Talent Acquisition Manager (North East/North West)

Great candidate attraction starts with the ‘What’s in it for me’. So probably best we practice what we preach, mentor, coach and teach.

Why apply to be a TA Manager at Oasis?

• You’ll be joining a TA function that is consulted, appreciated and involved at every aspect and level of recruitment within our academies and central office.
• You’ll be given authority to innovate, think differently and to experiment to deliver an exceptional service to our stakeholders. All with the supportive back-up of a great team.
• You’ll help build and deliver a Talent Acquisition function that is best in class and recognised for it. Want to win an award?  Lets stick it on the agenda.
• You’ll be challenged to expand your experience into new emerging TA technologies and strategies – continually.
• You’ll get to bring your specific expertise to the table to share with others in a brand new team – Social engagement, Early careers, Employer Brand, ATS expertise, Ad copy creation – what is YOUR piece de resistance?

You’ll have fun, learn, expand your CV and become an even more renowned expert in your field.

Talent Acquisition done right is game-changing for organisations and life-changing for candidates. With the right strategies, considered tactics and well executed campaigns bland recruitment can be transformational and can revolutionise the way an organisation attracts and hires new talent. We shall give you the tools to deliver your own ideas and teach you new ways of working to make this ambition a day to day reality.

What else?

As well as the opportunity to learn and to knowledge share in a collaborative forward-thinking team you will get:

• A competitive salary and package
• Access to our well thought out and relevant benefits portal - aligned to your lifestyle preferences
• A really generous pension contribution
• Significant investment in personal learning and development
• A supportive and highly engaged culture
• A group of charities offering potential for varied career progression
• Flexible working arrangements.

What’s the job:

Oasis is a charitable Trust of 53 schools located in some of the most challenged and deprived areas of England. Our overall vision for every part of the Oasis trust is for community. A place where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their absolute potential. As well as delivering first-class, innovative education, we seek to build a ‘Hub’ in each of the areas where we work; creating safe and inspiring local neighbourhoods that provide integrated and diverse services to benefit the whole person and whole community.

This makes us unique in our field and gives the Talent Acquisition team some real differentiators with which to go to market. Our job is to leverage that difference and to make Oasis stand out as the employer within a very congested and challenging education sector. We do this by:

Partnering closely with our cohort of academies in region to

• Build compelling campaigns – ones that really stand out brilliantly
• Write inspiring advertising copy and supporting content – to engage and inspire new applications
• Access and utilise a wide range of local and national channels to target the very best talent – from job boards to colleges to community hubs
• Think differently about our routes and strategies to market  - be disruptive
• Develop effective, well managed third-party relationships - agencies, job boards, communities
• Build relevant and engaged talent pools – in all disciplines
• Get the best performance out of our systems and tools  - ATS, CRM, HRIS
• Share best practice interview techniques with our customer audiences – and be prepared to do FTF training
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience – every time
• Measure ourselves against relevant and useful metrics that support our work and showcase our achievements – and come up with new ways to prove impact

You will need to demonstrate:

• A track record in end-to-end Talent Acquisition (ideally with some education sector experience)
• Experience of high-volume, short-turnaround campaigns including planning, creatives and channel selection
• Direct search experience using tools including LinkedIn Recruiter
• Experience using and configuring/refining ATS’s
• Highly creative writing skills for ad copy and supporting content
• A willingness to suggest and try new approaches and to learn from results
• An unshakeable belief in the power of teamworking and the need to knowledge share
• Expertise in one of: Employer Brand, Early Careers, Talent Pooling, Applicant Tracking Systems, Recruitment Marketing, Social media for Recruitment,

And personally – you will be adaptable, up for change, highly customer focused, innovative and a little disruptive (positively). And of course, you’ll love being at the centre of things.

You'll be based 'in region and prepared to travel up to three days a week to your local academies (expensed) that totals 18 across the North East/North west Region - where you will build amazing relationships as their TA subject matter expert. 

If this sounds like your sort of rodeo (and it isn’t your first one) – please get in touch and tell us why we would be foolish to overlook your brilliance and potential contribution.

Complete the application form linked to this advert (yes we shall be changing the process when the ATS is in place in Quarter 1 2025 - and make sure you use the space available to highlight the areas in which you excel.)