About PA Consulting
We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.
The Role
This role is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract. Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office a minimum of 2 days per week. You will be joining the Digital & Data recruitment team based in London, primarily responsible for recruiting into Digital and Design Engineering capabilities.
You will be accountable for owning and delivering on our key initiatives including increasing direct hires and brand awareness in our markets by designing innovative attraction campaigns, LinkedIn direct sourcing and being an advocate for our employer brand both internally and externally. You will have a range of tools at your fingertips to support, including LinkedIn Recruiter and an array of capability specific platforms. Acting as a Subject Matter Expert, you will be familiar with the technology and/or Engineering market/s and you will be experienced in designing sourcing strategies and come with a range of techniques and strong experience recruiting technology roles.
An excellent communicator you will be confident in building positive relationships with your stakeholders, taking thorough briefs which you are able to share with candidates. You will be responsible for managing your candidates ensuring they are kept engaged and informed throughout their experience.
Responsibilities:
•Work with your stakeholders to build a birds eye view of talent needs and work in partnership with the recruitment team and your hiring managers to develop a delivery strategy.
•Design innovative sourcing strategies across online, offline and social channels to build the PA Consulting employer brand.
•Have a flair for writing adverts and communications that highlight the key USPs of working at PA and the consulting lifestyle.
•Act as a subject matter expert to key internal stakeholders to engage and influence consistent and effective recruitment processes.
•Be data driven in your methods, with a firm understanding of how your recruitment metrics can be used to improve performance and lend you credibility with your stakeholders.
•Deliver market insight and intelligence by keeping up with industry trends.
•Be a champion of candidate experience, so that even unsuccessful candidates leave the process with a positive image of PA Consulting.
Requirements
We are looking for someone who is experienced recruiting into the Technology and/or Engineering sectors with great communication and influencing skills. Ideally you will have:
•Direct recruitment experience within Technology and/or Engineering either from agency or in-house.
•Proven experience in recruitment, selection and assessment tools/methods.
•A diligent and motivated attitude.
•Target driven and a real self-starter.
•Confident at managing relationships with diverse and challenging stakeholders.
•Strong written and oral communication skills – ability to engage, influence and challenge business stakeholders.
•High energy and personally resilient with the ability to manage competing demands in a complex, matrixed environment.
•The ability to lead yourself through ambiguity and change, often in a fast-paced environment.
•Great partnering and teaming skills – ability to support others in a collegiate working environment and build internal networks to solve problems.
This opportunity would suit an experienced recruiter who is looking for a role that will allow them to engage with senior levels of the business and to have the influence that comes with that. If you have the resilience to handle a fast-paced environment where you are at the coal-face of sourcing the talent who will go on to deliver high-impact projects, then this role may be for you.
Life at PA
Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples' working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work. We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need.
