.Purpose: This is a newly created 12-month role that will support the English Language Learning division in the realization of its growth plans. The role will report to the Director of HR within the English Language Learning Division and have a strong link to both the divisional and geographical peer groups. In this new moment for Pearson as we pivot our business, this is a unique opportunity to help us accelerate growth in ELL and achieve our ambition to deliver revenues of $1bn over the next several years. This role will be important in ensuring that the business workforce planning is aligned throughout this journey and our people recruitment processes are smoothly executed.You will be deeply experienced in driving value and putting the customer at the heart of everything we do.Key Accountabilities:Partner with key stakeholders including senior management to develop recruitment strategies and solutions for critical roles.Identify market trends and best practices to influence business decisions around external talent attraction.Guide Hiring Managers on process and best practice as well as influence hiring decisions.Use data to understand trends in the organization and the external workforce market and proactively propose initiatives that will address the needs of the organization in terms of employer branding and talent attraction.Focus on continuous improvements to increase hiring process efficiency.Understand workforce metrics and recruitment needs and ensure alignment between our job criteria and the workforce market supply.Conduct sourcing and outreach campaigns to proactively promote our openings to qualified talent.Conduct interviews as requested and assist with review, evaluation, and selection of hires.Work with various IT systems/tools to track and report recruitment metrics and status.Promote a culture of partnership, teamwork, innovation and diversity, equity, and inclusion.Participate and champion a highly collaborative, customer-centric, data-driven culture that challenges norms with a bias to action; support diversity & inclusiveness of thoughts, experiences, and approaches to solve issues.Promote DE&I principles in recruitment to increase diverse representation and create an inclusive culture.Support, plan and actively advocate Pearson's diversity goals and initiatives.Competencies:Significant experience in full-lifecycle recruitment (previous experience in executive/corporate recruitment will be highly regarded).Diverse experience gained in either an in-house or agency environment working across various international markets.Great track record with generalist recruiting and good experience in technology-related roles.Keen eye towards TA metrics and data, both to self-manage and to facilitate empirical, data-driven conversations.Exposure to agile working in a global environment.Able to establish and build strong relationships with respective HR Business Partners and key stakeholders including senior leadership
