At AstraZeneca, we turn ideas into life-changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big, and collaborating to make the impossible a reality. We are passionate about the potential of science to address the unmet needs of patients around the world. We commit to those areas where we believe we can really change the course of medicine and bring groundbreaking new ideas to life.
As a Talent Acquisition Partner, you will be supporting hiring within our R&D division, focused on the UK organisation. AstraZeneca's R&D team is at the forefront of scientific innovation, and there are countless new discoveries and groundbreaking projects in our pipeline. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring we are hiring the best talent to channel our scientific capabilities to make a positive impact on changing patients' lives.
What You'll Do: You will be responsible for developing and implementing Talent Acquisition strategies in partnership with the Human Resources Business Partners, Global Talent Acquisition Leads, Senior Business Leaders, and Hiring Managers to identify and fill vacancies with dedicated individuals with the right capability and skills in a timely and cost-efficient manner. Your role will involve proactive activity anticipating talent needs, developing and implementing sourcing plans, screening, interviewing, pre-selecting, offer management, and managing the hiring administration process.
Typical Accountabilities: Developing strong partnerships with hiring managers and candidates, building a bench of people to meet both current and anticipated business needs.Developing and managing recruitment services delivery, both personally and through vendors, against delivery of key Time, Cost, and Quality targets and metrics.Proactively building and developing relationships with Hiring Managers, HR Business Partners, and other colleagues - providing consultation, project management, and service delivery.Ensuring assigned recruitment services are following Global Recruitment and country policies/guidelines.Managing 3rd party providers to required procurement and policy standards.Capturing and analysing feedback from various sources for continuous improvement.Participating in all activities in the recruitment life cycle including sourcing planning, screening, interviewing, pre-selecting, offer management, hiring, and onboarding.Educating business clients in the use of interviewing approaches, recommending resources and techniques for interviewing, assessing, and evaluating applicants.Working with continuous improvements to ensure that the way of working remains fit for purpose and exploiting new ways of working and lean methodology to ensure a great candidate and hiring manager experience.Appropriately challenging the recruitment process to ensure hiring activities have the appropriate priority and to select the top candidate considering a mix of skills, abilities, potential, and diversity.Advising clients about recruitment responsibilities, legal requirements, and appropriate candidate management techniques; providing resources and tools as needed to educate and enhance the skills of individuals involved in the hiring processes.Essential Requirements: Solid experience in full lifecycle recruitment services.Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.Expert level experience in assessing candidates to meet and exceed business goals, providing recommendations to hiring managers in a credible and balanced manner.Expert in identifying and securing passive candidates via various 'direct' channels – Social Media; LinkedIn etc., networking, market mapping, careers fairs, industry events, etc.Advanced communication, presentation, and project management skills with the ability to persuade, influence, and advise effectively.Advanced Stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.Comprehensive knowledge of government regulations regarding employment topics.Highly competent IT skills, including all Microsoft Office applications, spreadsheets, databases, reports, and able to produce meaningful information to management using quality data.Desirable Requirements: Master's degree or equivalent experience, recruiting or HR certificationsExperience recruiting in R&D space (i.e., Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Drug Safety, etc.) and/or Pharmaceutical or Biotech industries.
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