Early Careers Talent Acquisition Partner

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Early Careers Talent Acquisition Partner

The Talent Acquisition Partner role at Kainos, in our Indianapolis office, plays a strategic and hands-on role that goes beyond traditional recruitment. This position is responsible for driving the talent acquisition strategy and Early Careers team managing relationships with People Managers and the wider team,and ensuring alignment with local market practices. The role includes handling required local documentation, adapting global recruitment policies to fit the Americas region context, and facilitating a smooth onboarding experience through an in-office presence.

As a key point of contact, the Talent Acquisition Partner supports new hires by guiding them through orientation, introducing them to the company culture, ensuring access to tools, setting clear expectations, and helping them integrate with their teams. Additionally, the role involves participating in local initiatives that contribute to strengthening Kainos' employer brand in the region.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Delivering against Early Careers recruitment delivery plans for our Americas region - you will support the recruitment delivery plan aligned to commercial priorities and workforce plans, for BU globally. This includes understanding delivery demands against each location aligned to the Capabilities you support. Working with your Lead, your team and your BU stakeholders you will understand how to execute these hiring strategies for Early career roles.
• Ensuring best in class execution - you will strive to deliver a best in class candidate experience for candidates at Kainos, in line with global process, Kainos values and our governance framework.
• Managing costs - you will ensure delivery is on time and in the most cost-effective manner. You will manage recruitment through a 'direct first' approach and if required, manage pipelines through supplier relationships in a timely manner.
• Reporting, Management Information (MI) and analytics - you will use MI and reporting to have data driven discussions with key stakeholders and ensure the recruitment process is managed in line with key SLA's. You will identify any blockers or escalations around scheduling are visible and escalated to avoid impact on time to hire.
• Driving brand awareness strategies to impact talent pipeline - in line with overall delivery demand, you will plan brand awareness strategies to leverage Talent Attraction and ensure talent pooling and candidate engagement/CRM are consistently being employed in the right way. Acting as a brand ambassador and role model for Kainos recruitment both internally and externally. You will have an active personal brand profile on social channels and be a regular contributor of best practice techniques and knowledge sharing. Building the Kainos Early Careers brand and having presence at university career fairs or on-campus events.
• Tooling - using in house tooling and ATS platforms you will also keep abreast of innovations in tooling across the market. You will continuously improve your knowledge of key tooling techniques such as LinkedIn, bullion searching etc to ensure you are accessing the widest pools of talent available, in the quickest time.
• Working as a team - you will actively participate in team wide knowledge sharing of best practice and sharing market intel around market trends and talent with colleagues and stakeholders. You will help support on team wide projects and wider People projects as required. You will be the trusted strategic advisor for Talent Acquisition to your aligned capabilities.

Working in partnership with the Global Head of Early Careers Talent Acquisition, you will develop and drive a best in class hiring experience for all candidates from attraction through to onboarding and beyond, which aligns to Kainos values

• Supporting the Global Head of Early Careers Talent Acquisition to manage and plan recruitment budgets aligned to growth locations and areas within the business

• Designing and managing engagement events, particularly creating and developing our colleague strategy to improve our employer brand recognition on campus. This will include harnessing the support of the Talent Acquisition Marketing and brand ambassadors to promote who we are and what we offer

• Attracting and sourcing candidates for a variety of Graduate opportunities through building relationships with existing and new University partnerships, in particular Careers and Employment Teams

• Having an active personal brand profile on social media channels and being a regular contributor to best practice and strategy in Early Careers hiring techniques and knowledge sharing

• Partner with the Early Careers SME Teams (Corporate Social Responsibility, Marketing and Programmes) to continue to evolve and elevate Early Careers internally and externally

MINIMUM (ESSENTIAL) REQUIREMENTS:

• 3+ years' experience recruiting from an inhouse Talent Acquisition team or Early Careers recruitment experience within an agency.
• Exceptional organisational and communication skills with an ability to communicate and present effectively to stakeholders and groups of different levels of seniority.
• Ability to manage sourcing strategies and manage external suppliers as required.
• Confident using MI to drive data driven commercial discussions with stakeholders and meeting KPI's set for recruitment delivery.
• A proactive team player with strong customer service and problem-solving skills.
• An appetite for supporting continuous improvement opportunities in end to end processes to benefit operational efficiency and best practice.
• Experience of supporting the delivery of a Talent Acquisition strategy in a fast- paced environment.
• Commercial acumen and knowledge of market trends and talent sourcing strategies
• Advanced knowledge of Recruitment tooling systems and ATS systems such as LinkedIn, Bullion search techniques and in the use of MS Office suite of software.
• A proven ability to work independently and within a team, including working in a multi-disciplinary function.

DESIRABLE:

• Previous experience within a Global organization.
• Previous experience working in an Early Careers/ Emerging Talent Team. Or, the desire to want to play a role in securing top talent and future leaders for Kainos and a willingness to learn.

Embracing our differences

At Kainos, we believe in the power of diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team that is as diverse as the world we live in, where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive.   We actively seek out talented people from all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them who they are.   We also believe every candidate deserves a level playing field.

Our friendly talent acquisition team is here to support you every step of the way, so if you require any accommodations or adjustments, we encourage you to reach out.

We understand that everyone's journey is different, and by having a private conversation we can ensure that our recruitment process is tailored to your needs.