Early Careers Senior Specialist - Selection (9-12-Month Ftc) in Manchester

Early Careers Senior Specialist - Selection (9-12 month FTC)

Make an Impact at RSM UK

The RSM Early Careers Talent Acquisition team is responsible for hiring approximately 750 students annually onto our graduate, school leaver and placement programmes. In addition, we offer a variety of work experiences such as work shadowing and internships. The Early Careers Talent Acquisition team plays a pivotal role in ensuring the firm is attracting and selecting high-quality, diverse candidates in line with our ‘Grow our Own’ initiative. Our goal is to provide a seamless, efficient experience to both candidates applying for our programmes and our internal stakeholders at every stage of the recruitment journey.

About the Role

We are seeking a proactive and experienced early careers recruiter to join our Early Careers Talent Acquisition team as an Early Careers Senior Specialist on a 9–12 month FTC basis. Leading a small team of Early Careers specialists and/or coordinators, you will manage the delivery of the end‑to‑end early careers recruitment process supporting the hiring needs for one of our key service lines nationally. You will work with a wide range of key internal stakeholders to deliver the RSM early careers recruitment strategy, ensuring an excellent experience to all involved within the hiring process.

Locations

• Birmingham
• Glasgow
• Edinburgh
• Manchester

You will be required to travel to other national RSM offices and attend external events (including occasional evening events) throughout the year.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver the end-to-end early careers recruitment process for one of our service lines nationally, including forecasting, high-volume candidate pipeline management, planning and facilitating virtual assessment centres, final‑stage interviews, lead assessor debriefs, and managing the offer process.
• Proactively lead a small team of TA specialists and/or coordinators to ensure an efficient, high-quality service is delivered to both applicants and stakeholders.
• Effectively and accurately manage candidate pipelines throughout the recruitment process to ensure vacancies are filled promptly, reporting to the Early Careers Management team and other stakeholders as required.
• Partner with service line stakeholders to understand their hiring needs and provide them with timely updates on the status of their early careers hiring and the support you require from them throughout the recruitment campaign.
• Proactively identify struggling pipelines and liaise with the Early Careers Attraction & Outreach team to agree priorities and strategic attraction activities, involving hiring managers and partners as required and attending events to support and actively promote our employer brand.

Qualifications & Experience

• Proven experience within a high-volume early careers recruitment role.
• Ideally experience of working within a professional services or partnership environment.
• Up-to-date knowledge and understanding of the ever-changing early careers market.
• Strong data management and reporting skills.
• Experience managing a small team, coaching and supporting team members with professional development.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and develop strong working relationships with a diverse audience – both internally and externally.

What We Can Offer You

• Hybrid and flexible working.
• 26 days holiday (with the option of purchasing additional days).
• Lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits including financial wellbeing benefits such as financial tools, an electric car scheme and access to a virtual GP.
• Access to a suite of 300+ courses on demand developed by our in-house Talent Development team.