Talent Acquisition Adviser 
£28,050 – £32,000 great benefits (Work Level 6B) 
12-month secondment/Fixed Term Contract - 37.5 hours per week
Manchester - We’re now working in a hybrid way, with colleagues dividing their time between home/remote working and the office typically one day a week. You can find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy. 

We’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Adviser to help us deliver a great Talent Acquisition & Development service. In this role, you’ll manage the end-to-end resourcing process – working with hiring managers to make the right selection decisions and supporting candidates all the way from application through to on boarding.

You’ll need to be passionate about delivering an efficient service to candidates and hiring managers, driving the delivery of a consultative recruitment experience for the business and our candidates. As part of the Talent Acquisition & Development team, you’ll help us transform talent acquisition at Co-op by embracing technology, fine tuning our processes, and getting closer to customers and candidates than ever before.

What you’ll do

• Develop positive relationships with hiring managers for vacancies across our support centre, providing a consultative recruitment service
• Be responsible for the end-to-end recruitment process
• Support line managers in planning interviews, while coaching them to develop their capabilities
• Work collaboratively with the candidate marketing team and external partners
• Help candidates develop their understanding of roles, business areas and Co-op values 
• Enable faster and more efficient recruitment processes by utilising our innovative technology
• Work with the wider resourcing team to identify continuous improvement opportunities

This role would suit people who have

• A proven understanding of the 360 recruitment lifecycle
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with a talent for building relationships with partners across the business 
• A high level of attention to detail with experience of completing processes from start to finish
• Great organisation skills, with the ability to handle and prioritise your own workload
• A collaborative approach to work
• An inquisitive mentality, to help with identifying continuous improvement opportunities
• The desire to deliver a great service for candidates and hiring managers

Why Co-op?

As a Co-op colleague, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services). You’ll also get:

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Grocery Aid – 24/7 access to a range of emotional, financial, and practical support services for you and your family

Building a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.
If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing

Please note that we may close applications for this role early.

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.

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