Student Recruitment Advisor - Assessment & Selection in Birmingham

Student Recruitment Advisor – Assessment and Selection 

At EY we encourage everyone in our team to be bold, think big and be different. Why?

Because at EY in an ever-changing world, we have to continue to drive innovation to attract the best diverse talent, and this starts with our student recruitment strategic operations team. 

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, as well as a broad range of work experience opportunities. To fulfil these demanding requirements, we attract over 75,000 candidates each year. We have a passion not just for recruiting the best student talent but ensuring we attract the most diverse talent by making a positive impact on the lives of students in the UK, and our wider society.

The student recruitment team is fast paced, forward thinking and innovative. We are a large team based around the UK, working as one team to deliver the most exceptional student experience. 

Our vision is to become the leading and most innovative student recruitment team, revolutionizing how we engage and attract top talent from universities and schools. We strive to be the catalyst that connects exceptional students with our organization, creating a dynamic and diverse talent pipeline that drives our future success. The student market is evolving and complex, and agile thinking with execution is what will continue to make EY stand out from the crowd.

In pursuit of our vision, our student team are committed to:

1. Bold and Creative Approaches that Transform: We constantly challenge conventional recruitment methods, embracing creativity and innovation to develop ground-breaking recruitment strategies that captivate and excite students. By thinking outside the box, we aim to leave a lasting impression and position our organization as an irresistible destination for aspiring professionals from diverse backgrounds.
2. Building a market-leading Candidate Experience: We recognize the importance of building the best candidate experience. Through reducing time in stage and ensuring candidate move promptly through each recruitment stage, through personalized interactions and genuine care, we foster trust, understanding, and a sense of belonging, ensuring that students see us as more than just a potential employer, but a company who is committed to building a better working world for everyone.
3. Elevating our Employer Brand: We strive to cultivate a distinctive and compelling employer brand that resonates with students and sets us apart from competitors. By showcasing our values, culture, and the unique opportunities we offer, combined with “BIG BANG” and events that bring the “WOW” factor we attract top talent who align with our organization's vision and contribute to our collective growth plans.
4. Diversity and Inclusion as a Priority: We are committed to championing diversity and inclusion at every stage of the student recruitment process. By actively seeking out students from diverse backgrounds and underrepresented groups, we create a vibrant and inclusive community that celebrates individuality and fosters innovation, through long-lasting connections.
5. Data-Driven Decision Making: We leverage data analysis and insights to drive our recruitment strategies. By tracking and analysing key metrics, we gain a deeper understanding of student preferences, behaviours, and trends, allowing us to continuously optimize our approach and make data-driven decisions.

The Opportunity:
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the in-house recruitment team at EY, finding future talent that will enable EY to deliver our strategy. You will manage pipelines, events and relationships offering an exceptional candidate experience at all stages. You will also work closely with appropriate internal and external stakeholders to execute and deliver the strategy. 

Your Key Responsibilities: 
The Student Talent Attraction & Acquisition team are responsible for attracting the best and most diverse candidates to the firm’s school, work experience and graduate programmes across the UK.  We are looking for someone who can work autonomously with senior stakeholders managing pipelines alongside managing relationships with schools, universities, and third-party organisations.  You will be plan and execute the EY assessment centre strategy and have key contribution to monitoring and improving EY assessment and selection methods. You will be involved in planning and running virtual and in person events alongside delivering on internal projects within the team. 

Key Skills for Success: 

• Demonstrates a passion for high volume assessment and selection methods for early talent programmes, continuous improvement, and best practice to deliver the best diverse quality candidates for student programmes at EY
• Delivers exceptional EY assessment centres, from design to operational delivery. You will look after this as a cross team project as an SME and ensure that these high-volume, high-profile events are executed to a high standard ensuring an exceptional candidate experience 
• Demonstrates an understanding of and experience of strengths-based assessment methods used at EY 
• Demonstrates an understanding of the Applicant Tracking System used at EY, and shows energy and enthusiasm for keeping abreast of technology and assessment options available in the market  
• Demonstrates exceptional reporting and data analysis capabilities including threshold and adverse impact analysis
• Demonstrates an understanding of diversity and inclusion in student recruitment, and assessment and selection practices that reduce bias and adverse impact in process
• Demonstrates project management capabilities and an ability to prioritise effectively
• Can evidence experience in multi-layered relationship building and being able to foster strong working partnerships with internal and external teams & suppliers
• A knowledge and experience of the current student attraction space and Early Identification (work experience) programmes 
• Demonstrates high competence in event planning and delivery 
• Experience of working within the virtual event space 
• Managing stakeholders and candidate expectations through the recruitment process, advising on and applying best practice recruitment process at all times
• Works with Student Recruitment managers on key aspects of recruitment process, e.g. systems management, reporting, special projects
• Engaging directly with candidates at various stages in the recruitment process to support specialist queries or directly contribute to a best-in-class candidate experience
• Complete understanding of an Applicant Tracking System including tracking, processing candidates, search and reporting capability
• Contributes to the achievement of Student Recruitment hiring targets across all programmes
• Analytically strong approach to data, adverse impact and pass rate analysis; reporting and procedure

Partnering with the Business:

• Gains knowledge with regard to business strategy and performance and demonstrates some understanding of the key business drivers
• Is responsive to business needs, demonstrating speed of response through own actions and proactively proposing ideas and solutions
• Builds a strong internal network for example with Talent Shared Services , Resourcing, Operations, HR and the business to remain abreast of key issues and events and to provide exceptional service and insight to business

MI & Reporting

• Able to produce management/pipeline reports for team and business as required and can identify when data is not accurate or of questionable integrity
• 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
• Accurately collects and reports on data for specific KPI’s or produces reports for the team and internal stakeholders

To qualify for the role you must have:

• Relevant Student Recruitment experience 
• Highly organised with an eye for detail
• Confident excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs etc)
• Experience in event management and delivery
• Relationship building skills – with the ability to challenge senior management where necessary, always acting with integrity and enthusiasm
• A willingness to look beyond the task at hand and consider the broader picture
• Calm and objective when under pressure
• Ability to spend up to 40% of your time seasonally travelling/ on campuses

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Knowledge of core assessment and selection tools
• Project management experience
• Experience of either schools or university recruitment (ideally both)
• Proven track record of executing volume recruitment 
• An understanding of Early ID programmes 

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.

Please note
Prior to finalizing 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! 

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
 

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