Senior Talent Acquisition Partner - London, United Kingdom - Digitas

Digitas

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Company Description

We are Digitas, a full service digital agency._
Home of 400 diverse people united in the mission to use the power of strategy, data, technology, media and creativity to get our clients future ready._
We get our clients future ready through our Experience Consulting, Products & Platforms, Customer Engagement and Digital Media capabilities. Underpinned by a culture of experimentation, making things happen and driving results._
Part of Publicis Groupe, and a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies, we're proud to work with some of the world's leading brands._

Job Description:

What You'll Be Doing:

Specifically, you will:

Drive, and build upon, the Inclusive Hiring Strategy for Publicis Groupe and Digitas to ensure Inclusion sits at the forefront of our hiring efforts
Be accountable for end to end recruitment for roles across the agency, at all levels
Partner with leadership, HR and PGUK TA to set the Talent Acquisition strategy
Deliver recruitment and interview training, and bespoke training to suit the needs of Digitas
Build a robust talent pipeline process for your agency using our ATS, and ensure this is kept up to date, and added to via research, mapping and partnering with your stakeholders to identify and uncover new talent
Manage and support junior members of the team in their work and development, and coach them to be the best they can be
Cultivate a data driven approach to what we do, using this to help influence hiring decisions

Qualifications:

What Skills We're After:

_ Recruiting_

Create and implement recruitment, and sourcing strategies, in response to market conditions and other hiring challenges, to ensure we have access to the best talent
Demonstrate the ability to foresee and effectively solve problems through the hiring process
Hold a detailed knowledge of open and pending vacancies, and use data to inform the agency's decision making throughout the hiring process
Continuously review hiring processes, and update inline with requirements
Build up a comprehensive knowledge of where the best talent in market could be found, through competitor research, market analysis and participating in relevant networking events

_ Stakeholder Management_

Build excellent stakeholder management skills, and be a trusted partner to leadership, as well as building relationships across the wider TA team, crossagency and with our third party vendors
Be collaborative and flexible in your approach, adapting your approach and communication to meet the needs of your audience
Ensure all your communications/interactions are clear, concise and action orientated. Keep stakeholders up to date of activity, and notifying of upcoming challenges with prepared solutions
Develop relationships with key point people in all departments and within your team, and have an awareness of their individual needs

_ Culture_

Bring all of you to work, your passions, your hobbies, creative pursuits and side hustles
Have an infectious cando attitude, which makes people want to come to you as they know you approach all tasks with a positive attitude
Build a culture of learning, by proactively sharing your knowledge and expertise in order to help develop others in the team
Actively initiate collaborative ways of working with the team, and encourage team members to work together to solve challenges in a positive environment

_ Commercial_

Demonstrate an expert knowledge of the market, and partner with leadership, Talent and Finance to share data and make recommendations that have a financial impact on the business
Own contract negotiation with third party vendors, ensuring they are financially beneficial to us
Focus on reducing recruitment agency spend, identifying where we need third party support and have an understanding of how this will impact the agency
Share key data with your agency, plus solutions for how to improve our metrics
Demonstrate an understanding of your agency's commercial landscape

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