Head of Talent Acquisition and Management
Bionic Services Ltd, United Kingdom
Job Description
We are Bionic, and we're on a mission to make life radically easier for small business owners, building a one-stop
shop for all their business essentials, and giving them an experience so good that they trust Bionic to sort everything
for them, forever.
It’s an extraordinary mission, and so it follows that Bionic is an extraordinary place to work - where the buzz is high,
the pace is fast, and the air crackles with energy. We’re an exceptional and talented team of people doing our best
work through building our innovative products and delivering our amazing service.
The business is growing fast and is hiring a new Head of TA who can enable the people growth and build leadership
capabilities that’s at the heart of the People and Culture Strategy. Bionic has ambitious plans for the next 5 years to
grow our business operations, tech/ data and our sales teams to over 1000 colleagues as well as many more
acquisitions. Today, we have 650 colleagues spread across London, Luton, Chelmsford and Chester including a sales
team of over 400 colleagues in Inbound, Outbound and Field Sales. We're fully regulated and authorised by the FCA.
In 2019, we were the 'Sunday Times Top 100 Companies to Work For'.
At the core of making those things happen is our culture and values, rooted in delivering exceptional performance
against ambitious shared goals. What unites us is the real opportunity to grow, learn, build a career and to be the
best version of ourselves, every day. The energy you can see, hear, and feel is not magic or a mystery. It comes from
who we are and what we stand for, being ambitious and doing it with passion and consistency. The pace is fast and if
you like that, then Bionic is a great place for you to perform.
Requirements
We're now looking to make a leadership appointment in the team (and key No2 to the CPO) to develop and execute
our talent acquisition and management strategy. The combination of our growth agenda, available investment, and
organisational willingness to next phase our talent strategy presents an amazing opportunity for the right leader to
create a best-practice function.
What can you expect in return.. You’ll be working for a company where you are challenged and supported to
perform but where you will have the best opportunity to be part of something that matters. Where you feel trusted,
listened to and treated fairly. Recognised and rewarded for both great performance and results.
This is a hands-on role, with lots of variety and the opportunity to work with a range of different people across the
business, so you will need to be able to communicate effectively at all levels and execute quickly and confidently.
You will be working closely with the Senior Business Partners and HR Operations Manager.
Responsibilities include:
- Promote a culture of hiring and personal growth by driving the full spectrum of recruiting, selection and assessment activities.
- Deputies for the CPO.
- Implement online and offline employer branding activities.
- Participate in and host recruitment events to drive awareness of Bionic and drive best practice.
- Create and implement talent acquisition strategies for leadership, mid-career and entry / experienced sales colleagues (volume hiring).
- Design and drive the adoption of consistent recruiting, interviewing and hiring practices that support a strong candidate experience, reduces churn and enhances speed to competency.
- Partnering with leaders (C-Suite and Heads of Functions) to track ongoing hiring needs of their business, workforce planning and onboarding strategies.
- Lead and manage end-to-end recruitment and assessment for senior roles.
- Identify and partner with external providers as required to ensure hiring needs are met.
- Inspire, coach and develop the team (7) bringing a tool kit of best practice across all hiring and onboarding systems to implement a Bionic Group candidate experience with accurate reporting.
- Drive culture of high performance in the team to meet and exceed hiring benchmarks relating to time to fill, cost per hire, diversity hiring and hiring manager and candidate satisfaction.
- Lead on projects focused on continuous improvement.
- Own and develop ATS workable including weekly and monthly reporting on key KPI’s such as Time to Hire, Volume of hires, cost per hire.
- Prepare and manage a recruitment budget and all recruitment channels such as Glassdoor, Linked In.
- Develop and implement a diversity and inclusive hiring policy.
Skills amp; Experience
- Proven work experience as a Head of Talent Acquisition or similar role in a high growth organisation or scal