The Role

As the Recruitment Specialist the role will work as part of the Early Careers & Contingent teams within the Recruitment Operations function to deliver a best in class recruitment service.

Reporting to the Early Careers Team Manager, the role will work collaboratively with functional and operational teams across BAE Systems Plc to support the future Early Careers recruitment needs of the business by attracting and progressing high performing individuals to join one of BAE Systems Early Careers programmes. You will gain an understanding of the different business areas and their demands, with the opportunity for progression in other areas/teams.

You will use your recruitment expertise to support hiring managers with their recruitment demand as you take ownership and manage applications against live vacancies. You will provide a high level of support to candidates and hiring managers whilst progressing (and rejecting) candidates through the recruitment funnel towards start date achieved.

The role holder will be a self-starter, highly motivated and able to act independently with minimal supervision to provide advice and guidance based on recruitment best practice, market conditions, and being a subject matter expert to facilitate the overall recruitment process

Role Responsibilities:

Not limited to...

• Develop strong understanding of processes and deliverables within the team including industrial placements, summer interns, graduates and apprentices.
• Manage the hiring manager relationship from initial vacancy consultation until first day readiness, setting expectations and offering a world class end to end Early Careers recruitment service
• Demonstrate an integral involvement in delivering graduate/ undergraduate and apprentice recruitment activities to ensure that the collective targets are delivered successfully.
• Use the applicant tracking system (ATS) to screen and progress applications. Ensure the ATS is used to provide a valid indication of application progress to date for your allocated programmes and is subsequently accurate within the dashboard
• Progress applicants in a timely manner through the appropriate stages, providing the highest level of candidate care to all applicants (successful and unsuccessful) from application submission through to start date achieved.
• Build strong and influential relationships with hiring managers and early careers leads across the business to identify demand/ requirements and deliver a service which exceeds their expectations.
• Manage relationships with third party providers i.e. Occupational Health, ATS provider, The Security Watchdog etc to support and maintain a high level of service and timely outcomes.
• Guide and consult on recruitment best practice; defining, shaping and leading the recruitment process for early careers, supporting ad-hoc transformation projects when required.

What are BAE Systems looking for from you?

• Knowledge of recruitment processes is essential with knowledge of Early Careers recruitment highly desirable
• Experience with volume recruitment
• Used to fast paced environments
• Experience in Account management with guaranteed fills or demands to hit
• Customer facing good with stakeholder management
• Experience with resourcing and pre-screening

Security Requirements: BPSS

This role requires you to obtain a basic disclosure along with employment reference checks before starting.

The Umbrella rate quoted above is the Gross Umbrella rate (i.e. the rate we pay to the Umbrella Company inclusive of ALL employment costs). Please note, the rate paid by the Umbrella will be less, as will a Limite