Student Recruitment Attraction Senior Specialist, Supervising Associate
Location London or Bristol
Hybrid working plus up to 40% travel/ on campuses seasonally
At EY, you'll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we're counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself and a better working world for all.
We're looking for people with a real passion for Student recruitment. We're looking for people with great experience in managing student campaigns and the ability to use data to shape future success.
EY is one of the largest student employers in the UK. In total, we recruit around 2,500 students every year into Apprentice and Graduate programmes and a broad range of work experience opportunities. We attract over 75,000 candidates each year.
Our vision is to become the leading and most innovative student recruitment attraction team, revolutionising how we engage and attract top talent from universities and schools. We are passionate about recruiting the best student talent and ensuring we attract the most diverse talent and positively impact students' lives in the UK and our wider society.
The student recruitment team is fast-paced, forward-thinking and innovative. Together, we're helping to build a better working world for our future talent.
The Opportunity
This is a unique opportunity to join the in-house recruitment team at EY, finding future talent to enable us to grow as a business. You'll join a multi-award-winning team responsible for engaging, sourcing, and attracting the best and most diverse candidates to our school, work experience and graduate programmes across the UK.
We are looking for someone who can manage relationships with schools and universities at the highest level and foster best-in-class relationships. You'll also plan how we can engage a diverse talent pool; we want to give everybody that first start. You will also be involved in designing and running innovative candidate engagement events at scale and delivering on internal projects within the team to make EY stand out.
You'll leave a lasting impression.
Your key responsibilities
- Contributes to the achievement of Student Recruitment hiring targets across all programmes by demonstrating measurable impact on fill rate linked to activity, reviews pipeline reports weekly and initiates course corrections to ensure university and school campaign plans are coordinated across the team
- Partnering with university/ early career officials to build brand awareness and promote EY as a top employer of early career talent.
- Deliver bold events strategies, planning and executing innovative bespoke events, ensuring we see a clear ROI whilst also providing a great candidate experience.
- Actively engage with potential candidates through various channels, including social media, online job boards, and professional organizations
- Builds a strong internal network, for example, with Talent Shared Services, Resourcing, Operations, HR and the business. Able to remain abreast of key issues and events and to provide exceptional service and insight
MI & Reporting
- Produces and interprets weekly data to assess ROI on campus and schools activity to help shape future strategy.
- Uses the recruitment portals effectively so that data is maintained with integrity and updates the recruitment records consistently to ensure accurate reporting of candidate activity at all times
Student Recruitment Advisor team delivery
- Strategically prioritising and directing workload across the Advisor group and ensuring consistent ways of working are applied
- Monitoring key processes and controls to ensure that quality standards and protocols are being adhered to
- Identifying and implementing process improvements with a focus on quality, candidate experience, stakeholder needs and team efficiencies
- Leading Advisor group team meetings
We operate a hybrid model, you will need to spend time in the office, and you will also spend up to 50% of your time at university or school events. Ideally, you'll be based in London or Bristol.
Skills and attributes for success
First and foremost, you'll have a real passion for student recruitment, with innovative ideas for events that will create a big impact. You'll also have the same passion for using data to produce MI which will direct future success.
To qualify for the role, you must have:
- A passion for student recruitment, with prior experience in recruitment marketing and student campaigns
- Previous experience in a large organisation in a high-volume campaigns role or delivering across scale and regional complexity
- Experience in event management and delivery
- Strong data skills with the ability to spot anomalies and tell stories with that data; you should be confident using Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs etc)
- Relationship-building skills – with the ability to challenge where necessary, always acting with integrity and enthusiasm
- Proven ability to work autonomously and to high standards, able to take the lead on assigned projects using knowledge to achieve quality results
- Experience of leading and motivating others with an emphasis on coaching and counselling
Ideally, you'll also have:
- Experience in either school or university recruitment (ideally both)
- Proven track record of executing volume recruitment
- Experience of public speaking/ delivering workshops to students
- An understanding of Undergraduate and schools work experience programmes
- Experience of managing campaigns for multiple positions and building candidate pipelines
- Social media knowledge and experience
- Ability to quickly prioritise work and remain flexible in accordance with business needs
What we look for
We are a large team based around the UK, working as one team to deliver the most exceptional student experience. We have a genuine passion for giving our future talent the right start in their career. If you share that passion, we'd love to hear from you.
What we offer
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with MyReward you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:
- Continuous learning: You'll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
- Success as defined by you: We'll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
- Transformative leadership: We'll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
- Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
The exceptional EY experience. It's yours to build.
Please note
Prior to finalising your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. Read more about our commitment to diversity & inclusiveness here. We ask because it matters! #TAAopportunities
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