Resourcing Specialist - 12 month fixed term contract

The Human Resources department provides support and advice to managers and staff on HR and Development matters. Some of our key focus areas include recruiting staff, providing support for team and personal training and development, anticipating future resource needs of the organisation and ensuring that our reward and benefits packages are competitive., We are seeking a Resourcing Specialist on a 12-month fixed-term contract, with previous agency or in-house recruitment expertise, to join our Experienced Hires Resourcing Team and help us manage the anticipated volumes of recruitment in 2025. You'll be responsible for partnering with hiring managers to support their recruitment needs across both permanent and fixed-term roles, ensuring every candidate has a positive experience and hiring managers feel supported and empowered to make great hiring decisions.,

• Partner with hiring managers to facilitate the recruitment process, providing constructive challenge, to help them attract talented individuals to their teams
• Support internal mobility across the firm, ensuring internal talent is explored for all opportunities
• Where required, work with our recruitment suppliers to attract talent to the firm, building strong relationships and reviewing service delivery
• Be proactive in our approach to finding alternative ways of attracting candidates to Baillie Gifford
• Ensure the recruitment process aligns with Baillie Gifford's policies, embedding diversity and inclusion throughout.
• Ensure effective utilisation of technology across the recruitment process and utilise data to provide insight into our recruitment activities
• Analyse relevant data and bring external insight to drive continuous improvement across our recruitment processes
  
  Demonstrable recruitment experience, from an agency or in-house resourcing function
• Evidence of having a proactive approach and being comfortable thinking independently about both today and tomorrow's resourcing challenges
• The ability to provide insight into best practice recruitment approaches and developments across different industries
• The ability to simplify complex problems, processes or projects to effectively deliver change
• Strong influencing skills and the ability to manage stakeholders at all levels
• Data confidence, with the ability to draw insights and identify trends
The type of candidate that we're looking for: You will be comfortable operating with agility, recruiting multiple roles while delivering a high level of service. Used to working at pace, you will thrive in a role that challenges your ability to manage competing priorities. The successful candidate will bring excellent communication and influencing skills and a track record of building authentic, trust-based relationships with stakeholders at all levels. Your background in recruitment, whether agency or in-house, will allow you to quickly build trust and credibility across the firm, and you will strive for excellence in all that you do, displaying impeccable attention to detail. You will be confident when working with data, drawing insights and identifying trends and you'll bring curiosity and creativity to drive continuous improvements across our processes, thinking about how we can do things differently. Critical skills:
• Adaptability
• Nurture relationships
• Systems thinking
• Data literacy
• Improvement mindset
  
  At Baillie Gifford we are committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful culture in which each of our colleagues can thrive and develop. We believe that our clients are best served by a diverse workforce with the experiences, ideas and perspectives that this brings.