Talent Acquisition Manager

We're currently looking to recruit a Talent Acquisition Manager to own and deliver the Talent Acquisition agenda for our Midlands and South businesses. Leading a team, you will direct and implement attraction and selection strategies to meet the demand of the business in the volume hiring of Bus Drivers as well as functional, engineering and management positions.

You will be a key member of the Talent Acquisition Leadership Team and will play a significant role in delivery change and evolution to the function.

This role will be hybrid position with regular travel across the Midlands (Leicester, Derby, West Midlands) and the South (Home Counties) so you must be based within a commutable distance of this area.

Key Accountabilities

• Delivery of the full end to end Talent Acquisition recruitment strategy for the Midlands and South businesses
• Lead the Talent Acquisition Team for volume, technical and functional hiring and managing performance proactively
• Support the development of a compelling Employee Value Proposition that aligns to the Arriva brand and values and positively influences external candidates to join Arriva UK Bus.
• Manages the end-to-end recruitment of senior hires
• Proactively manage the reporting and achievement of KPIs through the Talent Acquisition funnel to achieve Establishment requirement
• Lead on projects and initiatives that will drive continuous improvement across the team and businesses
• Manage key projects across the function as part of the Talent Acquisition strategy, including EVP, Employer Brand, digital attraction
• Actively partner with stakeholders to develop Talent Acquisition People plans
• Work closely with HRBPs on the broader people agenda and key People metrics: Turnover etc
• Support stakeholder groups in embracing and delivering change to drive a positive culture of engagement and retention

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of leading high performing recruitment teams in a volume frontline environment. You will have experience of designing and implementing talent acquisitions strategies, managing campaigns and delivering projects across attraction, selection and employer brand. Transport experience is desirable but a background in a similar industry recruiting for frontline colleagues is essential.

Benefits

• Salary up to £55,000
• 6% pension
• Car or car allowance (£6,000)
• Life assurance (x2)
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays