Early Careers Talent Partner
boohoo group, United Kingdom

The role

This role will require you to be on site 4 days per week with 1 day working from home. This role can be either Manchester or London based.

The team

In the People team, we create a workplace where people love what they do and feel valued as they develop and grow. We support the entire boohoo family, so we focus on transforming and reimagining the entire candidate and employee experience for the better through change, growth, and opportunity. We want the Group to be the best employer within the e-commerce fashion industry.

What you'll be doing

• Develop and deliver our early careers resourcing and development strategy in partnership with our Talent Partners (across both talent acquisition and talent development) to enable the business to grow and develop this talent in the right areas to meet business needs
• Develop targeted and engaging attraction plans and robust assessment and selection strategies, ensuring a consistently positive candidate experience.
• In partnership with the Talent Acquisition team, deliver the end-to-end recruitment process for our high-volume entry level roles. Efficiently coordinates interviews or assessment centres as required and takes ownership of delivering meaningful candidate feedback
• Utilising the ATS system and LMS system as a central hub and ensuring all activity is updated and captured accurately
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with universities, colleges, and other external partners to promote our early careers talent pathways and establish effective recruitment channels
• Creation of talent attraction marketing content and events specifically for the early talent market measuring and analysing the success of any activity
• Ensure our outreach activities and recruitment processes are open and inclusive, working in close partnership with our Damp;I Manager
• Design and deliver an early talent onboarding program ensuring a smooth transition into their roles and establish an internal talent community for early talent to meet their needs
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and specialists to identify development opportunities and ensure positive employee experiences
• Collaborate seamlessly with talent and development partners to design / deliver / coordinate targeted development initiatives/content for early careers employees nurturing their growth and retention within the business
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of our early careers hiring and talent development initiatives, making recommendations for continuous improvement in the early talent space
• Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices in early careers recruitment and development, sharing this knowledge with the wider business and incorporating innovative approaches into our ways of working
• Guide and advise the business collaboratively on the transition from entry level roles, establishing successful development pathways in key areas with the talent development team
• Ensure an understanding of the Apprentice levy, identifying possible apprenticeship opportunities
• Maintaining data reporting and tracking metrics to share with various internal stakeholders

More about you

Our values - Passion, Agile, Creative, Tea

• Solid experience of either recruitment/talent acquisition or learning and development specifically for early careers talent and has a genuine passion for delivering unrivalled candidate and employee experiences
• Knowledgeable about the retail/ecommerce industry and career paths
• Can demonstrate the ability to work autonomously to build and deliver an early careers talent strategy (at the beginning of its journey)
• Ability to influence Line Manage

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