Talent Acquisition Lead

About You

Are you a highly motivated recruitment professional looking to leverage your experience into a more valuable career? Would you like to be part of an exciting, ambitious business, with a competitive salary and great working culture? Prescient is looking for an experienced in-house or agency recruiter as UK Talent Acquisition Lead based in our London office. Do you have:

• A successful track record of leading recruitment from an in-house or RPO environment?
• Significant knowledge of the recruitment industry with a breadth of experience across both practical and theoretical delivery of direct sourcing strategies?
• The ability to source top talent at all levels in the life sciences, biopharma consulting space?
• The desire to work in a rapidly evolving environment where changes of priority and focus are commonplace?

If so, consider turning your expertise into a valuable career at Prescient.

About Prescient Business Operations

Our Prescient Business Operations team manages the day-to-day operations of our business, so it runs as efficiently as possible. It supports our client-facing consultants and enables our group of businesses to continue to scale and grow. From finance and people processes to IT infrastructure, it ensures that Prescient has the necessary elements in the right place at the right time to enable our people to provide excellence to our clients.

At Prescient, talent is a key operating priority and our People, Performance & Culture group is at the core of that philosophy. We connect talented individuals from all over the world to opportunities at Prescient, while creating a best-in-class organization that drives a healthy, high-performing company and a transformative experience for all employees. We take great pride in our Prescient culture. It is the common heartbeat of our organization. It creates a sense of belonging, defines who we are and directs what we aspire to be. Our culture is created by putting people first in a diverse and inclusive work environment where you can be your authentic self.

About the Opportunity

As a Talent Acquisition Lead, your time will be divided as follows

• UK-based recruitment: 60%
• Talent attraction and employer brand: 20%
• Planning, monitoring and reporting: 10%
• Evaluation and continual improvement: 5%
• Compliance/general administration: 5%

 Reporting: You will report to the UK HR Lead and be matrixed to the Global Head of People.

Time Allocation: 90% of your time will be spent in office, with 10% in domestic travel (for campus recruitment).

Key Responsibilities

Talent Attraction and Employer Brand

• Utilize both innovative and traditional sourcing techniques in order to build a talent pipeline of active and passive candidates who are engaged with the Prescient Mission and Values, through optimization of a variety of channels. This may include job posting optimization, candidate engagement via social media, job board procurement, digital and non-digital employment marketing, recruitment campaign planning, partnerships with organizations/educational institutions, attending events/careers fairs and networking where appropriate, etc.
• Headhunt for candidates as required.
• Assist the Business Leadership and Global Head of People with succession planning where required.

UK-based Recruitment

• Ensure high standards of recruitment throughout the UK business that reflect the Prescient Values and brand, ensuring a positive candidate experience.
• Promote and drive direct external recruitment and referrals. Minimize use of agencies.
• Manage the requisition and approval process and ensure it is followed throughout the UK business.
• Record vacancies and recruitment progress, updating Recruiterbox (ATS) accordingly.
• Collaborate with UK-based hiring managers to design clear job descriptions and person specifications that are detailed and attractive to potential candidates, identifying must-haves and nice-to-haves.
• Manage applicant enquiries internally and externally.
• Manage the UK operations recruitment process and life cycle. Design, plan and execute selection processes (arrange and conduct screening calls and face-to-face interviews, recommend appropriate tests/structure for interview with hiring managers, administer psychometric tests as required, etc.)
• Co-ordinate UK-based recruitment agency activity and be the point of contact. Develop relationships with third-party recruitment agencies.
• Present/confirm offers of employment to selected candidates and negotiate details with them.

Planning, Monitoring and Reporting

• Work with the appropriate UK leadership to forecast staffing needs.
• Devise appropriate metrics and deliver weekly recruitment KPIs/dashboard to the relevant Business leads and Global Head of People, monitoring results and highlighting any trends in relation to number of applicants and hires, diversity mix, etc.
• Conduct competitor benchmarking on talent attraction and recruitment processes.
• Provide recruitment guidance and feedback to UK hiring managers with hiring and employment data.

Evaluation and Continual Improvement

• Improve the UK recruitment process by conducting candidate experience surveys.
• Foster communication and feedback about performance, selection processes and staffing metrics.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the recruitment processes and give feedback that will assist in developing more effective solutions for the future.
• Regularly review the direction and strategy of recruitment with the HR Team and key internal stakeholders.

Compliance/General Administration

• Ensure Prescient is legally compliant in its UK recruitment and selection processes, including proof of right to work in the UK.
• Keep up to date on related legislation.
• Identify, plan and attend appropriate recruitment fairs where relevant.
• Utilize, manage and optimize use of Prescient’s ATS system (Recruiterbox).

Required Experience and Skills

• 5+ years’ experience in a talent acquisition role (or similar).
• Recruitment experience within a multi-site, client-focused business, preferably from a life sciences, pharma or consulting background, or experience as an in-house or agency recruiter with responsibility for looking after a full recruitment process).
• Proven experience of designing recruitment activities and the candidate experience to positively impact employer brand.
• Hands-on experience of sourcing candidates from a variety of channels (LinkedIn and other social media, job boards, events, etc.).
• Experience with HRIS, ATS, sourcing and recruitment marketing tools.
• Up-to-date employment law knowledge in relation to recruitment and selection.

What we offer

• Competitive package and remuneration linked to performance.
• High-growth, entrepreneurial environment where you can create significant business value and forge your own path.
• Platform for accelerated professional development and career growth with significant levels of responsibility and accountability thanks to our business’ flat hierarchical structure.
• Opportunity to recruit extraordinary teams that are driven by personal learning and client impact.

About Prescient Healthcare Group

At Prescient, science is at the core of everything we do. We are a biopharma product and portfolio strategy partner that specializes in turning the science of molecules into optimal patient outcomes and client value. Across therapeutic areas, we help develop winning strategies. When companies partner with us, a molecule in their hands has greater potential for success than the same science in the hands of their competitors.

Founded in 2007, Prescient is a partner with global reach and recognized capabilities, with six offices across three continents. Our team of more than 150 experts works with 22 of the top 25 biopharmaceutical companies, the fastest-growing mid-caps and cutting-edge emerging biotechs, including some of the biggest and most innovative brands. More than 80% of our employees hold advanced degrees, and our teams deliver an impressive depth of therapeutic, clinical and commercial expertise, a wealth of relevant experience and knowledge of best practices and common pitfalls.

Prescient has been a portfolio company of Baird Capital since 2017. For more information, please visit: www.prescienthg.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and fully comply with applicable legislation in all of the geographies in which we operate. Applicants are considered for positions without regard to veteran status, uniformed service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other category protected by applicable national, federal, state or local laws.