Talent Acquisition Lead

Description:

Talent Acquisition Lead – Dublin

Here at Aviva Ireland, we are excited to announce a permanent, senior opportunity to join our wider People function in a brand-new role as a Talent Acquisition Lead. The chosen post-holder will be accountable for developing and executing recruitment strategies to support our business requirements, collaborating with our RPO partner and having responsibility for oversight of their service delivery. Therefore, it is a key requirement that you can demonstrate both expert talent acquisition experience within the Financial Services sector, plus prior knowledge of working with (or for) an RPO provider.

Aviva introduced “smart-working” in 2020 and encourage flexible working; however, the successful post-holder will need to be based a commutable distance from our offices in Cherrywood, Dublin (expectation is to go into this office c. 3 times a week).

Duties & Responsibilities

• Execute the recruitment and talent acquisition strategy for Aviva Ireland, alongside acting as counsel on matters relating to recruitment and talent acquisition, advising, and influencing senior stakeholders

• Lead our Talent Acquisition function, ensuring both in-house processes are suitable, as well as managing key relationships with our RPO partner. This needs to include streamlining processes and working to agreed budgets to source the very best talent efficiently and effectively

• Works with Leaders across the business to develop their hiring capability, utilising the Group’s Licence to Hire training and interview toolkit

• Lead on our Diversity & Inclusion strategy, drawing support from across the People function to deliver this successfully

• Provide market insights and data to continuously improve the talent management and acquisition agenda

• Input to, and support, the organisation’s talent and succession plan

• Create localised plans to support development of agreed key competency talent pools and shape internal moves, to develop competence of agreed talent pools

• Ensure activity is efficient, cost effective, fit for purpose, meets the unique needs of the business, and supports achievement of Aviva’s global strategy & plans

• Work with the Heads of HR and Group Centres to ensure ongoing alignment with the Global People function strategy

• Prior work experience within a Senior Talent Acquisition / Recruitment role, with previous industry exposure within Financial Services (ideally Insurance)

• Excellent senior stakeholder skills, with the ability to offer a consultative approach when advising and guiding leaders on recruitment strategies

• Previous exposure to working with / overseeing the service from an RPO provider – this can either be directly whilst working within an RPO business yourself, or from an in-house perspective

• Experience managing a Talent Acquisition / Recruitment function successfully for a large, matrix organisation (i.e., both local, and group wide, experience)

• Ability to manage relationships with recruitment partners, ensuring that service is delivered in a timely, effective and efficient way

• Data savvy mindset i.e., the skillset to utilise the right insights to ensure successful recruitment practices and ideas

• Experience managing D&I processes from a recruitment perspective

• A competitive salary depending on location, skills, experience and qualifications

• Generous defined contribution pension scheme

• Annual performance related bonus and pay review

• Holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products through “My Aviva Extras” plus discounts for Friends and Family (some exclusions apply)

• Excellent range of flexible benefits to include a matching share save scheme