Talent Acquisition Advisor

The Talent Acquisition Advisor will be responsible for supporting the Talent Acquisition Partner (TAP) to deliver an effective and inclusive recruitment process with a key focus on candidate experience and sourcing of candidates for Costain’s growing Defence and Nuclear Energy sector.

TA Co-ordination responsibility:

Support the Talent Acquisition Partner and hiring managers to ensure that the talent acquisition process is delivered in a professional, timely and accurate way. 

This includes but is not restricted to:

• Vacancy request processing
• Cv formatting
• Interview arranging and subsequent admin
• RTW checks
• Offers 
• Identify other ways to promote the resourcing process and service offered through weekly/bi-weekly project update meetings. 
• Ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the process

Sourcing:

• Work in partnership with the Talent Acquisition Partner to identify current and future candidates for active vacancies. Use all advertising channels and platforms to increase visibility of Costain D&NE opportunities to the widest possible network.
• Build a strong Candidate pipeline for future opportunities
• Adopt a collaborative way of working with the Talent Acquisition team and share best practice, new ways of working and maximise candidate opportunities by understanding open and future requirements across the Sector
• Offer and Onboarding co-ordination:
  Work in partnership with the on-boarding team and the hiring manager to co-ordinate the offer process to ensure candidates get accurate and attractive offers quickly.
• Stay in regular contact with candidates and managers throughout the process to ensure an excellent candidate experience 

Leverage technology: 

• Ensure all relevant technology is fully utilised, and embrace new functionality
• Ensure all information is accurately reflected in Oracle so source information is accurately recorded and reported on.

Diversity & Inclusion:

• Be a role model in ED&I within the TA team, the wider people team and business area.
• Actively seek opportunities to target a more diverse applicant pool, utilising tools and resources available.

Behaviours and Values:

• Responsibility for working in accordance with the Costain Way 
• Maintaining and developing personal understanding of the Costain Behaviours and Values
• Being strong ambassadors for Talent Acquisition and Costain.

• Experience with Oracle is desirable, but not essential
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft packages (Word, excel, PowerPoint)
• Strong Resourcing experience is desirable
• Appetite for learning, personal growth, and development within the field of Talent Acquisition
• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Ability to prioritise and operate with sense of urgency and pace, managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently and proactively; demonstrates initiative - a self-starter who raises their hand for new opportunities
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a true customer service orientation, internal and external

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