Junior Sourcer

Junior Sourcer

London/ Hybrid

The Talent Acquisition Team

You will join a dynamic team of Talent Acquisition professionals who are dedicated to attracting and hiring top talent that drives the success of our organisation. We are committed to providing an exceptional candidate and stakeholder experience.

The role: You will support the Talent Acquisition team attract and source the top talent to enable future success of News UK and its brands. You will work across all areas of the business. Manage the advertising and promotion of roles, identifying talent and support throughout the recruitment process.

Day to day you will:

• Maintain our applicant tracking system, making necessary updates and ensuring best practice is maintained.
• Manage recruitment team mailbox and general enquiries.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition partners to identify and attract suitable candidates through direct sourcing methods.
• Understand hiring requirements to support team in sourcing and screening applicants.
• Deliver accurate and timely data reporting.
• Collate interview feedback from managers and candidates.
• Support with all advertising of vacancies, including drafting job adverts in line with best practice.
• Assisting with content for social media, website and internal microsite.
• Create and maintain talent pools to ensure a pipeline of diverse and qualified candidates.

What we’re looking for from you:

This role offers lots of opportunity to learn but some experience in Talent Acquisition coordination/ sourcing might be beneficial. You also have:

• An inquisitive and curious nature.
• Excellent communication for speaking with prospective candidates, hiring managers and members of the HR team.
• Excellent written communication skills for editing job descriptions, creating presentations and other documents.
• Strong administration and organisational skill for juggling a variety of projects.
• Adept at basic reporting and working with data.
• Previous customer/ client service experience.

If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We recognise that considering someone’s potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire.

We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.

Application Process:

Telephone Interview > First Stage Interview > Second Stage Interview

As part of the application process we ask you share your CV and give a short answer on:

-What interests you in this position and working for News UK?

-Describe a time when you have improved a process at work?

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you to apply for any of our roles please contact us on [email protected].