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About the Role
Join our Early Careers team and play a key role in delivering an exceptional experience for students, graduates and emerging professionals joining St. James's Place. Reporting to the Head of Early Careers Programmes, you'll support the end-to-end delivery of our Early Careers programmes, spanning attraction, recruitment, onboarding and development activities.
This is a varied and fast-paced role where you'll act as a central point of contact for candidates, hiring managers and internal stakeholders. You'll help coordinate recruitment events, assessment centres, onboarding activities and learning programmes, ensuring every interaction reflects our commitment to providing a best-in-class candidate and employee experience.
What You'll Be Doing
- Coordinate and support the delivery of Early Careers attraction, recruitment, onboarding and development activities across school leaver, undergraduate and graduate programmes.
- Assist in planning and delivering recruitment events, careers fairs, assessment centres and campus engagement activities, both virtually and in person.
- Manage candidate communications and provide a high-quality experience through the Early Careers inbox, SharePoint site and recruitment processes.
- Support application screening, video interview reviews and candidate assessment activities during peak recruitment periods.
- Coordinate assessment centre logistics, including scheduling, assessor engagement, venue management and on-the-day candidate support.
- Work closely with People Services and business stakeholders to ensure a seamless onboarding experience for Early Careers hires.
- Organise and track learning and development activities, maintaining accurate records and supporting programme delivery.
- Produce and maintain accurate data, reporting and feedback insights to help continuously improve the Early Careers experience and programme effectiveness.
About You
We're looking for a highly organised and proactive coordinator who enjoys building rapport and delivering outstanding experiences. You'll be comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, with excellent attention to detail and sound customer service skills. You'll also be passionate about developing future talent and supporting candidates throughout their Early Careers journey.
Essential Criteria
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, competing priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to deliver a high-quality candidate and customer experience.
- Confident using Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Forms, with the ability to work with data and generate insights.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience coordinating recruitment events, assessment centres, careers fairs, learning programmes or similar events.
- Knowledge of process improvement, automation tools or continuous improvement approaches within recruitment or HR processes.
Additional Information
- Occasional travel within the UK will be required.
- During busy recruitment periods, you are encouraged to support in-person assessment centres and events. This may require attending our offices several times each week.
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