Talent Acquisition & Mobility Specialist

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Our aim at Made Tech is to use human-centred technology to improve our society. We believe putting people at the heart of designing, building and delivering public services leads to better outcomes for everyone.

We are seeking a proactive and versatile Talent Acquisition and Mobility Specialist to join our growing team. In this generalist role, you will play a crucial part in executing our talent acquisition and internal mobility initiatives, working closely with the wider people team and stakeholders in all areas of the business. You will be instrumental in attracting top talent, fostering an excellent candidate experience, and supporting our internal teams in building their careers.

As a Talent Acquisition and Mobility Specialist, you'll be involved in a wide range of activities, taking ownership of key projects and contributing significantly to our company's growth and employee satisfaction. This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive individual who thrives in a dynamic environment, is eager to make a significant impact on our hiring efforts, and is ready to take on more responsibility in a collaborative setting.

Key responsibilities

• Build and nurture strong relationships with hiring managers and people partners, acting as a trusted advisor on hiring processes and providing data-driven insights into the candidate market.
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, from initial screening to offer letter generation, ensuring a focus on candidate experience and compliance with our hiring process and policies.
• Proactively adapt to changes in market conditions, business needs, or hiring strategies, demonstrating the ability to pivot effectively between different projects or priorities while maintaining effectiveness.
• Contribute to our internal mobility efforts by supporting internal candidates (over 30% of our hires are internal!), matching talent to opportunities, and understanding career pathways within the organisation.
• Proactively build and nurture talent pipelines for recurring or critical roles, engaging with potential candidates through various channels to maintain interest and relationships. You can read some of the insights from our team, like this blog post on tech careers, here .
• Use data to inform hiring strategies, such as source effectiveness or time-to-hire metrics, and propose data-driven adjustments to your approach.
• Contribute to people-wide projects and lead on continuous improvement projects within your hiring areas or across the Talent Acquisition and Mobility team.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the employee lifecycle and how your role contributes to each stage.

Skills, knowledge and expertise

The following skills will be assessed during the application process:

• Proven experience in a talent acquisition or recruitment role with a strong track record of successful hiring outcomes.
• Experience in hiring for Technology and UCD roles.
• Ability to quickly build and develop relationships, influence external candidates and internal stakeholders.
• Comprehensive understanding of the technologies, including AI tools, available within the people profession and how they can be applied to enhance the candidate and employee experience.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a keen eye for detail, particularly in candidate screening and record-keeping.
• Analytical mindset with the proven ability to interpret data, identify trends, and make data-driven recommendations.
• Proactive, resourceful, and capable of working with minimal supervision while collaborating effectively within a team.
• Up-to-date knowledge of current market conditions, hiring strategies, and best practices.
• Demonstrable awareness and understanding of policies and regulations, ensuring full compliance in your area of work.
• Ideally, experience within a consultancy environment
  
  

Support in applying

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We believe we can use tech to make public services better. We also believe this can happen best when our own team represents the society that actually uses the services we work on. We're collectively continuing to grow a culture that is happy, healthy, safe and inspiring for people of all backgrounds and experiences, so we encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply for roles with us.

When you apply, we'll put you in touch with a member of our talent team who can help with any needs or adjustments we may need to make to help with your application. We've put together this blog as a resource to share more about reasonable adjustments and some examples of what this could include. We also welcome any feedback on how we can improve the experience for future candidates.

Life at Made Tech

Like many organisations, we use Slack to foster a sense of community and connection. As well as special interest groups such as music, food and pets, we also have 10+ Slack channels dedicated to specific communities, allies, and identities as well as dedicated learning spaces called communities of practice (COPs). If you'd like to speak to someone from one of these groups about their experience as an employee, please do let a member of the Made Tech talent team know.

We are always listening to our growing teams and evolving the benefits available to our people. As we scale, as do our benefits and we are scaling quickly. We've recently introduced a flexible benefit platform which includes a Smart Tech scheme, Cycle to work scheme, and an individual benefits allowance which you can invest in a Health care cash plan or Pension plan. We're also big on connection and have an optional social and wellbeing calendar of events for all employees to join should they choose to. Here are some of our most popular benefits listed below:

Remote Working - we offer part time remote working for all our staff

Paid counselling - we offer paid counselling as well as financial and legal advice

Our hiring process is designed to be thorough, transparent, and supportive, guiding candidates through each step. The exact process may vary slightly depending on the role but these are the typical steps candidates can expect.

We'll keep you updated throughout the process and provide helpful feedback at each stage. No matter the outcome, we make sure the feedback is useful and supportive, so you feel informed and can learn from the experience.

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