Role: Senior Talent Partner

Location: London, England, United Kingdom

ROLE MISSION

Working in partnership with our client, the Senior Talent Partner sits in the UK People Team structure, reporting into a Senior People Partner with a dotted line into the Head of Talent, UK Group. The Senior Talent Partner will build strong and meaningful relationships with your key stakeholders and ideally the end clients, gaining an in-depth understanding of current and future talent needs, developing this into talent strategies. You will be an expert in careers at OLIVER, identifying and supporting internal and external applicants through their journey to their next role at OLIVER.  

ABOUT THE TEAM YOU WILL BE JOINING

The UK People Team consists of Talent, HR, L&D, Reward and Payroll professionals. The HR and Talent Teams are organised into pods (business units) and each pod is responsible for a group of clients, stakeholders and the employees within that group. As a pod, you will have your role to play in the full employee lifecycles of all relevant employees, from a talent point of view this will be heavily weighted towards career development, skills mapping, market research and talent strategy, as well as all hands on recruitment needs. You will work with your stakeholders to try and maintain a 3 month view of their talent needs, whether it be growth or contractions and work with the wider People Team to workforce plan. 

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING IN YOUR ROLE

• Working in partnership with wider people team and stakeholders to identify top performing talent and support/nurture them through their careers and identifying new opportunities for them as they arise  
• Understanding trends in skillsets and how we map transferable skills to future proof our workforce and up skill to meet upcoming demands 
• Work closely with stakeholders to maintain a 3 month view of account growth or contraction and plan effectively with wider talent/people team 
• Have a finger on the pulse externally, identifying and keeping in touch with the industry's top talent  
• Acting as the face of OLIVER careers - a knowledgeable and approachable expert on all things career at OLIVER, from a grad looking to get a frost step into the industry, an internal person looking for a career change or a headhunt for a bespoke skillset needed for a new client  
• Championing and advocating all people processes with stakeholders and employees alike, advising and informing them along the way  
• Understand and be accountable for your part to play in Talent as a CoE within the business and how we need to represent ourselves in all work streams and business initiatives 
• Managing all aspects of the hiring process for a range of vacancies across a variety of levels, locations and skill sets, and with the best talent.
• Proactively spearheading the evolution of our recruitment processes with and ways of working to ensure we our industry leaders, including by not limited to artificial intelligence led recruiting, EVP, and social media targeting.
• Owning the candidate journey end to end.
• Managing candidate communications efficiently and empathetically, whether candidates are successful or unsuccessful with their applications 

WHAT SKILLS WILL HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL 

• Passionate about people and how to support them through their careers, spotting opportunities and guiding people – both internal applicants and external candidates - through their next career steps  
• Experienced in the full recruitment process from detailed brief taking and sourcing strategies, through to offer negotiations 
• Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders, with the confidence to influence when necessary 
• In depth understanding of the creative industries and the career frameworks that exist within various disciplines 
• Flexible in working styles and the ability to adapt to changing business demands 
• An all-in attitude 
• Patient, friendly and approachable. Highly knowledgeable about careers at OLIVER  

ABOUT OUR COMPANY

Lots of agencies say they're different. OLIVER is.

OLIVER believes that agencies work better inside a brand's organisation; delivering more effective work at the speed required to drive modern businesses forward. Using our unique Inside Intelligence methodology, we build specialist, dedicated in-house agencies that collaborate with clients to form better marketing solutions.

Established in 2004, our model is now driven by over 4000 people, working across more than 200 in-house agencies globally. Clients include The Guardian, Unilever, Barclaycard, PepsiCo, AXA, The AA, Adidas, BMW, Post Office, and 3M. OLIVER is part of the Inside Ideas Group (IIG), which also includes a global content agency to Adjust your Set, design, experience, and engineering company DARE and property marketing specialists Aylesworth Fleming.

OUR VALUES

We are a company built on our values, we have given you a brief overview below but would love to tell you more.

Be Ambitious to succeed

Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible

Be Inspirational to do groundbreaking work

Be always learning and listening to understand

Be Results-focused to exceed expectations

Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations

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We've set ambitious, market-leading environmental and social goals around sustainability at OLIVER. We have committed to be net zero by 2030 and take far reaching action on DE&I in the sector. We expect everyone to contribute to our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle. 

Inside Ideas Group and its’ affiliates are equal opportunity employers committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected.  All [suitable] applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.