Talent Acquisition Lead

UKAEA leads the way in realising fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for ground-breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's power stations. In pursuit of our mission, UKAEA embraces core values: Innovative, Committed, Trusted, and Collaborative.

As an employee of UKAEA you will benefit from:

• Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme.
• Corporate bonus scheme up to 7% and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).
• Flexible working options including family friendly policies.
• Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders.
• Generous annual leave allowance starting with 25 days, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays.
• Wide range of career development opportunities.
• A vibrant culture committed to equality and being fully inclusive.

What to expect in our recruitment process: For a step-by-step overview of how we hire from application to offer please see our Recruitment Process page.

The Role: As a Talent Acquisition Lead, you'll play a key role in partnering with stakeholders to create and deliver end-to-end recruitment strategies to meet the current and future talent needs of our Engineering and Scientific functions. You’ll build and develop strong internal relationships while promoting and enhancing our employer brand and providing a positive candidate experience.

Reporting to the Talent Acquisition Manager you’ll be working alongside a great team of twelve Talent Acquisition experts who are passionate about supporting the business to deliver our mission, to lead the delivery of sustainable fusion energy.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Build strong relationships with our Engineering and Scientific Functions to recruit high-quality candidates using your expertise throughout the recruitment process from talent attraction & engagement, assessment & selection through to offer management.
• Talent mapping, identifying trends and analysing external competition to identify, source and deliver highly skilled talent pipelines and provide competitor and candidate market insights.
• Develop innovative sourcing strategies to identify and attract both passive and active candidates using diverse recruitment channels to support current and future talent requirements.
• Promote the UKAEA brand, values and mission from attraction campaign activity through to assessment and selection and the offer management stage.
• Drive and contribute to change initiatives, continuously assessing and improving the talent acquisition infrastructure and processes to support the business strategy and vision.
• Operationalise the talent acquisition strategy and drive continuous improvement projects and initiatives engaging and collaborating with the HR Business Partners team and key stakeholders.
• Champion equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) as well as implementing best practice and offering advice at every stage of the recruitment process, promoting UKAEA as an inclusive employer.
• Act as a subject matter expert and role model to junior colleagues, sharing best practice and guidance on recruitment process, policy, technology and industry trends.

The salary for this role is £39,610 and will be based from our Culham site in Oxfordshire. This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrable in-house recruitment experience, ideally recruiting for Engineering and Scientific functions.
• In-depth understanding of recruitment best practices and legislation.
• Proven experience of using direct sourcing methods across a variety of channels to deliver effective sourcing solutions aligned to business requirements.
• Ability to manage ambiguity and the resilience to drive and manage change to achieve the desired results.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and advise key stakeholders and guide hiring decisions.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving capability.
• A proactive attitude to personal development, embracing new responsibilities and opportunities.

UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We are under-represented from some groups and so want to encourage applications in particular from women in STEM, people from Black British Caribbean and African backgrounds and from Pakistani and Bangladeshi British backgrounds.

UK Atomic Energy Authority is committed to being accessible. Please email talent@ukaea.uk if you have any questions or require help or adjustments to compete on a fair basis.

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.