Early Careers Recruitment Coordinator Newcastle in Newcastle upon Tyne

Who we are

Neptune North is a newly created Joint Venture between Oliver Wyman, a global leader in management consulting and part of the NYSE listed Marsh McLennan, and Rokos Capital Management (RCM), a global alternative investment fund manager. We pride ourselves on employing and developing only the very best talent in the North East, ensuring unparalleled quality and expertise in everything we do so that we consistently surpass expectations. If you’re keen to work in a demanding and fast‑paced role, then Neptune North could be the right place for you. We do everything from our home in the heart of Newcastle City Centre, where we are building a team of exceptional people and an incredibly intellectually stimulating environment from which to work.

Our Culture

An exciting aspect of joining a newly created business at this stage is the opportunity to be in from the start and help define the culture. There are things that we won’t compromise on though:

• We are looking for exceptional talent with excellent communication skills.
• Collaboration is key, both internally and with our clients. We believe we do our best work when we are together and working hand in hand with business users.
• Curiosity is something we embrace and value highly.
• We want people who are positive and passionate, have proven problem‑solving capabilities, can work quickly to find solutions to complex challenges and unlock big opportunities.
• People need to be able to take ownership and be trusted to deliver, going the extra mile.
• We want people who are highly motivated and have a high desire to learn.

Responsibilities

• Early Careers Recruitment Support: Assist in managing the end‑to‑end recruitment process for graduates, apprentices, and interns, ensuring an exceptional candidate experience at every stage.
• Apprenticeship Attraction & Outreach: Support the design and delivery of targeted attraction activities for apprenticeships, including outreach to schools, colleges, training providers and early talent communities.
• Collaboration with Recruitment Partners: Work closely with our recruitment agency partner to deliver bespoke early careers hiring strategies.
• Candidate Pipeline Management: Support the creation and maintenance of talent pipelines, tracking applications and candidate progress using our applicant tracking system (Greenhouse), creating reports when required.
• Assessment & Selection Processes: Arrange and coordinate assessment centres, interviews, and onboarding activities, ensuring processes run smoothly and efficiently.
• Campus and Events Coordination: Liaise with schools, universities and attend campus careers events to strengthen RCM’s brand presence among top university student and apprentice talent.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders, including hiring managers and campus ambassadors, to ensure alignment on early careers hiring, ensuring they are informed and engaged throughout the recruitment cycle.
• Programme Administration: Provide administrative and logistical support for the graduate, internship and apprenticeship programmes, including managing programme schedules, induction activities, feedback collection and maintaining programme documentation.
• Continuous Improvement and Candidate Experience: Capture feedback from candidates, hiring managers and providers, and support process improvements to enhance the efficiency, fairness and overall experience of RCM’s early careers hiring.

What makes a great candidate

• Exceptional attention to detail and written/ verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional organisational skills.
• Curiosity and an ability to question and develop processes and operational efficiencies.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and a range of stakeholders with the ability to influence and impact up to a senior level.
• Ability to deal with multiple competing priorities and be agile to changing business needs.
• 1-2 years recruitment administrative experience within a corporate environment.
• Experience in early careers recruitment desirable.
• An Undergraduate Degree in a relevant subject.
• You can have an impact from day one – we empower and trust our people to leverage their skillsets.
• Work on a wide variety of projects alongside exceptionally talented people, often closely correlated to world events and trends.
• Deliver demonstrable business value working hand‑in‑hand with the customer.
• Exercising judgement and acumen to understand the true business need beyond the stated requirements.