London, UK
Resource Solutions - M&G
We are not your average financial services firm and our unique culture is just one aspect that makes us stand out from the crowd. We offer a supportive environment that encourages innovation and creativity whilst maintaining a healthy lifestyle balance. You will be joining one of Europe's leading Investment Management firms where you can expect real responsibility and recognition from day one. We are large enough to offer a wide variety of career opportunities, whist small enough to treat you as an individual and tailor training and development to your specific needs.
Purpose
The Graduate and Apprentice Resourcing team is responsible for sourcing and developing diverse high calibre trainees who are best placed to drive the future success of M&G. The team achieves this through recruiting, developing and managing graduates, interns and apprentices across all areas of the M&G business.
The Resourcing Consultant will take ownership for delivery of recruitment and assessment of candidates for allocated schemes, as well as stakeholder engagement for those schemes. The consultant will also play a key role in supporting the graduate development programme review as well as supporting the day to day management of graduates and apprentices. The Resourcing Consultant will report to the Graduate Resourcing Manager.
Key Responsibilities
Attraction and Marketing.
The team are responsible for managing a section of the M&G careers website, organising and planning events, attending careers fairs, advertising on job boards/social media and managing relationships with universities and other recruitment partners. The Resourcing Consultant will be responsible for the successful delivery of elements of the attraction strategy across all channels in conjunction with the rest of the team.
Recruitment and Selection.
The team has developed a number of recruitment processes and tools and place great importance in ensuring that the process is as effective and innovative as possible. The Resourcing Consultant will be responsible for screening candidates throughout the entire assessment process, including video interview, face to face interview and assessment centre stages. The role will also involve the management of candidates through the applicant tracking system, other selection/assessment platforms and providing support for graduate recruitment interviews and assessment days.
Graduate Management
The Resourcing Consultant may provide support to the Resourcing Manager in effectively managing and supporting graduates, interns and apprentices. You will also provide constant
challenge and improvement to the graduate recruitment process throughout.
Stakeholder Management.
Throughout the processes mentioned above the Resourcing Consultant needs to create and maintain strong working relationships across the business with a range of stakeholders in order to successfully engage and deliver to the businesses requirements. Business managers are required to participate in the attraction, recruitment and development stages.
Process and System Review.
In conjunction with the Resourcing Manager and the rest of the team, the Resourcing Consultant will be heavily involved in the review of the end to end process during our summer period. This review includes marketing and attraction strategies, recruitment and selection process and tools and graduate management and development.
Diversity and Inclusion
Hiring a diverse cohort of graduates, interns and apprentices is a vital objective for the team. In order to achieve this objective the team focus on identifying and implementing attraction and selection strategies that provide us with a diverse candidate pool. We consider diversity in the broadest context, including but not limited to gender, background, experience, nationality, sexual orientation, levels of education and degree discipline.
Requirements and Experience
Essential:
Strong organisational skills and a keen eye for detail
Interest in striving for best delivery and improving/developing processes
Good interpersonal skills and an ability to build good working relationships with internal stakeholders
Highly motivated with a strong work ethic and delivery focussed
Ability to keep calm under pressure
Proven track record of assessment and selection, including psychometric tools
Desirable:
Background working in a graduate recruitment role within financial services or another professional corporate environment
An interest in understanding the financial services environment in order to effectively deliver on recruitment needs
Strong academic achievement
M&G is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Our role as an employer is very simple - to provide the right environment for talented people to do their best work, by respecting, understanding and valuing individual differences.