers of apprentices and we've received recognition in the form of awards that support the success of our apprenticeship program.

We are keen to continue attracting great talent to support our ambitious growth plans in early careers and this position will be integral in delivering against our plans.


This role will be based in newly refurbished offices in central Bristol, the role will require some travel to our offices.


The Role


In this role, you will focus on hiring the best talent in the market into our apprenticeship program by leading early careers recruitment across all of our offices.

Working closely with the Talent Acquisition Manager you will look at how we attract, select, and recruit in the market by utilising the best tools and techniques to ensure the firm is recruiting the right people to support us on our growth journey.

This is a great opportunity to put your stamp on the role at a time that we're going through a significant period of transformation.


Day to day responsibilities will include:

  • Leading the end-to-end recruitment of graduate, apprentice and placement trainees, reviewing CVs, test results, video interviews and shortlisting all suitable trainee applicants for assessment centres this includes:
  • Organising and facilitating assessment centres with the support of the Resourcing Administrator, including running feedback sessions and washups
  • Organising and attending various graduate and school career fairs and events, building good relationships with schools and universities
  • Coordinating business representatives to support in the attendance of school and university events
  • Overseeing the trainee onboarding process and induction process working with the L&D Leads, keeping incoming trainees engaged with the business ahead of their start dates and ensuring a successful introduction into the firm
  • Providing regular updates and reporting on the progress of trainee resourcing to hiring managers, the Talent Acquisition Manager, and other key stakeholders, providing supporting management information (MI)
  • Working closely with the Talent Acquisition Manager to ensure we have the right attraction and selection methods in place to ensure we recruit the best possible talent in the market
  • Researching and working with the wider team to implement innovative ways to engage with our target audiences
  • Fully engaging with Workday and ensuring we're optimising this leading technology to keep pace with market changes
  • Supporting key lateral hires working with the wider recruitment team
  • Supporting the wider People Team

What we are looking for
To be considered for the role, you will have:

  • Experience of early careers/future talent/volume recruitment
  • Good IT skills and be particularly comfortable working with MS Word and Excel, having applicant tracking systems (ATS) experience particularly with Workday would be an advantage
  • Excellent organisational skills with good attention to detail
  • You'll also be driven to achieve and curious around process improvement

Why Bishop Fleming?
Bishop Fleming is an independent leading provider of audit, accountancy, tax, and advisory services in the UK. With a turnover of £38.4m, the firm saw growth of 15.5% per cent over the last 12 months.


From owner-managed businesses, SMEs, and large businesses; to entrepreneurs and private individuals; Bishop Fleming has a wealth of knowledge and experience in areas such as internal and external audit, corporate and personal tax, corporate finance and deals and accounting services.


Bishop Fleming is currently ranked 33 in the Accountancy Age league table and is the number one provider of audit services multi-academy trusts in the academy sector.

The firm was also ranked fifth in the inaugural UK Accountancy Age Mid-Tier Power Index.


With 8 offices spanning from the West Midlands to the South West, the firm has 43 partners and nearly 500 staff, and is a certified Great Place to Work.


Bishop Fleming is a member of Kreston Global, a global network of independent accounting firms in more than 100 countries.

We are a firm that thinks clients, people and communities.

As a member of Business in the Community (BITC) we are focussed on improving our responsible business practices and collectively making positive impacts for the benefit of society.

If that's not enough, we offer a fantastic range of benefits including:

  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays plus Christmas off
  • Hybrid working
  • A contributory Pension scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Simply Health cashback plan including access to 24/7 online GP service and counselling services
  • Perkbox discounts and rewards platform with over 4,00 perks and discounts
  • Yulife employee wellbeing app
  • Social events with active social committees that plan internal and external events
  • Numerous opportunities for development
You will be able to take full advantage of the hybrid working that

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