Talent Sourcing Specialist - Public Sector

Job description

About Us
Location: Belfast or UK remote

Contract: Permanent

Global, inclusive and innovative - welcome to AMS, where talent connects across cultures and backgrounds to shape the future of work.

We work with leading organisations to design and deliver talent strategies that bring together people, process, data and technology, helping millions of people find meaningful work every year. Our diverse, connected community collaborates to create results for clients and opportunities for our people to learn, grow and make an impact.

At AMS, we look for people who bring more than experience, and we welcome different perspectives and ways of thinking.

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The Role
We're looking for experienced Talent Sourcing Specialists to join our Public Sector Resourcing team, supporting permanent hiring for the Ministry of Defence.

Ideally, you'll bring previous Defence sector experience or strong knowledge of the Defence talent market, alongside the ability to manage and influence across the recruitment lifecycle. You'll partner closely with hiring managers, providing a consultative service and market insight, while proactively identifying and engaging specialist and hard-to-find talent. You will be responsible for delivering an end to end recruitment service to MOD to include managing vacancy briefings, marketing of campaigns, and the sourcing, screening, presentation, provisional offer of employment and engagement of candidates through to their start-dates, whilst maintaining service level agreements

We are open to considering strong Recruiters or Sourcers who may not have full 360 experience but can demonstrate excellent customer-facing and stakeholder management skills, strong proactive sourcing capability, and the confidence to provide market insight and recruitment recommendations.
Key Accountabilities
Act as a Trusted Adviser

• Develop partnerships and working relationships that deliver a great candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Leverage your existing experience, knowledge, and resources whilst also working with experts in sourcing and talent intelligence to develop effective sourcing strategies that enable you to deliver great candidates and lead and influence conversations with your hiring managers.
• Provide subject matter expertise, thought leadership, and talent intelligence in recruitment discussions and vacancy briefing calls with Hiring Managers, leaving the discussion with a detailed understanding of the client's business, the requirements, and unique selling points of the role.
• Show tact and confidence in talking to client stakeholders. Ensure you're leveraging your knowledge and wider AMS network to propose solutions that deliver the right results for your clients and AMS e.g., proposing alternative ways to find niche skills in a competitive market.
• Be accountable for the delivery of high-quality, candidate longlists / shortlists to your Hiring Managers with accurate and complete information to help them make informed hiring decisions. As a Trusted Advisor, make clear recommendations on your shortlisted candidates.
• Work with Hiring Managers to understand and share candidate feedback, challenges, and successes, advocating potential solutions and making recommendations to inform and adapt the recruitment strategy e.g., hiring in alternative locations, exploring different talent pools, or updating job descriptions.

Attract, Source & Engage High-Calibre Talent

• Demonstrate innovative, critical thinking and a commitment to ongoing professional development within your role, so you can support your client to hire the best talent in the market, not just those who are actively on the market.
• Review and post compelling, accurate job adverts that amplify your client's brand and attract candidates to review and apply.
• Use your knowledge and established network at AMS to develop a sourcing strategy that uses the right channels to attract and engage with your target audience e.g., LinkedIn or other social media tools.
• Engage with your target audience in a professional and authentic way. Communicate effectively using various channels e.g., email, LinkedIn, social media, and over the phone. Expect to headhunt niche talent regularly for specialist hiring needs.
• Proactively take steps to increase the diversity of applicants
• Have high-quality, consultative conversations with your candidates, qualifying their suitability for current or future roles.
• Gain insight into candidate skills, background, behaviours, career aspirations, and motivations and use this to make informed selection decisions.
• Support candidates, keeping them up to date as they progress through the recruitment process. Actively work with your candidates to talent pool them and create lasting relationships that enable you to re-engage them to support future hiring needs.
• Present candidates to clients in an accurate and compelling way.

Value Candidate Experience

• Champion your candidates. Have honest, quality career discussions that assess candidate suitability for each role and bring your client's brand to life so that candidates feel excited at the prospect of joining them.
• Demonstrate a commitment to your candidates so that they feel valued throughout the recruitment process. Keep them updated and informed, following up with Recruiters and Hiring Managers when needed.
• Build lasting relationships with candidates so they become client advocates, irrespective of hiring outcomes.

Skills & Requirements
Must have skills

• Strong recruitment or proactive sourcing experience, with the ability to identify and engage passive talent.
• Customer-facing experience, with the confidence to partner and consult with hiring managers and key stakeholders.
• Ability to proactively source and headhunt, using a variety of channels including LinkedIn, job boards, talent pools and referrals.
• Ability to use MI to provide insight, influence hiring decisions and recommend appropriate sourcing strategies.
• Experience assessing and presenting candidates, providing clear recommendations to hiring managers.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience using an ATS and managing recruitment activity effectively.
• Must be eligible for security clearance

Nice to Haves

• Defence recruitment experience or strong knowledge of the Defence talent market.
• Previous experience supporting recruitment within Public Sector or Government environments.
• Full 360 recruitment experience, managing vacancies from initial briefing through to successful hire.
• Experience recruiting specialist, niche or hard-to-fill skill sets.

Why AMS?
At AMS, we come from every walk of life - and that's what makes us unique. Our culture is open, inclusive and built on trust. We empower our people with the flexibility and autonomy to work in ways that bring out their best. We offer career opportunities in every direction you want to explore.

We offer

• Growth and development focused on your strengths
• The opportunity to develop a career within one of the world's leading organisations specialising in talent and workforce solutions.
• A team that values being Passionate, Bold, and Authentic
• Supportive communities such as our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Volunteer day - you get one additional paid day off each year to volunteer for a cause that matters to you
• A competitive reward and benefits package*
• Flexibility in how and where you work*
• Hybrid model

*Details may vary slightly depending on your location, local labour law, etc.

Our statement

We're committed to creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage people with diverse skills, perspectives, and experiences to apply. We do not discriminate based upon age, disability, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic.

If you require any accommodations or have any accessibility needs, please reach out via email [email protected] or make a member of our Talent Acquisition team aware at any time.

We take pride in being Disability Confident. This helps to ensure that you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long- term health conditions, or are neurodiverse. You will be shortlisted based on minimum criteria for the role and will be offered support and/or adjustments for the recruitment process if you wish.

If you're ready to bring your skills, curiosity, and passion, click Apply and let's explore what we can achieve together!