End Date
Friday 29 March 2024
Salary Range
£73,262 - £86,190
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Agile Working Options
Hybrid Working
Job Description Summary
As the Talent Acquisition Lead for our Centralised hiring team, your role is pivotal in shaping the strategic vision of the recruitment function. The Centralised hiring team supports the hiring of all Tech and Non-Tech, fungible roles (roles of the same job family and grade that can be suitable for roles across the business) creating pipelines of offer ready candidates for the business. By hiring against job families rather than individual requirements, the centralised teams gain economies of scale that allow for campaign hiring. Your responsibility is to lead from the front, ensuring we get the greatest velocity, calibration and candidate experience from this function.
Job Description
- JOB TITLE: Talent Acquisition Lead - Centralised Team
- LOCATIONS: Leeds, Bristol, Halifax or Edinburgh
- HOURS: Full Time
- WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site.
As the Talent Acquisition Lead for our Centralised hiring team, your role is pivotal in shaping the strategic vision of the recruitment function. The Centralised hiring team supports the hiring of all Tech and Non-Tech, fungible roles (roles of the same job family and grade that can be suitable for roles across the business) creating pipelines of offer ready candidates for the business. By hiring against job families rather than individual requirements, the centralised teams gain economies of scale that allow for campaign hiring. Your responsibility is to lead from the front, ensuring we get the greatest velocity, calibration and candidate experience from this function.
What we need from you
In our dynamic team dedicated to elevating talent acquisition, your understanding of recruitment standard methodologies, alongside deep market knowledge of the latest industry trends (including AI and Automation) ensures we set the standard for what good looks like. You provide strategic leadership, setting a clear vision for success, and fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the team.
Your responsibilities extend beyond standard recruitment strategies; you develop and implement high-level talent acquisition strategies aligned with organizational objectives. Collaborating closely with senior leadership, you play a key role in aligning recruitment efforts with broader business goals, implementing innovative approaches to attract credible talent, and addressing critical talent gaps.
In stakeholder collaboration, you act as a strategic advisor to organisational leaders, offering your expertise in recruitment. Navigating and resolving sophisticated challenges, you lead strategic discussions at the executive level on workforce planning and talent acquisition. Your role extends to advocating for recruitment standard processes, ensuring alignment with overall business strategies.
Team development is a cornerstone of your responsibilities. You establish a comprehensive framework for team development, including mentorship programs and initiatives aimed at enhancing the skills and capabilities of the recruitment team. Your leadership champions a culture of continuous learning and professional growth, contributing not only to the success of your team but also to the broader talent development strategy of the HR function.
Expertise in reporting and analytics distinguishes your role. You utilise advanced analytics tools to provide in-depth insights into recruitment performance, lead the implementation of predictive analytics for workforce planning, and drive data-driven decision-making at all levels of the recruitment function. Sharing your insights through industry publications and conferences, you contribute to the thought leadership the team strives to offer.
Performance management at the senior level goes beyond routine evaluations. You set and communicate high-performance standards for the recruitment team, conduct regular and comprehensive performance reviews for all team members, and implement recognition and reward programs to empower and retain top talent. Addressing performance challenges at the strategic level, you ensure the overall success of the team is in line with organisational goals.
In essence, as a Talent Acquisition Lead, you'll not just bea leader in talent acquisition; you'll be a strategic driver, an advocate for innovation, and a key contributor to the industry's thought leadership. Your multifaceted role is essential in shaping the success of the recruitment function and the broader organizational objectives we aim to achieve.
Required Skills/Capabilities
Team Leadership: Provide strategic leadership to the recruitment team, setting a clear vision for success and innovation. Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the team. Address complex team challenges optimally, providing strategic solutions. Champion diversity and inclusion initiatives within the team, ensuring a progressive working environment.
Recruitment Strategy: Develop and implement complex recruitment strategies aligned with organisational objectives. Collaborate with senior leadership to align recruitment with broader business goals and market trends. Implement innovative approaches to attract top Tech and Non-Tech talent and address talent gaps, ensuring a competitive edge. Evaluate and adjust recruitment strategies based on market trends and organisational needs, ensuring strategic adaptability.
Stakeholder Collaboration: Act as a strategic advisor to organisational leaders, providing experienced recruitment insights and guidance. Navigate and resolve sophisticated challenges in stakeholder collaboration, ensuring strategic partnerships. Lead strategic discussions with senior leadership on workforce planning and talent acquisition. Advocate for recruitment standard processes at the executive level, contributing to strategic decision-making.
Team Development: Establish a comprehensive team development framework, including mentorship programs and growth initiatives. Drive initiatives to enhance the skills and capabilities of the recruitment team, ensuring a high-performance culture. Foster a culture of continuous learning and professional growth, contributing to the broader talent development strategy.
Expertise in Reporting and Analytics: Utilise advanced analytics tools to provide in-depth insights into recruitment performance. Lead the implementation of predictive analytics for workforce planning, ensuring strategic foresight. Drive data-driven decision-making at all levels of the recruitment function, contributing to optimised talent acquisition processes. Leverage data insights to not only assess current performance but also drive the business talent strategy, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and proactively addressing future talent needs.
About working for us
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our colleagues to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- An annual performance-related bonus
- Share schemes including free shares
- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
- 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
- A variety of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Do you want to do amazing work, that’s exciting and makes a difference to millions of people. Join our journey!
If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
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We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
