Emerging Talent Advisor

Our Kier Group business has recently re-joined the FTSE250 and with an order book value in excess of £10bn, there's never been a better time to join us

We're currently recruiting for an Emerging Talent Advisor to join our Kier Transportation Team. This role will engage with the Emerging Talent programmes and employees to support throughout their employee lifecycle. This includes apprentices, trainees, undergraduates and graduates.

Location: Flexible, with expected to travel to sites as required

Contract: Permanent, full-time and able to consider part-time working

Responsibilities

As an Emerging Talent Advisor, your day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Collaborating with the Social Sustainability teams on external engagement through work experience, school engagement and career fairs.
• Partnering with the internal Talent Acquisition team on attraction and recruitment strategies.
• Leading assessment centres and interviews for selection process and ensuring a quality experience through onboarding and induction.
• Creating a pipeline of emerging talent through development and retention.
• Monitoring and report ongoing progress, pastoral care and any performance & development areas.
• Feeding into the Transportation talent management process to ensure Emerging talent is retained and progresses through the organisation.
• Engaging with a range of organisations, attending events and support the attraction of a diverse range of emerging talent.

 What are we looking for?

This role of Emerging Talent Advisor is great for you if you have:

• A passion for working with and supporting the Emerging Talent population and those with barriers to employment.
• A good knowledge and understanding of apprenticeship and graduate programmes.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and SharePoint.
• Able to collaborate with and build relationships with a range of stakeholders both internal and externally.
• An ability to work to tight deadlines and under pressure whilst remaining calm and focused.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels – schools, early careers, contract management through to presentation/talks at events and recruitment days
• Must hold a valid UK driving licence.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

 Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for use. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies.

You can see our D&I action plan here.

We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier

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