Talent Acquisition Specialist - Consulting in London

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

This role is a Fixed Term Contract. Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office a minimum of 2 days per week.

You will be joining the Consulting recruitment team based in London, primarily responsible for recruiting people into one of our biggest capabilities within our London office. You will be accountable for owning and delivering on our key initiatives including increasing direct hires and brand awareness in our markets by designing innovative attraction campaigns, LinkedIn direct sourcing and being an advocate for our employer brand both internally and externally.

Acting as a Subject Matter Expert, you will be familiar with the market, experienced in designing sourcing strategies and come with a range of techniques and strong experience recruiting management consulting roles. An excellent communicator you will be confident in building positive relationships with your stakeholders, taking thorough briefs which you are able to share with candidates. You will be responsible for managing your candidates ensuring they are kept engaged and informed throughout their experience.

Work with your stakeholders to build a birds eye view of talent needs and work in partnership with the recruitment team and your hiring managers to develop a delivery strategy. Design innovative sourcing strategies across online, offline and social channels to build the PA Consulting employer brand. Be adept at direct sourcing passive candidates on LinkedIn. Act as a subject matter expert to key internal stakeholders to engage and influence consistent and effective recruitment processes. Be data driven in your methods, with a firm understanding of how your recruitment metrics can be used to improve performance and lend you credibility with your stakeholders. Deliver market insight and intelligence by keeping up with industry trends. Be a champion of candidate experience, so that even unsuccessful candidates leave the process with a positive image of PA Consulting.

We are looking for someone who is experienced in the methods, tools and processes of recruitment with the ability to couple them with great communication and influencing skills. Ideally you will have:

• Direct recruitment experience within Management Consulting in an in-house environment.
• Be adept at direct sourcing passive candidates on LinkedIn.
• Proven experience in recruitment, selection and assessment tools/methods.
• A diligent and motivated attitude. You will be target driven and a real self-starter.
• Confidence in managing relationships with diverse and challenging stakeholders.
• Strong written and oral communication skills – ability to engage, influence and challenge business stakeholders.
• High energy and personal resilience with the ability to manage competing demands in a complex, matrixed environment.
• The ability to lead yourself through ambiguity and change, often in a fast-paced environment.
• Great partnering and teaming skills – ability to support others in a collegiate working environment and build internal networks to solve problems.

This opportunity would suit an experienced recruiter who is looking for a role that will allow them to engage with senior levels of the business and to have the influence that comes with that. If you have the resilience to handle a fast-paced environment where you are at the coal-face of sourcing the talent who will go on to deliver high-impact projects, then this role may be for you.

We know the skill-gap and ‘somewhat need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you. Apply today by completing our online application.

Life at PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It’s about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work. We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. When we bring people together with diverse backgrounds, identities, and minds, embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive; we unleash the power of diversity – bringing ingenuity to life.

We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We are on a journey towards ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm is representative of the world around us. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.