Employer Brand and Talent Attraction Assistant Manager

Alternatively, Grant Thornton

At Grant Thornton we do things differently - looking to the future, driving ambitious growth and pioneering positive change in our industry. Providing audit, tax and advisory services, we empower clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. And we empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture and work life balance. A true alternative.

With over 5,000 people in the UK, and a presence in 150 global markets, we're on an ambitious journey, from great to exceptional, and we need the best people to help us achieve our potential. And with that comes the opportunity to help redefine what our industry looks like, and what you want from your career.

Job Description:

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Employer Brand and Talent Attraction Assistant Manager to join our talent and recruitment team. Working closely with the Senior Employer Brand Manager, you’ll play a key role in delivering our strategy and helping us attract exceptional people to Grant Thornton.

We have an exciting story to tell, and our employer brand team works closely with colleagues across Communications, Marketing and Recruitment to make sure we’re sharing the right messages, in the right way, through the right channels.

In this role, you’ll work across all aspects of employer brand, and support both our early careers and experienced hire recruitment campaigns and candidate experience. You’ll help us bring our employee value proposition to life, showcasing what makes us unique to attract the best talent to the firm. And it doesn’t stop at attraction – your work will help embed our high-performance culture and values throughout the entire candidate journey, from first engagement through to onboarding and orientation.

The role will require travel to various offices across the UK and we’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares. We’ll support you to balance your work and life.

A look into the role

As an Employer Brand and Talent Attraction Assistant Manager, your core responsibilities will include:

• Campaign management
  • Support with the development and execution of campaigns that align with our employer brand, positioning the firm externally and internally as an employer of choice. You will also work on specific attraction campaigns including our annual early careers recruitment campaigns and specific service line recruitment.
• Content creation
  • We have so many unique career stories within the firm, and who better to help us attract talent than people who already work here. You’ll need to build relationships across the firm to find the stories that showcase our unique culture and what it’s like to work here, and bring those stories to life across multiple channels.
• Social media strategy
  • You will work closely with our social media team to ensure a regular and diverse stream of content is promoted through our social channels, bringing to life what it means to work at Grant Thornton, working closely with internal comms and I&D and wellbeing teams to align and surface important updates.
• Supporting the candidate journey
  • We need to ensure that the candidate experience reflects our culture and values, from the initial attraction through to the career websites and the onboarding portal. You will help to manage our external and internal careers websites as well as our onboarding portal, ensuring all content is up to date and provides the best user experience.

Knowing you’re right for us

If you’re a naturally inquisitive person and want to help people, tell their stories and position us as employer of choice, this could be a great opportunity for you. The minimum criteria you’ll need is:

• 2 – 3 years’ experience in an employer brand, marketing or a talent attraction role
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
• Stakeholder and relationship management experience
• Analytical skills - using data to make informed decisions on channel choice and messaging

It would be great if you also had some of the following skills – but don’t worry if you don’t, we’ll help you develop along the way:

• Experience in social strategy and content creation
• CMS experience – creating and updating website content
• Any experience in planning and executing photo or video shoots is a bonus

Knowing we’re right for you 

Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone.  Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.

Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.

Beyond the job 

Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.

The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our firm’s values – purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind.

We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be.

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