Talent Acquisition Advisor

Key Responsibilities

Recruitment Delivery

• Manage end-to-end recruitment activity across all functions.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand workforce requirements.
• Conduct vacancy briefing meetings and create recruitment plans.
• Draft and publish job adverts.
• Source candidates directly through LinkedIn, job boards and networking.
• Screen, shortlist and interview candidates.
• Coordinate assessment and selection processes.
• Manage offer and onboarding activity.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and recruitment best practice.

Talent Attraction

• Develop proactive talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill roles.
• Build and maintain candidate databases.
• Support the development of Ishida's employer brand.
• Create engaging recruitment content for social media and careers platforms.
• Represent Ishida at recruitment, networking and careers events.

Early Careers & Future Talent

• Lead Ishida's Early Careers programme.
• Develop relationships with local schools, colleges and universities.
• Coordinate apprenticeship recruitment activities.
• Support graduate and placement recruitment campaigns.
• Attend careers fairs and STEM engagement events.
• Promote career opportunities within manufacturing, engineering and business support functions.
• Develop succession pipelines for future organisational capability.

Agency Management

• Manage relationships with external recruitment agencies.
• Negotiate recruitment terms and fees.
• Monitor agency performance and spend.
• Drive a direct sourcing strategy to reduce recruitment costs.

Recruitment Systems & Reporting

• Utilise recruitment technology and applicant tracking systems.
• Support the implementation and management of recruitment platforms.
• Produce regular recruitment reports and dashboards.
• Monitor key metrics including:
• Time to Hire
• Cost per Hire
• Agency Spend
• Source of Hire
• Candidate Satisfaction
• Vacancy Fill Rate

Continuous Improvement

• Review and improve recruitment processes.
• Identify opportunities to automate and streamline administration.
• Support wider HR projects as required.
• Stay informed of recruitment market trends and employment legislation.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience managing end-to-end recruitment activity.
• Experience sourcing candidates directly through LinkedIn and other channels.
• Experience partnering with hiring managers.
• Experience managing multiple vacancies simultaneously.
• Experience using recruitment systems and reporting tools.

Desirable

• Experience within manufacturing, engineering or technical recruitment.
• Experience delivering apprenticeship or graduate programmes.
• Experience managing agency supplier relationships.
• Experience with employer branding initiatives.

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication and influencing ability.
• Commercial awareness.
• Strong organisational and planning skills.
• Analytical and reporting capability.
• Ability to build relationships internally and externally.
• Good working knowledge of UK employment legislation.

Behaviours

• Proactive and solutions focused.
• Customer focused.
• Collaborative.
• Organised and resilient.
• Continuous improvement mindset.
• Passionate about attracting and developing talent.