Talent Acquisition Partner, New Talent

**Talent Acquisition Partner, New Talent**:

- Location: Warwick, GB, CV34 6DA- Division: Talent Acquisition UK- Job Type:
- Requisition Number: 38680- Job Category: HR- Job Function: Work Scheduling and Dispatch**About the role**:
We are looking for a driven and motivated Talent Acquisition Partner to join our professional and supportive New Talent team on a temporary basis for 6 months in Warwick.

As a Talent Acquisition Partner within the New Talent team, you get to be a key part of helping National Grid find critical early talent and to help us continue on our key mission to bring energy to life. You'll play an integral role in recruiting our annual intake of Graduates, Undergraduates, Interns, and Higher & Advanced Apprenticeships.

Be strategic and tactical
- Manage high volume full-cycle recruitment for New Talent Programmes
- Become deeply embedded with your business areas, understand what their business does and the types of people they need to hire to succeed. Go above and beyond as a partner to be a part of understanding at a deep level of what they do and how they do it
- Host Assessment Centres, including the organising, pre-planning, scheduling and running assessment centres, which may begin/end outside of standard working hours
- Willingness to help evaluate processes that need revamping
- Completing other duties and projects as assigned within the given deadlines
Use analytical tools for hiring and branding
- Use tools and skills to reinforce National Grid as an employer of choice
- Ensure brand standards are understood, maintained and consistently executed in all external communication
- Understanding of ATS and ways they can perform and ideas on how to maximize their use
- Stay up to date with current recruiting methods and best practices
- Attend regional job fairs and careers events
Communicate effectively
- Consulting/partnering with the business to discover staff needs, requirements and specific job objectives
- Ability to influence and engage stakeholders
Support our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives
- Attracting diverse talent: We are dedicated to finding innovative ways to source and attract talent that genuinely reflects the communities we serve.
- Offering equal opportunities: We are committed to providing the same opportunities for development and progression for everybody who works with us.
- Ensuring inclusive leadership: Our leadership style is inspiring and inclusive, helping everyone who works with us to realize their full potential.

**About you**:
You will have good experience in leading and motivating stakeholders, using your excellent oral & written communication skills, whilst having:

- a consultative, customer-focused, analytical, and innovative approach
- strategic thinking and able to act tactically to share and implement a vision
- technology-oriented and people-focused approach
- ability to leverage data and analytics

You are able to deal with ambiguity and are excited by creating order and driving organisation and clarity.

You have a genuine healthy desire to be curious, both in the job but as part of your nature and have a desire to make a difference.

Ideally, you have some experience in recruiting, preferably for Graduate and/or Apprentice positions.

**what we can offer**:

- A competitive salary between £33,000 - £37,575 per annum - dependent on capability
- A bonus based on personal and company performance
- A competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%
- Access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

**Further information**:
The role is based in Warwick with the flexibility to work in the office 2-3 days per week.

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**At National Grid, **we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people.** Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.**

**Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. **All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, **the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives** and business need. **We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.