Oasis Community Learning
Talent Acquisition Manager
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Talent Acquisition Manager, London & South East Region
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Why apply to be a Talent Acquisition Manager at Oasis Community Learning?
Our purpose: We’re an inclusive employer with a deep commitment to our purpose, so this opportunity will suit someone who’s genuinely interested in what we do. OCL is one of the UK’s largest multi-academy trusts. We’re passionate in our belief that all children, regardless of background, deserve access to a high quality, holistic education to help them reach their full potential. So, if you’re someone who’s up for a challenge and want greater personal and professional fulfilment in your working life, then OCL could be the place for you.
Scope to impact: Having established our TA team less than 12 months ago we’ve already taken great strides to delivering a more proactive, effective, customer and quality orientated service to the 56 academies and central service teams we support. But there’s still much to do, and the education sector is quite unique. So, it may take a little time, but this is a chance to be part of a wonderful team that’s serious about customer service and continuously improving our delivery.
Get close to your stakeholders: Building effective relationships with academy and central function leadership is critical to success in this role. There is a significant opportunity to play a positive and influential role with a community that places a high priority on hiring ‘right’, so it’s important to get to know them. You’ll ‘own’ the end-to-end delivery of recruitment, offering advice and giving hands on support.
Personal accountability and team collaboration: You’ll operate with a high level of independence to support your designated region and central functions and also collaborate closely with a motivated team. You’ll be empowered to manage your workload and deliver the best outcomes, but able to plug into a supportive TA team and broader network colleagues as well. You’ll also be able to collaborate or lead on project work. We operate hybrid working arrangements, so you’ll mix working in Head Office and visiting school sites in your region.
It’s a rewarding future: we offer a competitive salary and package including a very generous pension contribution. We actively invest in personal learning and development, and within OCL and the wider Oasis Group, we can offer broad, meaningful career opportunities. Above and beyond the core delivery of day to day hiring, you’ll also get the chance to lead or be part of improvement projects as we look to continually develop our service provision.
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What are we looking for in you?
We’re looking for a committed, resilient, results orientated and rounded recruiter, someone able to show the determination to go the extra mile to deliver for their stakeholders. You’ll be adaptable to hire to different types of roles and build effective relationships with different types of stakeholders. You’ll be able to show a proactive and pragmatic approach to your work, enjoying situations which are not always simple or straightforward, requiring a bit more patience, attention to detail, and at times, ingenuity.
Key features in your professional background will include:
- A strong track record in managing end-to-end Talent Acquisition, supporting hiring managers from role inception, planning and executing hiring campaigns, through to successful onboarding.
- Experience of managing a wide variety of roles, including leadership level hiring.
- Proven ability to cultivate effective stakeholder relationships, overcoming challenges, influencing outcomes, and producing great customer outcomes.
- Experience within the education sector is advantageous, but operating in a sector with equivalent rigour around enhanced screening (e.g. Safeguarding, Security Clearance etc) would also be relevant.
- Direct resourcing experience using tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter.
- An evident disposition towards continuous improvement, from curiosity in the use of technology in recruitment, to a willingness to try new approaches and share knowledge.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including writing effective ad copy and effective use of social media in recruitment.
- Well organised and adaptable, able to operate with a high degree of autonomy, whilst also making an active and positive contribution to the team.
About the role:
In this role you’ll manage end to end recruitment for leadership roles in primary and secondary academies in the London & South East area, as well taking responsibility for central functions including IT, Marketing, Communications and Strategic Projects.
Your key duties will include:
- Determine and execute effective candidate attraction campaigns, from writing inspiring advertising copy, initiating engaging social media campaigns, or selecting appropriate media channels.
- Develop effective, well managed third-party relationships - agencies, job boards, communities.
- Proactively sourcing talent and building relevant and engaged talent pools – in all disciplines.
- Making best use of available systems and tools - ATS, CRM, HRIS, LI Recruiter
- Coordinate and participate in assessment events, and provide advice, guidance and training on selection and assessment techniques with our customer audiences.
- Manage all stakeholders proactively and effectively throughout the recruitment cycle, ranging from Academy Principals, Regional Directors, Departmental Heads, local academy operations/HR teams and candidates.
- Make effective use of technology, data and metrics to manage workflow, including reporting on progress and campaign results.
- Contribute to TA/HR improvement projects as required.
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About Oasis Community Learning
Oasis is a charitable Trust of 56 schools located in some of the most challenged and deprived areas of England. Our overall vision for every part of the Oasis trust is for community. A place where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their absolute potential. As well as delivering first-class, innovative education, we seek to build a ‘Hub’ in each of the areas where we work; creating safe and inspiring local neighbourhoods that provide integrated and diverse services to benefit the whole person and whole community.
This makes us unique in our field and gives the Talent Acquisition team some real differentiators with which to go to market. Our job is to leverage that difference and to make Oasis stand out as the employer of choice within a very congested and challenging education sector.
Would you like to join us on our mission?
Practicalities
Salary guide: c. £47-50,00 (location dependent)
Benefits include: healthcare cash plan (employee funded); local government pension scheme; salary sacrifice hybrid car & cycle to work schemes; dental health cover (employee funded); discount platform, gym discounts, 26 days holiday (+ bank holidays)
Location: Hybrid 2-3 days on-site with a base location in London (Waterloo area)
Pre-employment screening: please note we have some specific requirements to adhere to our safeguarding commitments so those selected for an interview will also be required to complete an application form (this will be provided) and our pre-employment screening process for the successful candidate will also include an enhanced DBS check.
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