Talent Acquisition Business Partner - IS&T (12-Month FTC)

Job Introduction

Talent Acquisition Business Partner - IS&T (12-month FTC)

We believe that doing good business in a good way has a powerful and positive impact on the 100 million consumers we serve every day. From your first day at school, to your workplace, to providing comfortable and safe care facilities, we’re here to help every step of the way!

Together, we can achieve our global mission to improve the quality of life for all, and contribute to the economic, social, and environmental development of the communities, regions, and countries in which we operate.

Our Talent Acquisition team ensure we continue to engage, attract, and retain the world’s most exceptional and diverse talent. We’re excited to be recruiting for a Talent Acquisition Business Partner to join our team!

Role Responsibility

We're excited to recruiting for a Talent Acquisition Business Partner to join our Talent Acquisition team on an initial 12-month FTC to support the transformation of our IS&T function. Reporting to the Head of Talent Acquisition, the Talent Acquisition Business Partner will deliver an agile and insights-driven approach to talent discovery and sourcing. Working closely with stakeholders and HR teams, and keeping diversity at the heart of your campaigns, you’ll drive operational excellence and unparalleled results for the function.

You will hold knowledge and experience in understanding the market, coupled with an understanding of cultural backgrounds and the uniqueness of diversity. Other key areas of responsibility are to:

• Be responsible for finding the best and diverse talent in every business area who share our values
• Provide innovative, scalable solutions to drive our hiring to meet business objectives
• Marketing mapping candidates to understand available talent in the marketplace, engaging with passive candidates to build effective relationships, and build a talent pipeline
• Partner with senior leaders, HR teams, and the hiring community to develop and execute on a hiring plan
• Accelerate representation in hiring to ensure we reflect our communities that we operate in
• Unlock the full potential of people, technology, and data to differentiate recruiting experiences at scale
• Stay on top of new trends in the industry and marketplace and maintain up-to-date knowledge of recruiting issues and trends
• Compile, analyse, and capture insights from data to support business decisions
• Provide honest and constructive feedback to candidates
• Be a brand ambassador and promote Sodexo as an Employer of Choice

This role will require an individual who can apply operational and strategic depth at scale, as well as drive results leveraging data and driving accountability. This is a unique opportunity to bring your innovative, recruitment brand-focused mindset to the team, in a time of growth and change.

The Ideal Candidate

At Sodexo, you’ll have the opportunity to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, and inclusive culture to become the best version of you. To be successful in this role, you will have exposure to operating in a Resourcing / Talent Acquisition related role, demonstrating the balance of strategy and operational execution, coupled with experience operating and influencing strategically at all levels. As this role is focussed on supporting the delivery of our IS&T transformation, recruitment-related experience in the IS&T field is essential.

Demonstrating a commercial mindset, you will have experience in delivering a talent pipeline approach and engaging with talent from all sources for future needs, understanding the diversity of different markets. An ability to rapidly assimilate information and develop robust knowledge in a range of markets and technical functions to enable effective sourcing and assessment of required skills and capabilities.

Package Description

In return for your commitment and hard work, you will be rewarded with an attractive salary, plus access to our extensive benefits package, which includes:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Performance-related annual bonus
• 23 days holiday (FTE) plus bank holidays – rising to 26 days after 3 years
• A buy and sell holiday scheme of up to 3 days (FTE)
• Volunteering days via our charity partner STOP HUNGER
• Numerous voluntary benefits, including dental care, gym discounts, retail / hospitality, and many more

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. 

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.