PKF Littlejohn
Early Careers Recruitment Assistant Manager
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Overview of Firm
PKF Littlejohn is one of the leading challenger firms in the UK with offices in London, Leeds and Manchester. We are also an active member of PKF Global, an international network of legally independent accounting firms that gives us an on the ground presence in 150 countries around the world with access to more than 20,000 people across 440 offices globally.
We provide a full range of audit, accountancy, tax and advisory services, and are experts at simplifying complexity. We are particularly well-known for working with complex clients with challenging issues in fast-moving and highly technical areas, such as the insurance industry, the global capital markets and the not for profit sector. Our aim is to understand people, the organisations they run, and what matters to them, so we can simplify complexity and help them achieve their ambitions.
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Introduction to the Division
Infrastructure
We are good at getting things done and our Infrastructure team applies this mentality to ensure we have the right tools, technology, strategies and services in place to deliver exceptional client service and future-proof our growing business.
We’re looking for forward-thinking people to come on board and join us within Technical & Compliance, Finance, IT, Training, Human Resources, Business Development/Marketing, Legal, and Administration.
These teams play a key role in the success of the firm as they shape the way we operate. By joining one of these teams, you’ll influence the future of PKF, while enjoying the support, training and opportunities you need to succeed both personally and professionally.
Responsibilities
Job Duties and Responsibilities
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Delivery of the attraction, recruitment, selection and onboarding of graduate and intern talent into the business. This will cover our school leaver, graduate, internship and work experience hires.
Recruitment & Selection
- Working alongside a Recruiter to deliver the day-to-day recruitment process;
- Stakeholder management across various service lines;
- Responsibility for managing the recruitment inbox;
- Review and develop the selection process at all stages;
- Screening all applications and managing all correspondence with candidates;
- Issuing and reviewing screening assessments;
- Managing a candidate database and applicant tracking system to monitor all candidates in process;
- Conduct initial competency-based interviews with candidates and include detailed interview feedback;
- Plan and lead assessment centres, including diary management for key stakeholders, scheduling of rooms and other logistics, leading round table discussions following interviews and agreeing final decisions on each candidate;
- Making offers to candidates including contract issuance and monitoring of acceptances
- Delivery of timely and efficient onboarding and pre-employment checks;
- Providing feedback to unsuccessful candidates;
- Responsibility for inducting all junior hires into the business with support from the wider HR team;
- First point of contact for new hires as they settle in.
Attraction/Marketing
- Developing relationships with key schools and universities and being flexible for attending job fairs;
- Develop exciting marketing collateral to attract the best candidates;
- Develop and create innovative sourcing strategies;
- Developing the selection process to ensure it is market leading and selects the best candidates for the Firm.
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Generalist HR duties
- Support all process efficiency projects including the drive for increased use of technology.
- Support HR data requirements, including data collation and review, reporting, data analysis and creation of people metric packs.
- Support wider Recruitment team with ad hoc matters as well as supporting the HR Directors on People Initiatives firmwide. These can include reward, L&D, cultural change and performance management initiatives.
- Other ad hoc activities as required.
Person Specification
Skills, Experience And Qualifications
- Proven Early Careers experience including attraction, recruitment & selection, ideally within an accounting or professional services environment;
- Some experience in dealing with basic HR / ER matters;
- Proven skills in developing relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
- Excellent relationship management skills, with the ability to command respect at all levels
- Proactive and ability to work independently
- Excellent team working skills, with proven ability to support other team members as required
- Sound professional judgement
- Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills and attention to detail
- Ability to take responsibility and ownership for all aspects of the role
- Proven solution-oriented approach
- Able to cope with the pressure of high and varying work loads
- Flexible in approach to work
- Excel - ability to use basic commands for data analysis and pivot tables
- Microsoft Word
- PowerPoint – some experience desirable
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