At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage graduate recruitment campaigns and support early talent development at Sky.
- Company: Join Sky, Europe's leading media and entertainment company.
- Benefits: Permanent role with competitive salary and hybrid working options.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on young people's careers and help shape the future workforce.
- Qualifications: Experience in early careers recruitment and strong stakeholder management skills.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 45000 £ per year.
About GTI
We aim to help students realise their potential in the world of work through technology, content and tools. We believe in understanding students and partnering with employers, universities, schools and other technology providers. It’s about students finding the right role and employers finding the most suitable candidates. But it's more than that – it’s about helping young people discover options, develop and build confidence.
About Sky
Sky is Europe’s leading media and entertainment company and we are proud to be part of the Comcast group. Across six countries our innovative products connect 23 million customers to the best apps, and all the entertainment, sports, news and arts they love, including our own award‑winning original content.
Mission
This exciting opening will provide the successful candidate with opportunity to look after key deliverables such as ownership of Sky’s Software, Cyber Security and Technology programmes. You will also work closely with the wider GTI team, based in our London HQ, to support business wide projects and best practice sharing.
Key Metrics
- Ensure Sky’s graduate recruitment targets are met, in line with diversity and inclusion targets
- Satisfaction of graduate cohorts and stakeholders throughout the campaign
- Knowledge and best practice sharing with GTI
Outcomes
- Key stakeholders are supported and consulted throughout the recruitment process
- Manage client relationships with stakeholders, early talent partners and engagement leads onsite to ensure the successful delivery of the campaign
- Work with stakeholders to collate hiring targets, review job descriptions and pull hiring needs into an annual project plan pre go live
- Advise on early careers best practice and deliver comprehensive End of Campaign reports to review the year’s progress and implement improvements for the future.
- Sky’s hiring targets are met in line with diversity and inclusion targets
- Manage recruitment pipeline and provide up to date and accurate reporting on a weekly basis
- Develop and deliver engagement strategies for keep warm activities with candidates
- Support the marketing, event and social media strategy to attract a pipeline of qualified candidates for each role
- Deliver training to hiring managers including assessor training, unconscious bias training and training on working with young people
- Provide shortlists for assessment centres and work with stakeholders to identify invitees
- Arrange and run assessment events virtually and in person, including wash up facilitation
- Manage candidate offer and rejection process, providing feedback, supporting from offer to start date including contracts and onboarding
- Deliver recruitment events/presentations, inductions and external speaker sessions
Graduates and Interns are supported in their end to end journey with Sky
- Manage the end to end graduate programme, looking at pastoral care, rotation mapping, ad hoc support and successful roll off into the business positions
- Support design and roll out of graduate programme processes and development activity
- Support with key events on programme such as Welcome Days, Graduation, Midpoint, Induction etc
Person Specification
- Demonstrable experience of the early careers sector
- Proven experience in managing high volume graduate and internship campaigns
- Able to juggle and maintain focus on multiple programmes, cohorts, suppliers and start dates
- Able to adapt personal style to build trust and influence with stakeholders
- Able to support graduate and internship hires through development programmes, providing high levels of pastoral care
Work Experience, Knowledge & Skills
- Early careers experience, volume recruitment end to end
- Pastoral care, working with young people
- In scheme management and care
- Strong people skills and excellent Stakeholder management
- Assessment centre facilitation
- Passion for media
Other Information
- Permanent role
- 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 9.00 – 5.30pm
- 3 month probationary period
Early Talent Partner in Hounslow employer: Group GTI
Sky is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Osterley that fosters innovation and collaboration. As part of a leading media and entertainment company, employees benefit from a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, alongside ample opportunities for professional growth and development within the early talent sector. With a focus on supporting young people through their career journeys, Sky provides a unique platform for making a meaningful impact while enjoying a hybrid work model that promotes work-life balance.
