Talent Acquisition Advisor - Unite Students : Job Details

The Role

We are Unite Students, a progressive FTSE100 company and the leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK. We are looking for someone to join our fantastic People Team as a Talent Acquisition Advisor to help us provide an outstanding service and create a Home for Success for our employees and students.

The Talent Acquisition team operate in a fun, fast-paced environment supporting the business in all areas of recruitment. This is a diverse and challenging role that will provide excellent experience for someone looking to further their career in Talent Acquisition.

What You`ll Be Doing

• Take ownership of allocated vacancies and deliver a quality recruitment offering which is flexible and focused on business needs
• Liaise with hiring managers to gain an understanding of their roles and requirements
• Develop trusting and effective working relationships with internal stakeholders
• Identify and provide recommendations of approaches and initiatives to enhance talent attraction opportunity
• Provide talent mapping and headhunting expertise as required to meet business needs
• Contribute to the delivery of the People Team and TA strategy and broader business objectives
• Ensure that candidates have positive experience throughout the recruitment process
• Effective use and maintenance of our Application Tracking System
• Effective use of sourcing methods to identify and approach potential applicants
• Keep abreast of industry trends and developments to ensure the strategy remains forward thinking and innovative
• Assist in the delivery of recruitment training when required
• SME to the business for all recruitment related matters

What We`re Looking for in You

• Experience of delivering multiple specialist recruitment processes
• Ideally in-house or agency based recruitment experience
• Excellent communication skills including the proven ability to engage with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to work at pace whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy
• Ability to manage own time effectively, prioritising tasks to meet multiple deadlines
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as within a team
• Skilled in understanding, empathising and delivering against stakeholder needs
• Possesses and promotes a positive and collaborative attitude
• Ability to adapt swiftly to ambiguity
• IT capabilities within MS Office (particularly Outlook, Word and Excel), internet talent searching and the capacity to swiftly pick up bespoke IT systems and tools

What You`ll Get in Return

• A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success
• 25 days` paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service
• A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save
• Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends
• Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more!

About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK`s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 25 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion. We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn`t just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students. Employees, students and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone

We`re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we`re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what`s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.

We are US.