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Graduate Recruitment Consultant
Reference	bs/23bc45a1/00023021
Employer	RBS
Sector	Graduates
Salary	Negotiable
Town/City	London - UK
Locations	South East
Contract Type	Permanent
Date Posted	26/04/2010 20:50:00

Job Description

This role is responsible for leading and delivering a consultative end to end graduate and intern recruitment cycle for a predefined business within the RBS Group
You will work with a programme manager to understand the strategic importance of graduate talent within each business
Your key focus is to deliver, a consistent pipeline of high calibre graduates and interns across a businesses functional, specialist and leadership programme streams
You will be responsible for the attraction, assessment and selection of students to these programmes
The role will be responsible for graduate recruitment for programmes in the UK, European, Middle East and Africa regions - recruiting locations will be dependant on business needs
Consultants will be allocated to work dependant upon business need, as such, a Recruitment Consultant may be allocated to work across all or a subsection of possible activity as listed in this role profile

Responsibilities

Understand and govern business graduate strategy and across all programmes
Build effective working relationships with relevant business stakeholders as directed by the Programme Manager
Act as a source of advice about graduate resourcing within business areas and across the Group
Proactively report on graduate hiring activities and programme performance e-g- retention, progression, achievement levels, diversity etc- in a meaningful and timely manner identifying issue, trends and solutions
Actively seek opportunities to increase our market presence and recruit talent from diverse talent pools
Lead and be involved in graduate related projects across all programmes
Partner with Diversity teams to roll out key events and initiatives
Partner with the business on headcount and business planning Attraction § Liaise with graduate attraction and campus consultant and manager to influence overall marketing campaign and determine additional programme specific activity
Campus management
Work with Campus Consultants to build a targeted campus plan in order to drive high quality applications and maximise our application to hire ratio
Organise and attend campus marketing events and activity to promote the Group scheme and individual programmes
Support Programme Manager in sourcing business sponsors to act as ambassadors for RBS graduate programmes and facilitate business/faculty relationships
Support management of business alumni teams at target schools/universities
Identifying sponsorship opportunities, gathering competitor intelligence, sourcing attendees and presenters plus co-ordinating travel and logistics for target schools/universities
Co-ordination of event marketing at a university level including identifying most appropriate marketing channels and university publications
Candidate pre-selection and screening for graduate and internship programmes as required
Manage candidate pipeline with HRSS team, identifying where additional marketing is required to boost applications
Liaise with business to understand 'destination' roles for all graduates, recruitment requirements, skills sets etc-
Work closely with business HR teams to source assessors and line representatives
Point of communication for business, graduates and HR on graduate assessment related matters
Ensure management information remains accurate and is distributed frequently
Attend and assess at Assessment Centres
Ensure all new joiner administration is complete and is part of a seamless process
You will also be responsible and the appropriate on-boarding is carried out including facilitating familiarisation events-
Summer Internship Programme
Review and evaluate content and structure of current internship programme, recommending changes where required
Manage internship class ensuring the programme works effectively to both brand RBS and assess candidates for a full-time roll
Generate and manage a pipeline of candidates to meet programme hiring requirements Manage the end to end graduate recruitment cycle for designated programmes
Effective business relationships and expectation management
Excellent graduate market knowledge Manage the end to end graduate recruitment cycle for Internship programme Graduate recruitment for UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa region
Designated programmes within business areas / across Divisions Budget spend
May be necessary to manage people in the delivery of your role, depending on business need and structure- Ensure risk management considerations feature in all decision processes
Tracking and management of any designated allocated recruitment spend / budget

The Individual

Stakeholder / relationship management evidencing strong interpersonal skills
Proven track record of assessment processes, incl- assessment centres
Proven focus on delivery
Recruitment experience and recruitment process improvement
Client and relationship management
Development and maintenance of excellent external knowledge / networks
Resourcing knowledge, particularly in Graduate arena, and broad experience of Resourcing and HR Shared Service models
Demonstrable track record in key stakeholder / relationship management in a complex, matrix business environment
Written, oral and influencing communication skills · Experience of managing assessment to various levels utilising assessment centre and competency based interview techniques
Understanding and practical application of a variety of selection methods
Employment law - related to recruitment and resourcing activity Data Protection Act - working, practical application

Desirable, but not essential:

Commercially orientated Post graduate qualification
Level A/B British Psychological Society (BPS) CIPD qualified
Knowledge of Financial Services Sector
Ideally, experience working in-house, managing recruitment in a professional / technical function or sound experience within agency account management
Budget and risk management experience
Project management experience
Flexibility and managing ambiguity
Experience delivering solutions across geographies
Experienced assessor at various levels utilising assessment centre and competency based interview techniques