Job Description

The British Council builds connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the English language.

We work in two ways - directly with individuals to transform their lives, and with governments and partners to make a bigger difference for the longer term, creating benefit for millions of people all over the world. We help young people to gain the skills, confidence and connections they are looking for to realise their potential and to participate in strong and inclusive communities. We support them to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications. Our work in arts and culture stimulates creative expression and exchange and nurtures creative enterprise. We connect the best of the UK with the world and the best of the world with the UK.

These connections lead to an understanding of each other's strengths and of the challenges and values that we share. This builds trust between people in the UK and other nations which endures even when official relations may be strained. We work on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2019-20 we connected with 80 million people directly and with 791 million overall, including online and through our broadcasts and publications.

Job Title: Recruitment Consultant

Purpose of job:

Working within the Noida Shared Service Centre, the Talent Acquisition Consultant provides a customer-focused end-to-end service to their designated client group , ensuring that the right people are placed into the right posts at the right time, delivered through an account management service model. This role is focused on delivering high-volume roles at PB6 and below. The Recruitment Consultant will gain a strong operational understanding of the specific client business areas, combining this with expert recruiting skills and strong organizational capabilities to identify great talent and deliver to the business efficiently and at scale.

Experience areas:

• Experience of managing end to end recruitment campaigns, including the use of an applicant tracking system.
• Experience in driving effective talent attraction and sourcing activity, including sourcing in international markets
• Experience working with talent pools and creating talent pipelines
• Experience in guiding hiring managers on process and managing senior stakeholder relationships
• Experience of working to SLAs and KPI's in a high-volume, high-pressure environment
• Understanding of relevant employment legislation and diversity best practice
• Attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
• Intermediate to expert level of relevant experience
• Knowledge of SAP SuccessFactors
• Experience working in a newly created recruitment team
• Experience of working in an international environment

Accountabilities, responsibilities and main duties:

(including people management and finance)

Service Delivery

• Delivering robust recruitment campaigns, and managing the entire end to end recruitment process including but not limited to:
• Guiding hiring managers through the recruitment process, ensuring clear, regular communication. Ensure that they are appropriate trained to be involved in selection activities.
• Ensuring the right sourcing approach, pipelining and advertising channels. Create consistently good adverts that reflect the content of the role whilst accurately representing the British Council's employer brand and adhering to the organisation's Diversity commitments.
• Managing activity for all roles through recruitment process using our applicant tracking system (ATS)
• Screening candidates using video technology or other techniques as required by the process, managing short-listing and providing short-lists to Hiring Managers.
• Ensuring timely and accurate generation of offer (including package recommendation), working with relevant teams to hand off to onboarding process.
• Managing talent pools, ensuring candidates are kept warm, and providing feedback
• Ensuring a fair and consistent selection process
• Working efficiently to a defined process, managing processes according to SLA and KPI's.

• Integrating diversity strategy, policies and principles into all recruitment activities.
• Working with colleagues to champion good recruitment practices and outcomes, policies and practices, sharing best practice.
• Collaborate effectively with recruitment and HR team members as an active member of the team, helping to deliver a great service to customers.
• Communicate process change and improvements to Hiring Managers.

Internal customer focus

• Builds an in-depth understanding of the specific operational context, opportunities and challenges facing their internal customer(s) to ensure effective service delivery.

Service improvement

• Explains to customers and colleagues the need for compliance with agreed recruitment procedures. Collates compliance data within standard monitoring and reporting systems.

Relationship & stakeholder management

• Develops good working relationships with relevant colleagues throughout the organization as needed help deliver an effective recruitment service

Leadership & management

• Plans and prioritises own work activities to ensure effective delivery of diverse responsibilities and internal customer deliverables over a monthly to quarterly time horizon

Qualifications:

• Graduation or equivalent (Minimum 50%)
• MBA

Further Information

Pay Band - 6

Contract Type - Indefinite

Department/Country- HRSS/India - Noida

Other Requirements - Must have right to work in India

A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.

Equality , Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Statement

The British Council is committed to policies and practices of equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We support all staff to make sure their behaviour is consistent with this commitment. We want to address under representation and encourage applicants from under-represented groups, in particular, but not exclusively, on grounds of ethnicity and disability. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an interview and we have Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.

The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults who we work with.

We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989.

Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed; these will include qualification checks, reference checks, identity & criminal record checks in line with legal requirements and with the British Council's Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.

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