Company Overview
Flowbird delivers solutions for smart cities on the move. Active in 60 countries and our Smart Transport solutions can be seen in world-class cities including London, Edinburgh, Paris, New York, Sydney, Rome, Brussels and Toronto. Our systems and equipment already facilitate management and mobility processes in more than 5,000 cities and more than 1,300 employees and 90 jobs make up the group's skills.
Our customer focused approach underpinned by a continuous drive to innovate and push the frontiers of what is possible in order to make our customers more successful. As a result, we are a thriving business that is investing strongly and building the team for both new opportunities and supporting existing ones.
Role Summary
Reporting to the Head of HR, you will provide talent acquisition expertise to the Transport, Smart City and YPS business units and more generally on the Group's strategic positions. You will source, attract, select and hire top talent in the market. This role will also require you to be proactive and work with managers in a business-partnering way to understand their business areas and provide them solutions to their talent needs.
From time to time, you may also be required to support HR initiatives and projects, which fall outside of the talent acquisition space.
Role Detail
* Plan and implement a company talent acquisition strategy.
* Develop Flowbird’s policy for talent benchmarking, talent assessment and interviewing.
* Conduct sourcing activities in order to fill open positions.
* Perform analysis of organisational development and anticipate future employment needs.
* Design and manage the recruitment and selection process (screening, interviews, creating interview guides, etc)
* Coach line managers in successful interview and selection techniques.
* Serve as brand ambassador at various events, like career fairs or on-campus recruiting events.
* Represent Flowbird internally and externally at events with a goal of networking and relationship building with potential candidate communities.
* Manage respective candidate pools to ensure qualified candidates remain engaged in the current or future opportunities.
* Administer and submit all hiring paperwork for new employees.
* Create monthly reports on key talent acquisition metrics.
* Work closely with the marketing department to develop creative ways for addressing talent acquisition challenges.
* Proactively seek market intelligence to gain competitive advantage in attraction, assessment and sourcing methodologies.
* Suggest new ideas for improving talent acquisition activities.
Candidate Requirements
* Previous experience preferably as a Talent Acquisition Specialist for 5 years.
* CIPD qualified preferred.
* In-depth knowledge of candidate selection methods.
* Excellent understanding of full cycle recruitment processes.
* Hands on experience with applicant tracking systems (ATS).
Core Skills & Abilities
* Outstanding communications and interpersonal skills.
* Impactful presentation style.
* Excellent organisational and time management skills.
* Ability to multitask and prioritise daily workload.
* Creative thinker and proactive problem solver.
* A positive, “can-do” attitude.
* Computer literate, specifically Word and Excel, and use of HR systems/ATS.
* Able to make sound decisions displaying good judgement.
* Strong sense of integrity and confidentiality.
Benefits
* Annual leave - 25 days plus bank holidays
* Medicash Health Cash Plan
* Employee assistance programme
* Flu vaccinations yearly
* Vivup - discounts for shopping, cinema, gyms etc
* WeCare - 24/7 GP, mental health support and get fit programme
* Bike scheme
* Life assurance (4x salary)
* Pension - employer contribution up to 6%
* Volunteering Day (paid)
* Loyalty Awards
* Future Learn - free and discounts courses
* Training & development
Reports to
Head of HR (UK)