Technical Recruiter

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Are you looking to join an innovative, fast-paced company and lead our hiring function? Reporting to our VP People, FocalPoint is looking for a talented, ambitious technical resourcer who is looking to take the next step in their career.

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to lead and own the full recruitment life-cycle and hiring activities on an international scale. From vacancy approval, direct sourcing, supplier engagement, interviewing and extending our local networks; you will have the opportunity to build collaborative working relationships with a variety of stakeholders.

Building strong relationships, you will be responsible for attracting and hiring FocalPoint's most critical assets - its people!

Key responsabilities

Work with the VP People to drive our hiring strategy and continue to build an international talent pipeline

Be responsible for the full technical recruitment life cycle utilising our ATS platform, Recruitee

Recommend and drive improvements to scale our overall hiring practices which can include upskilling internal stakeholders on their own interview techniques and candidate management to drive consistency in candidate experience

Work with the VP People on all go to market recruitment strategies and candidate generation methods to improve time to hire and cost per hire

Proactively utilise all available social media/hiring platforms for headhunting

Create successful local networks, lead recruitment events and expand our presence within universities

Seek out ways in which we can increase our diversity and inclusion priorities

Own, manage and negotiate recruitment PSL, agency and supplier relationships

Deliver an effective service in relation to pre-interview screening, testing and assessment of suitability

Monitor performance and governance metrics created by the VP People

Job requirements

Your Experience

Essential

A successful track record in hiring technology roles in either working in-house or as part of a recruitment agency

Strong candidate management skills, candidate control skills, negotiation and influencing skills

The confidence to work in partnership with key internal stakeholders

The ability to work with recruitment data to spot trends and issues in processes/recruitment tactics

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

A positive approach to problem-solving. Thrives in a fast-paced, agile environment

Competent with recruitment data and metrics

Desirable

Startup/scaleup experience

Experience working in the smartphone, wireless and/or semiconductor industry

International exposure

Commercial awareness, the ability to prioritise workload based on business needs

Experience and/or exposure to the visa sponsorship process

Awareness of all recruitment related compliance and adherence with legislation, including GDPR, eligibility to work within the UK

Your Development and Perks

Your development is equally important as our business grows and we offer opportunities including appraisals, career development plans, training courses, feedback sessions through 1-2-1 meetings, knowledge-sharing and cross-training.

Our generous benefits package includes the following

8% company contribution pension scheme

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Extra annual leave between Christmas - New Year's

Additional annual leave based on your length of service

Paid professional memberships and career development through our personalised framework

One-off Work From Home allowance to help you create a comfortable working from home environment

Access to our company-owned equipment list allowing you to choose your own hardware

Company-wide social events and team lunches

Company Options Scheme*

£2000 Recommend a friend scheme

Vitality Health Core Package private healthcare (also includes mental health cover, employee assistance programme, dental, hearing and optical cover, and more)

*Company Options are not offered as part of the package. You may be offered them throughout your employment.

Are You Ready to Change the World?

Our people are at the heart of everything we do and our successes are achievements driven by our employees. We stand by our values of:

Working with integrity

Setting the standards that others will follow

Being trailblazers in the industry

We thrive on building a global organisation that is truly focussed on growing an inclusive culture where staff feel supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. We aim to attract diverse talent from around the world and ensure fairness, and equality is at the top of our agenda.