Talent Partner

About Faculty

Faculty transforms organisational performance through safe, impactful and human-led AI. 

We are Europe’s leading applied AI company, and saw its potential a decade ago - long before the current hype cycle.

We were founded in 2014 with our Fellowship programme, training academics to become commercial data scientists. 

Today, we provide over 300 global customers with industry-leading software, and bespoke AI consultancy for retail, healthcare, energy, and governmental organisations, as well as our award winning Fellowship. 

Our expertise and safety credentials are such that OpenAI asked us to be their first technical partner, helping customers deploy cutting-edge generative AI safely.

Our high-impact work has saved lives through forecasting NHS demand during covid, produced green energy by routing boats towards the wind, slashed marketing spend by predicting customer spending habits, and kept children safe online. 

AI is an epoch-defining technology. We want people to join us who can help our customers reap its enormous benefits safely.

As a Talent Partner in the People Team, you will be responsible for owning the hiring process from start to finish across all individual contributor and people leader levels within our Central Functions and Central Ops teams, whilst ensuring Faculty attracts and engages with the best talent to meet our hiring and business goals. This role reports directly to our Head of Talent Acquisition.

What you will be doing:

Talent Attraction, Selection and Assessment:

• Create engaging and inclusive recruitment processes including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offers and feedback
• Create interview packs for each role, ensuring the hiring team are clear on objectives and key criteria
• Work predominantly with Central Function teams plus lead fulfilment of contractor requirements across the business
• Sourcing candidates via LinkedIn, referrals, networking and other platforms that might be beneficial 
• Proactively drive diversity and inclusion efforts with Stakeholders and People Leaders
• Build and maintain a network of potential candidates

Ownership

• Focus on delivery of roles with some project work when required - specifically, this role will partner with our Fellowship team and ensure the health and calibre of our wider contractor project
• Scope and distil the data you need to support your work eg. reach out response rates, management of pipeline funnel etc
• Recognise any problems in the hiring process promptly; use your experience to find a suitable solution
• Act as an advisor and true Partner to hiring managers, providing guidance and insights on roles for which they are recruiting

Collaboration and Communication

• Act as the first point of contact for key stakeholders in the recruitment process ie. candidates, hiring managers, People team colleagues and provide advice on recruitment processes and procedures
• Support the wider team in employer branding initiatives by attending meet-ups, conferences and events to amplify Faculty brand where relevant
• Build strong relationships with candidates, ensuring we consistently offer an efficient, transparent and enjoyable candidate experience throughout the hiring process
• Operate as an ambassador for the company, able to clearly articulate our business and culture to candidates at all levels

What we are looking for:

• Some experience in an end-to-end recruitment or talent acquisition role, ideally within an in-house setting and and experience hiring a broad range of technical and commercial roles is preferred
• Experience working with contractors / fixed term contract roles is advantageous
• Experience sourcing directly, effective utilisation of sourcing tools and applicant tracking systems to identify and engage passive, qualified candidates and manage them through the hiring process
• Ability to navigate change and seeks support in an environment where things move quickly
• Excellent written and verbal communication 
• Stakeholder management skills, both in terms of building strong relationships at all levels, and the ability to support and challenge business leaders
• Discipline and regard for confidentiality and legal compliance at all times
• Focus on quality - not just quantity or speed - and commitment to creating an outstanding candidate experience 
• Resilient, with a drive to succeed and motivated by the ability to produce quality outcomes 
• Embraces curiosity and has a problem solving mindset; able to learn about, research and develop creative solutions to sourcing challenges

Please note - we will not be reviewing CVs for this role to week commencing 23rd September due to scheduled leave and time out of office so we will invite relevant candidates to talent screens from this time onwards.

As part of the interview process, you will meet with our Head of Talent Acquisition but also have the chance to meet members of the Talent Acquisition team plus the wider People Team.

What we can offer you:

The Faculty team is diverse and distinctive, and we all come from different personal, professional and organisational backgrounds. We all have one thing in common: we are driven by a deep intellectual curiosity that powers us forward each day.

Faculty is the professional challenge of a lifetime. You’ll be surrounded by an impressive group of brilliant minds working to achieve our collective goals. Our consultants, product developers, business development specialists, operations professionals and more all bring something unique to Faculty, and you’ll learn something new from everyone you meet. You’ll also have the opportunity to make your mark on a high-growth start-up now poised to expand internationally.