Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor at BBC World Service

Job Introduction

BBC News is the world’s most trusted news provider, committed to delivering independent and impartial news in an increasingly polarized world. We are embarking on a transformative journey to enhance our global reach, and develop our organisational structure to engage more with Regional audiences. As part of this initiative, we are looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor to play an integral part in helping the business find the right people for the right jobs, to keep the BBC performing at its best.

We are looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor based in Nairobi to join us in recruiting for roles within International News. The successful candidate will thrive off working in a challenging and busy environment, always keeping the candidate and the manager at the central point in all they do to deliver high quality, diverse hires in to the BBC across Public Services.
The Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor will be a trusted partner working in partnership with hiring managers, providing a high quality, expert consultative service to the business. Recruiting roles in accordance with the Inclusive Recruitment Strategy, processes and procedures aligned to the BBC People Plan and business strategy to deliver world-class and diverse employees with the right capability in the right jobs at the right time.
Main Responsibilities

As a Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor, you will deliver a wide variety of recruitment for bands A-F, within International News. The role will expect you to work independently to deliver assigned requisitions but also collaboratively as part of a wider team to manage more complex inclusive Talent Acquisition projects, as well as answering policy/process requests where required.  You will report into the Talent Acquisition Team Lead based in the UK. Where necessary you will also be required to work with Senior Talent Acquisition Business Partners and the wider TA team, from Sourcing to Onboarding to ensure BBC-wide opportunities are realised and value created.

Additionally you will be required to:

• Deliver an exemplary end to end resourcing service for permanent and FTC hiring from role kick-off,  screening and scheduling to closing and onboarding candidates. You’ll bring your personality, relationship building and expertise to help evolve how we deliver recruitment for our stakeholders.
• Work proactively with internal stakeholders to ensure a connected approach, balancing the need to improve the employee experience with commercial reality.
• Ensure inclusive recruitment processes and practices are followed.
• Work closely with Sourcing in an integrated way to drive continuous improvement and process ownership across recruitment and sourcing ensuring a seamless candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Build relationships with and act as the specialist point of contact for recruitment Bands A-F 
• Manage any queries from hiring managers or candidates relating to quality of service.
• Provide clear, timely responses.
• Responsible for escalating issues and queries as deemed necessary and in the appropriate manner.
•  Ensure delivery against service level agreements and KPIs to enhance the reputation of the BBC Talent Acquisition function through excellent service and professionalism.
• Contribute to a culture of service excellence and role-modelling of BBC Values and Behaviours by supporting continuous improvement, bringing insights into the organisation to identify opportunities, risks and priorities. 

Are you the right candidate?

First and foremost we value providing a fantastic recruitment experience for our hiring managers and candidates.

Additionally we’d like you to:

• Bring a track record of hiring top talent in a high-performing team, managing a high workload, either inhouse or agency (or both)
• Operate as a trusted partner across the business and be skilled at leveraging relationships to manage challenging conversations with confidence and empathy.
• Be a natural collaborator, invested in the sharing of ideas to continually develop the team’s operation. We are proud to be ‘One BBC’
• Be confident working autonomously and of managing your own workload through efficient prioritisation .
• Be accomplished working at pace, you’ll be skilled at managing a number of campaigns simultaneously, demonstrating a flexible and adaptable approach.
• Demonstrate tenacity and resilience in challenging situations – recruitment can be a tough gig even when surrounded by lovely people