Job Information
Jacobs Craft Resource Coordinator in Reading, United Kingdom
Your Impact:
People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.
We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.
About the Opportunity
At Jacobs, our people are the most important resource. We’re looking for a highly skilled recruiter to join our Craft team and help us find the right people for the right roles. The ideal candidate will have experience in recruitment from the Craft industry and have an understanding of all heavy industrial craft trades, along with deep knowledge of the screening, interviewing, and hiring processes working on a major framework in the Reading area.
The role will also include working alongside the Construction team supporting the distribution of the workforce onto projects, supporting the build of the demand plan and ensuring targets are met.
Objectives of this role:
Work closely with managers to gain a comprehensive understanding of the company’s hiring needs for every role, and to meet competitive hiring goals and expectations.
Manage the full recruiting lifecycle across a variety of open roles, helping managers find, hire, and retain quality candidates.
Foster high-touch relationships using a database of qualified candidates to choose from when positions become open.
Partner with recruiting team and senior managers to design, refine, and implement innovative recruitment strategies.
Remain active with job boards, social networks, and platforms for finding quality candidates, and create and post job descriptions and announcements.
Responsibilities:
Develop relationships with managers to build awareness of their departments, hiring needs, and job specifications.
Write and post job descriptions on relevant platforms, especially social media.
Utilize knowledge of multiple recruiting sources and execute innovative strategies to find quality candidates and prospect for new business.
Screen resumes and CVs and manage job candidates throughout hiring process, from interview preparation to final-offer negotiation.
Maintain database of candidate records, including active and passive prospects, hired and fired employees, and other designations.
Here’s what you’ll need :
Experience in recruitment or human resources with exceptional communication, interpersonal, and decision-making skills.
Advanced knowledge of productivity software, database management, and internet search methods.
Familiarity with job boards and computer systems designed specifically for recruitment.
Proven success in conducting interviews using various methods (phone, video, email, in-person).
Experience in developing recruitment strategy.
Desire to grow professionally with networking and ongoing training opportunities.
Be able to obtain security clearance.
Our Culture
Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs. (https://careers.jacobs.com/life-at-jacobs/)
We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here. (https://www.jacobs.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity?_ga=2.1062705.1096535124.1626879887-1704311048.1575562676)
Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role
If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team (https://www.jacobs.com/contact/careers2) .
Your application experience is important to us and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know. (https://www.jacobs.com/contact/careers2)
Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.