Recruiter - Head Office - 6 month fixed term contract

We have a fantastic opportunity within our Head Office recruitment team in Welwyn Garden City for an individual looking to join a big brand and who has experience recruiting into a Head Office environment.  The Head Office resourcing team are responsible for recruiting great talent into specialist departments including Finance, HR, Marketing, Supply Chain, Distribution, Change, Property, Legal, Procurement, etc.  We are ideally looking for someone who has experience of recruiting within one or more of these disciplines.

Here in the Tesco recruitment team, we play a significant role in the development and success of our business - our world is fast paced and demanding, but hugely rewarding.  We are also one of the largest in-house recruitment teams in the UK, so if you love recruitment and are passionate about your career, there are endless opportunities to develop and progress here.

• Attract and hire great talent for Tesco Head Office through full end to end recruitment, with a focus on direct sourcing.
• Successfully deliver large scale recruitment activity within tight timeframes for specialist roles ranging from circa £25k to £120k salaries.
• Build excellent relationships with our hiring manager and HR community, to fully understand requirements, keep them up to date on progress and provide a first class end to end service.
• Apply expertise and insight to inform recruitment plans and hiring decisions, providing a consultative approach and guiding hiring managers throughout.
• Define and promote a positive Employer Brand through networking, Social Media, events and other means.
• Use social and professional media platforms to attract passive and active candidates, build talent pools and candidate pipelines to service future hiring needs of the business.

• Strong expertise in the 360 recruitment delivery cycle, with the ability to influence and consult at all stages of the process.
• Substantial recruitment experience ideally covering one or more Head Office discipline i.e. Finance, HR, Supply Chain, Legal etc.
• Excellent professional media skills and proficient in using platforms such as LinkedIn and Indeed to identify great talent.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, ensuring all stakeholders and hiring managers are kept well informed of project progress.
• Niche talent “mining” skills, the ability to use boolean and x-ray search strings to find prospective candidates in less than obvious places.
• Very comfortable using Excel and cloud based Applicant Tracking Systems and using the systems to deliver insight and analytics to the business.

• An annual bonus scheme which you can achieve up to 3.5% of base salary
• Colleague Clubcard (including a 2nd card for a family member) after 6 months service with 10% off most purchases at Tesco
• Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day
• A retirement savings plan - 4%-7.5% contribution rate
• Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay 
• Buy As You Earn Scheme
• Save As You Earn Scheme
• Deals & Discounts through Tesco including Tesco Mobile & Tesco Bank
• Deals and Discounts through many other external businesses