Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist - #1675576

Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

This role will be to provide a varied range of recruitment and recruitment related administration services across the UK business as required.

This is an exciting and diverse role in a fast paced environment suitable for an experienced, committed and reliable Recruiter with a can do attitude.

A Little More About The Role

• Recruiting and sourcing candidates for a range of roles using internal networking, LinkedIn Recruiter and other online media.
• Relationship building with internal Line Managers, candidates and recruitment suppliers as well as the wider HR team.
• Recruitment System Administration including but not limited to; writing and posting vacancies/job adverts, amending and extending vacancies, setting up user profiles, setting up candidate interviews, progressing offers of employment and chasing approvals.
• End to end candidate management duties including, pre-screening, telephone interviews, Line Manager interview set up, job offer support, and on-boarding.
• Sourcing and pipelining candidates
• Vacancy control and candidate management
  
  

What We Would Be Looking For You To Demonstrate

• Experience in recruitment in the engineering market
• Relationship management skills
• Candidates from a recruitment agency background may be considered but in house recruitment experience is preferred.
• Excellent communication (both verbal and written) and interpersonal skills; able to influence and engage with people, comfortable with presenting ideas and views, able to constructively challenge, probe and offer an alternative perspective in discussions
• Proven experience acting as part of a team
• Results driven; proactive, accountable, responsible for delivery with a strong client/customer service orientation
• Time management and a highly organised approach are essential as well as advanced level IT skills
• Experience working in a fast paced role in a busy team
  
  

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

With us, you can. Apply today.

About Us

We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 69,300 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

Work-life balance

At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community.

Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.

Inclusivity & Diversity

We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote a culture of inclusivity.

Health & Wellbeing

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.

Med24 offers you and your family unlimited telephone access to an NHS doctor, available 24/7, with options for face-to-face video consultations. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support package.

Flex your time

To enhance work-life balance, WSP offers the “WSP My Hour,” allowing you to take one hour each day for personal activities, with the flexibility to make up the time earlier or later that day.

We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.

Your development

We understand the importance of development and training to you. That’s why we foster a supportive environment that invests in your growth, whether through training, mentoring, or Chartership.

#WeAreWSP

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.