Early Talent Partner - Finance and Data Analytics

Early Talent Partner - Finance and Data Analytics

Department: Recruiting Solutions

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Osterley, UK - Hybrid

Description

We are looking for an Early Careers specialist to join us. In this end to end role, you will collaborate with various internal and external stakeholders throughout the early careers campaign cycle.   This exciting opening will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to look after key deliverables such as ownership of Sky’s Data Science, Data Analytics and Finance opportunities.  You will also work closely with the wider GTI team, based in our London HQ, to support business wide projects and best practice sharing. 

Key Metrics: 

•  Ensure Sky’s graduate recruitment targets are met, in line with diversity and inclusion targets 
• Satisfaction of graduate cohorts and stakeholders throughout the campaign  
• Knowledge and best practice sharing with GTI 

 

Outcomes

Key stakeholders are supported and consulted throughout the recruitment process  

•  Manage client relationships with stakeholders, early talent partners and engagement leads onsite to ensure the successful delivery of the campaign  
• Work with stakeholders to collate hiring targets, review job descriptions and pull hiring needs into an annual project plan pre go live 
• Advise on early careers best practice and deliver comprehensive End of Campaign reports to review the years progress and implement improvements for the future. 

  Sky’s hiring targets are met in line with diversity and inclusion targets  

• Manage recruitment pipeline and provide up to date and accurate reporting on a weekly basis  
• Develop and deliver engagement strategies for keep warm activities with candidates 
• Support the marketing, event and social media strategy to attract a pipeline of qualified candidates for each role 
• Deliver training to hiring managers including assessor training, unconscious bias training and training on working with young people 
• Provide shortlists for assessment centres and work with stakeholders to identify invitees 
• Arrange and run assessment events virtually and in person, including wash up facilitation 
• Manage candidate offer and rejection process, providing feedback, supporting from offer to start date including contracts and onboarding  
• Deliver recruitment events/presentations, inductions and external speaker sessions 

  Graduates and Interns are supported in their end to end journey with Sky  

• Manage the end to end graduate programme, looking at pastoral care, rotation mapping, ad hoc support and successful roll off into the business positions 
• Support design and roll out of graduate programme processes and development activity 
• Support with key events on programme such as Welcome Days, Graduation, Midpoint, Induction etc 

 

Person specification

• Demonstrable experience of the early careers sector 
• Proven experience in managing high volume graduate and internship campaigns 
• Able to juggle and maintain focus on multiple programmes, cohorts, suppliers and start dates 
• Able to adapt personal style to build trust and influence with stakeholders 
• Able to support graduate and internship hires through development programmes, providing high levels of pastoral care 

  Work Experience, Knowledge & Skills 

•  Early careers experience, volume recruitment end to end 
• Pastoral care, working with young people 
• In scheme management and care 
• Strong people skills and in particular, excellent Stakeholder management 
• Assessment centre facilitation 
• Passion for media 

Other information

• Permanent role 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 9.00 – 5.30pm  
• 3 month probationary period 

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