Why this role stands out
This leadership role at HRtechX offers an exciting opportunity to shape talent acquisition and development within a leading HRtech community, fostering significant career growth. You'll thrive here if you're a driven, people-oriented leader excited by rapid growth and the chance to make a substantial impact. Apply now to join this entrepreneurial team and help build the future of HR!
Quick overview
Job description
Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, where you gain a tremendous amount of responsibility? Do you want to be part of an exceptional entrepreneurial team with motivated and extremely driven people? And are you curious or passionate about people? If so, you might be our next Head of Talent.
About us
HRtechX is a world leading HRtech community, connecting industry executives, entrepreneurs and professionals. We are a start-up on a growth journey who help leaders evolve and create stronger businesses through people and technology. We aim to address the challenges and opportunities for HR and HR Tech. We bring together the most influential executives, investors, and entrepreneurs to share their insights on how technology will shape the future of HR, as well as forge long lasting partnerships and client relationships.
HRtechX is part of United Media (https://www.united-media.com/) which focuses on building large scale industry media and conferences products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc.
What we offer you
As our Head of Talent, you get the unique opportunity to be a key player in building the greatest brand within Insurtech. By providing you with the ownership of our recruiting, we want to constantly push you out of your comfort zone ensuring you become an expert. You’ll be working out of our HQ in London and to ensure a never-ending growth curve, we provide you with:
- An opportunity for getting operational experience in a start-up where both your work and the results are highly tangible and matters to the business
- A chance to work closely together with the CEO on our recruiting strategy
- Unlimited growth potential in our company - we strongly believe in and have a track record of promoting internally
Watch this video with our founder to learn more about our thoughts on recruiting.
Your Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will vary; however, some of them will be to:
- Take ownership of all aspects of the recruitment process, including; role profiling, candidate sourcing, CV screening, assessment planning, creating interview scripts and conducting interviews
- Build a strong employer brand and attracting both the obvious talents (what we call shouting talents) as well as the more covert talents (what we call whispering talents)
- Own the execution of further developing and automating our recruiting processes
- Improve our onboarding process in close collaboration with management
What we expect from you
We expect that you take ownership of everything you do, are proactive and follow through on commitments. You possess an unparalleled work ethic with a high sense of urgency. You have a relentless drive and desire to be the very best at what you do. Moreover, you are humble and you share our passion for building and executing new businesses. While we have no preferences as to whether you have a background in HR, marketing, sales, or something completely different, we expect that you have an innate desire to get to know other people and learn, develop, and push yourself. If need be, we will teach you everything you need to know about recruiting. We do expect you to:
- Work experience with outstanding performance
- Have an UK work permit
- Be curious about and have a genuine and deep passion for working with and understanding people
- Want to spend your day speaking with people ranging from students to executives
- Have a natural ability to make people feel comfortable around you
Startdate
Flexible
Monday - Friday we work from our office (next to Victoria Station) and do not offer remote work.
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