Job Summary

The role of the Senior Talent Acquisition is to manage the end-to-end resourcing process in Paris, Frankfurt and Stockholm to deliver agreed targets for roles within assigned business areas, ensuring that the right candidates are recruited at the right time at the right price. Partnering with Hiring Manager, the role holder will provide consultative and transactional support to deliver a comprehensive and value-add service, covering the recruitment of all local and cross-border hires, ensuring all resourcing activity is aligned to and effectively communicated the employer brand.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct structured business needs discussion with Hiring Managers before search commences, identifying the key role and candidate requirements, and agreeing the sourcing and selection strategy, respective roles and responsibilities, and timelines.
• Provide a full consultative service to Hiring Managers with regards to the recruitment industry and market trends.

Sourcing

• Design and deliver innovative sourcing strategies and solutions to meet business grown needs and generate diverse pools of applicants while closely controlling cost bases.
• Proactively search for, identify, network with and directly contact active and passive job seekers, both internally and externally, sourcing the very best candidates using a variety of channels that are aligned to and effectively communicate the employer brand, 
• Develop multi-hire sourcing approaches and work in partnership with colleagues across the network to tap in to overseas sourcing channels and co-ordinate global campaigns

Selection

• Utilise effective pre-screening questions in myRecruiting to maximise process efficiency, short-listing applicants against the JR requirements, actively reviewing and challenging the diversity of Talent pools. 
• Efficient end-to-end applicant management for each JR, i.e. timely review and short-listing of applications, promptly updating applicants and responding to any queries.
• Conducting preliminary interviews, assessing candidates’ talent, fit and readiness, setting realistic expectations.
• Brief and prepare candidates for further interviews with Hiring Manager or other interviewers.
• Advise Hiring Managers on the appropriate assessment tools for different roles, developing relevant interview questions and analysing selection reports (as applicable) to assess the implications of candidates’ strength profiles
• Advise Hiring Managers on which candidates to progress to the next stage, ensuring the right decisions are made, challenging the business’ recommendations as required
• Manage any rejections who may be potentials for other roles, ensuring that rejections are handled appropriately and candidate contact is maintained 
• Co-ordinate timely provision of feedback between the Hiring Manager and candidates. Responsible for ensuring timely and appropriate completion of interview feedback on myRecruiting by interviewers. 

Hiring

• Ensure all required approvals are obtained before offers are made 
• For international moves: work with relevant stakeholders to determine the applicable international move policy type; initiate cost estimate generation and obtain Hiring Manager approval; prepare the business case for the international move and ensure completion of all move approval requirements (including supporting the business in setting appropriate move objectives and end of assignment plans). 
• Support the IM Operations team in managing exceptions requests for international moves, as required 
• Negotiate offers between Hiring Managers and candidates, assisting in the negotiation of release dates and backfill requirements where applicable. Work in partnership with PRB, HR BPs, IM and Hiring Managers to establish competitive, effective total reward packages in line with budgets and global policies
• Liaise with relevant teams to ensure accurate and timely contract issuance following verbal offer. Liaise with IM Operations to ensure timely assignment letter development / issuance 
• Facilitate work permit applications and extensions for new hires and in-country transfers, where required and using the support of relevant teams.
• Improve candidate conversion rates through effectively diagnosing and selling the most relevant points for each individual

Pre-Employment

• Initiate pre-employment checks through relevant team, ensuring they are completed in line with global minimum standards and managing any escalations / discrepancies with the candidate or Hiring Manager as appropriate.
• Develop pre-joining strategy, maintaining regular contact with candidates and keeping them warm post offer acceptance

Relationship Management

• Effectively collaborate with and respond to, colleagues, candidates, customers and suppliers, building sustainable relationships, setting and managing expectations clearly, identifying and resolving the root cause of any issues and escalating as required.
• Increase awareness of the Resourcing function’s total service offering, ensuring that credibility is earned quickly and the role holder is engaged at the onset of all recruitment activity.
• Work collaboratively and share knowledge with Resourcing professionals in other teams / countries

Reporting & System Management

• Use myRecruiting and Employee Central to drive the end-to-end resourcing process, recording all relevant details associated with job requisitions and candidates in a timely manner, regularly conducting system “house-keeping”
• Analyse dashboards, reports and MI to proactively monitor internal and external conditions, using these findings to deliver operational excellence and continuous improvement, e.g. more effective and efficient channel management, better Hiring Manager experience, etc.
• Regular updates with key stakeholders regarding performance against metrics.

Qualifications

• 4 years in proven recruitment experience (in-house or search firm) of contingency and multi-channel recruitment, with a successful track record in effective job filling within a complex recruitment model / environment
• Able to deal with high recruitment volumes as well as more specialist vacancies, managing multiple vacancies at any time across a variety of disciplines
• Understanding and some experience of developing sourcing strategies and managing multiple recruitment channels to deliver recruitment targets within budget 
• Consulting / diagnostic skills (e.g. probing to identify underlying needs, effective questioning to provoke broader thinking about resource requirements, capability gaps etc)
• Sound communication and influencing skills, enabling the role holder to network effectively, establish credibility quickly, build sustainable relationships, relate to candidates and Hiring Managers
• Ability to deal with conflict, and remain positive when under pressure
• Customer-focused approach
• Sound reasoning skills and the ability to screen and interview applicants while making sound judgments on suitability for the role / organization
• Track record of working in a very organized way, multi-tasking, prioritising, managing data, and setting and achieving deadlines (both short and medium term)
• Experience of analysing recruitment management information and using this to identify and initiate improvements
• Knowledge of / exposure to relevant employment legislation (e.g. data protection)
• Higher education
• Fluency at English, German and/or French nice to have
   

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.