Emerging Talent Advisor

Job Title: Emerging Talent Advisor

Department: People Function

Location: Edinburgh / Glasgow

Contract Type: Perm

Reporting to: Lorna Williamson

The Role

Contribute to the Group-wide agenda for Emerging Talent within the People Function, working with colleagues and stakeholders across the business to develop and deliver innovative programmes and structures to engage and develop across the early career and career changer stages.

Outcomes of the Role

• Deliver outreach and recruitment activity for pipeline programmes such as work experience, insight days and internships.
• Work collaboratively with the Emerging Talent Business Partner and Talent Acquisition colleagues to recruit emerging talent.
• Facilitation of selection processes and assessment centres.
• Own and deliver early career attraction activity such as Virtual Insight Days.
• Champion D&I within the emerging talent internally and externally, working closely with colleagues to drive combined D&I/Emerging Talent agendas forward.
• Support a high-quality candidate experience and own the “keep warm” activity and onboarding process for all early career employee and pipeline programmes.
• Build relationships and form alliances with external partners including training and apprenticeship providers, early talent attraction partners, universities, schools, and other appropriate networks.
• Support the planning and delivery of key development activity in the emerging talent calendar such as graduate and apprenticeship induction, rotations, training and exam pathways.
• Delivery of training as part of the graduate and apprentice academy programmes as required.
• Brief and support business stakeholders including acting line managers and Area Heads on processes relating to emerging talent.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Confident and engaging presenter, willing to present to various audiences from school-age pupils and graduates through to internal stakeholders.
• Strong people skills with the ability to build rapport and influence stakeholders at all levels as a trusted advisor and SME.
• Up to date knowledge of the student employer market, processes and best practice.
• Understanding of regulatory structure for apprenticeship funding and design options
• Learning design for programmes and career support initiatives including evolving learning technology
• Able to work well as part of a team, and confidently on own initiative.
• Familiarity or knowledge of industry professional qualifications desirable.
• Willingness to travel throughout the UK as required
• Track record of successfully supporting innovative Emerging Talent programmes
• Experience of engaging with and presenting to school and university students
• Experience of or exposure to delivering graduate and apprenticeship programmes and utilising apprenticeship levy
• Experience in financial or professional services desirable.