Talent Acquisition Specialist

Purpose of Role

This role is responsible for managing the end-to-end recruitment process for Principal recruitment, ensuring a seamless experience for both candidates and hiring managers. The role involves collaborating with marketing on recruitment campaigns, directly sourcing and screening candidates, managing agency relationships, and recruitment of Spanish-speaking teachers. It also includes tracking hiring progress, preparing reports, coordinating interviews, and ensuring compliance with safer recruitment practices. Additionally, the role requires supporting strategic talent acquisition projects, leveraging data insights, and aligning recruitment efforts across regions to optimise hiring outcomes and drive the organisation's Referral Programme.

Talent Acquisition Specialist (Academic)

1. Manage non-executive agency relationships in conjunction with the International Talent Manager (ITM).
2. Work with the ITM to understand the job specification and specific qualifications required to create an attractive and robust attraction strategy to attract high calibre Principal candidates and Spanish-speaking teachers.
3. Building and maintaining a continual pipeline of quality Principal and Spanish-speaking teachers through our ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter and other creative sourcing methods.
4. Directly source, screen and share suitable candidates with hiring managers, ensuring safer recruitment practices are in place from the very first interaction.
5. Develop new and innovative approaches to attract and engage with quality candidates using a variety of creative sourcing and networking tools.
6. Proactively drive the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle for candidates using our applicant tracking system, updating recruitment workflows and keeping candidates warm.
7. Conduct initial screening calls with prospective candidates via Microsoft Teams.
8. Work with the ITM to plan, organise and deliver the Recruitment Events.
9. Collaborate with the ITM on implementing employer branding for Recruitment Fairs.
10. Collaborate with marketing on weekly social media posts for current hot roles.
11. Provide weekly reports of all academic hiring.
12. Take briefings with the ITM for all Principal and Spanish Academic Roles.
13. Create, share and deliver on a hiring proposal for each Principal role, to include timelines for the first batch of CVs to be sent, hiring manager feedback, and interview dates.
14. Update shared live tracker for each role with hiring manager, ITM and Head of Global TA.
15. Manage candidate rejections and feedback.
16. Support Global Head of TA on Strategic Projects.
17. Adopt a data-driven approach to hiring – utilising LI Talent Insights.
18. Join weekly meetings with Regional Recruitment Managers/Heads of HR, aligning hiring strategy and offering support where needed.
19. Manage LinkedIn promoted job slots for academic roles, prioritising critical roles across the group.
20. Ensure all hiring managers have completed safer recruitment training and at least one interviewer has an up-to-date certificate.
21. Keep hiring managers and candidates updated throughout the interview process to ensure a seamless experience for both.
22. Proactively drive the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle for candidates using our applicant tracking system.
23. Coordinate interviews for hiring managers, ITM and the Head of Global TA, stepping in as an interviewer where required.
24. Being an integral part of the Talent Team and assisting where necessary with ad hoc tasks including but not limited to academic recruitment.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

1. Minimum of 5 years recruiting experience.
2. Proficient in the use of LinkedIn Recruiter, particularly to headhunt talent.
3. End-to-end recruitment experience including high volume activity & tight deadlines.
4. Demonstrable experience in coordination and diary management, time management and organisation skills.
5. Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to effectively interact and collaborate with Regional Teams, School Senior Leadership Teams and colleagues to establish trust, respect and confidence.
6. Experience in K-12 International Education.
7. Bilingual in English and Spanish.
8. Experience with employment branding, innovative sourcing strategies, and building a robust pipeline of diverse talent desirable.
9. Self-motivated, enthusiastic and flexible with a positive approach to both work and mindset.
10. A keen eye for detail.
11. Working knowledge of ATS/CRMs.

ISP Commitment to Safeguarding Principles

ISP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All postholders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and satisfactory Criminal Background Checks or equivalent covering the previous 10 years’ employment history.

ISP Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

ISP is committed to strengthening our inclusive culture by identifying, hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing teammates regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender expression, age, disability status, neurodivergence, socio-economic background or other demographic characteristics. Candidates who share our vision and principles and are interested in contributing to the success of ISP through this role are strongly encouraged to apply.