At WTW, we help the world’s biggest organisations make forward-thinking choices about their people, their investments and the risks they face. Our expertise and advice make them stronger and more successful. We also support them to improve their people’s health, skills and financial wellbeing. You’ll be part of this impact, right from the start.
The Global Early Careers team is responsible for the attraction, selection, assessment and engagement of early careers candidates on to our structured insight, apprentice, intern and graduate programmes. We are driven by our commitment to inspire, engage and nurture the next generation of talent as they set out on their career paths. Guiding them from first click to first day. This role is an FTC for 12 months and will be based in London with a hybrid working style.

The Role:

You will be responsible for managing and executing a defined recruitment strategy and driving the effective and timely delivery of early careers recruitment activities for several businesses’ areas across multiple locations. The key areas of responsibility include:

Candidate Attraction

• Organising, attending and delivering virtual events as well as events on campus, in schools and WTW offices to a variety of audiences from year 12 and 13 students to undergraduates and their influencers (careers advisors, teachers, faculty leads and parents/carers) – travel outside of your base location will be required to facilitate this
• Partnering with the Employer Brand team and the business on the creation of assets for use on social media

Candidate Screening / Assessment / Management

• Proactive management of the entire early careers’ lifecycle - candidate pipelines, screening of applications, HireVue videos and invitation of high calibre, diverse candidates to assessment centres
• Organisation of assessment centres (agreeing dates, agenda, training assessors, hosting candidate drop-in sessions, briefing the team on TopScore set up etc) with the support of recruitment coordinators
• Leading assessment centre wash ups, extending verbal and written offers to successful candidates, providing feedback to unsuccessful ones
• Collaboration with other teams across the business to ensure that trackers and admin are up to date and accurate in real time so that the candidate experience is seamless, onboarding smooth and operational reporting accurate
• Intern conversions – coaching successful interns through the conversion process and extending offers
• Candidate communications – throughout the lifecycle from first click to first day

Candidate Experience / Engagement

• From first click to first day, the recruiter is responsible for early identification of talent, engaging with and nurturing high calibre candidates – from providing coaching sessions to hosting webinars on the application process and life at WTW – each candidate receives a white glove service aimed at helping them to experience our culture before they even join.
• Assisting with the set up and delivery of two insight programmes; Step up with WTW and Level up with WTW and Day One Induction for all new starters.

Stakeholder Management

• Proactive stakeholder management is key. Establishing yourself as an expert in all things early careers is essential.
• Managing weekly/fortnightly data driven operational meetings with stakeholders to provide clear and accurate information. Ability to craft presentation decks.
• Requesting support throughout the process in a timely manner to ensure that you are able to provide the very best in candidate management and experience.
• Contributing to quarterly review meetings; including new season kick off, mid points and season wash ups.
• Team collaboration is key within Early Careers team, but also with the many other teams that support us to be able to deliver an excellent candidate experience.
• Collaboration amongst recruiters in the team to establish the most efficient ways of working, ensuring that the right work is in the right location.
• Fostering positive relationships with colleagues to ensure everyone understands their role and its importance.
• Contributing to global project workstreams with colleagues from across the whole early careers team.

Qualifications

The Requirements

• Proven track record of full life cycle early carers recruiting or experience within a fast-paced high volume recruitment environment
• Exceptional stakeholder relationship skills: ability to develop strong relationships quickly and maximise resources effectively to achieve goals
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Data driven approach to recruitment
• Proven success effectively working in a fast paced, high-pressure environment
• Self-sufficient and able to work independently, whilst remaining a team player
• Strong organizational abilities and flexibility to work in a performance driven environment managing multiple deliverables
• Ability to travel to various campuses/school and attend events
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, PPT, Excel) and ATS experience is a must, exposure to HireVue and ORC are a plus

Equal Opportunity Employer

At WTW, we believe difference makes us stronger. We want our workforce to reflect the different and varied markets we operate in and to build a culture of inclusivity that makes colleagues feel welcome, valued and empowered to bring their whole selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment throughout our organization. We embrace all types of diversity.

At WTW, we trust you to know your work and the people, tools and environment you need to be successful. The majority of our colleagues work in a ”hybrid” style, with a mix of remote, in-person and in-office interactions dependent on the needs of the team, role and clients. Our flexibility is rooted in trust and “hybrid” is not a one-size-fits-all solution.

We’re committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application, interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. If you foresee any barriers, from the application process through to joining WTW, please email candidate.helpdesk@willistowerswatson.com

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