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Job Title: Talent Acquisition Partner - 6 month FTC

Location(s): Hybrid - Manchester, Gloucester or Harlow

Job Description:

Working across the Raytheon UK core business areas, supporting the recruitment lifecycle within RTX. Working closely with the business and functional stakeholders, to shape the growth of RTX. This role will involve a collaborative approach to acquiring talent both internally and externally to meet future resourcing needs.

The Talent Acquisition Partner is responsible for sourcing, attracting, evaluating and hiring candidates to fill open positions both now and to fit proposed growth. With a direct to market model, the focus is to deliver for the business, utilising a blended approach to ensure appropriate service level agreements are met.

What you’ll do:

Forge Relationships– develop and nurture strong relationshipsDevelop and nurture strong relationships with stakeholders, elevating the visibility of the talent acquisition team through consistent engagement and proactive meetingsPartnering with People & Culture Business Partners in ensuring recruitment requirements are effectively met and tracked and that strategic support and thought talent acquisition leadership is provided to hiring managersPartnering with the talent development team to fill roles from internal talent pipelines from early careers to future leadersManaging the candidate experience, including providing timely communication and feedback throughout the recruitment process.Strategic Guidance– develop effective sourcing strategiesManaging the overall delivery of recruitment service and advise, from strategy definition to offer accepted and probation follow-upMaintaining in-depth understanding of the complex and diverse recruiting needs, ensuring these are translated to robust and accurate recruitment solutions, and that are in turn supported by comprehensive delivery plansImplement plans to ensure diversity, attraction and the candidate experience are at the forefront to retain future talentKeeping abreast of industry trends, best practices, and legal requirements related to recruitment and hiring.Innovative Solutions– especially to facilitate ‘hard to fill’ and specialist rolesPosting job openings on various platforms and sourcing candidates through job boards, social media, networking, and other channels.Design, deliver, and present tailored market-focused presentations to stakeholders, offering creative solutions to source candidatesStakeholder Support– accountability and offer expert adviceDriving success of recruitment delivery, ensuring stakeholders are satisfied, and that recruitment service is being provided and received according to agreed metrics, as well as principlesManaging reference checks, security requirements and background screenings on potential candidates.Preparing synthesized monthly/quarterly analysis of results, agile retrospective of own work and quarterly action plans

Who we are looking for:

Demonstrated success in permanent or contract recruitment, ideally within a matrix organisation Proven track record in direct to market recruitment, including writing job advertisements, job board database searches including LinkedIn Can demonstrate a flexible approach to sourcing candidates both internally and externally.  Proven internal resourcing experience

Desirable

Knowledge of the Cyber security/Software, defence or Aerospace or similar technical recruitment disciplines Experience of working with internal business partners on talent pipelines, early careers and supporting talent development

Standard Benefits:

25 days holiday (increasing to 27 days) + statutory public holidays. Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution). 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’. Flexible Benefits scheme. Discretionary Bonus scheme. Enhanced family friendly policies. 37hr standard working week, with an early finish on Fridays whilst operating a ‘Hybrid Working Model’* Canteen facilities are available at Harlow & Glenrothes sites. Manchester & Gloucester offer free snacks & drinks (hot & cold).

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

At Raytheon UK, we’re committed to be building a workforce that represents the true diversity of Britain where all of our colleagues feel enabled to deliver the best work of their lives. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer who selects the very best candidates for the job. We truly value the diversity of our workforce work hard to create an inclusive environment where our colleagues can bring the unique skills, experiences and ideas to the table to help us grow our business, create innovative solutions and develop our people.

Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) act as the eyes and ears into the community they represent and support us in building a truly inclusive business. Our ERGs are open to all colleagues, regardless of background, and include: Raytheon Women’s Network, RayPride, Young Employees Success Network, Raytheon Veterans Network, Raytheon Alliance for Diverse Abilities and RayBAME.

We’re also delighted to have been recognised as a Gold Award Employer as part of the HM’s Armed Forces Covenant and the Human Rights Campaign’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index as a ‘best place to work for LGBTQ Equality’.

All applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other characteristic.

If you need us to make any adjustments to support you during our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to help.