Technical Recruitment Sourcing Specialist (9- month FTC)

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LOCATION: Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds or Halifax

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

Job Description

About this opportunity

The Sourcing and Research team delivers candidate sourcing, research and market intelligence solutions to support the direct hiring activities of Lloyds Banking Group Specialised Recruitment team. As a Senior Sourcer, you'll play a pivotal role, setting higher standards for talent quality by crafting sourcing strategies aligned with ambitious talent acquisition goals and proactively finding top passive and diverse talent available in the market. Spearheading initiatives to implement AI and leverage innovative tech, you'll contribute significantly to the team's thought leadership, offering insights into emerging industry trends.

What we need from you!

• Strategic sourcing methods by utilising advanced tools and techniques to identify, engage, and attract high-quality candidates, particularly for Technology and Data business units. Focusing on contributing to the development of comprehensive sourcing strategies aligned with team goals.

• Deep knowledge of market intelligence tools such as LinkedIn Talent Insights, Talent Neuron, Horsefly and web-based researching techniques to deliver market insights to support hiring decisions.

• Understanding of direct sourcing and talent research methods by using various channels and databases such as LinkedIn, online communities, social media profiles, competing companies and more, utilising search string and data mining.

• Take an active role in guiding candidates through the recruitment journey. Ensuring a smoother and more personalised experience, actively addressing candidate needs. Always looking for ways to improve the candidate experience.

• Contributing insights to enhance existing sourcing methodologies and adopting more advanced technologies. Drive continuous improvement in the team's sourcing practices.

• Utilising a strategic approach to gain a deeper understanding of organisational goals. Ensuring sourcing activities are closely aligned with broader strategic objectives.

• Collaboration at this level extends to mentoring junior team members, actively participating in team development initiatives, and fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.

Why Lloyds Banking Group?

Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too...

What you'll need

• Tech and Data recruitment- Experience in tech & data sourcing and recruitment in a large complex environment.

• Advanced external sourcing- Build and implement sourcing strategies that can deliver high quality candidates at pace and volume. Develop a robust network within the industry for proactive talent identification. Lead initiatives to diversify candidate pipelines for better inclusivity.

• Stakeholder Management- Lead multiple partners with contending priorities. Able to talk to the demand and supply data to provide updates to collaborators. Able to navigate and resolve conflicts with collaborators independently. Demonstrate the ability to influence and guide hiring decisions.

• Candidate Experience- Understand the needs of the candidates and provide a fiction free recruitment journey. Always looking for ways to improve the candidate experience by demonstrating data and anecdotal evidence.

• Data and Reporting- Strong data and reporting skills to handle collaborators and chip in to weekly, monthly and quarterly business reviews. Can identify blockages or areas of potential improvement from the use of data.

• Business Acumen- Has an understanding of the industry landscape and market dynamics. Aligns recruitment strategies with broader strategic objectives. Participates in discussions about workforce planning and talent acquisition strategy. Supplies insights on how recruitment impacts the organization's bottom line.

• In-house recruitment- Experience in in-house recruitment to support the business to understand process, policies, and intricacies of the recruitment system through the journey of sourcing screening, interview and offer.

And any experience of these would be really useful

• Experience in using Workday, Talent Neuron, LinkedIn Recruiter, LinkedIn Talent Insights and Avature.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We're committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you'd like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.