About Allica Bank
Allica is the UK’s fastest growing company - and the fastest-growing financial technology (Fintech) firm ever. Our purpose is to help established SMEs, one of the last major underserved opportunities in Fintech.
Established SMEs are the backbone of local communities - representing over a third of our economy - yet have been largely neglected both by traditional high street banks and modern fintech providers.
Department Description
The Human Resource team is a small but growing team who are supporting Allica Bank and its employees to reach their goals. We’re a hands-on team and there is great opportunity to develop your career whilst you help build one of the UK’s newest banks. Our employees are what helps us different from our competitors as part of the Human Resources team you will work on projects including engagement, recruitment, reward, L&D and our ways of working with the aim of ensuring our employees are as effective as possible and Allica is truly great place to work.
Role Description
The role of Senior Recruiter at Allica Bank will be responsible for leading recruitment campaigns across the business. The role will play a key part in ensuring that Allica Bank has the resources it requires to meet its growth agenda and ensuring that all candidates who are interacting with Allica Bank have a best-in-class candidate experience. The person will work with the Recruitment team, India head and Stakeholders to implement Allica’s recruitment strategy utilising methods to attract candidates, screen applicants, headhunt, arrange interviews and support candidates through to being onboarded as colleagues.
Principal Accountabilities
Hire great people at pace
Build great relationships across the bank and support with the relevant business areas to assess their recruitment needs and manage campaigns to meet these needs
Manage Allica Bank’s recruitment channels through agencies, direct and social media
Manage Allica Banks End to End recruitment process I
nterview and screen prospective candidates to provide the business with high quality and diverse candidates
Role model and promote Allica culture and values
Develop and produce recruitment MI to support the refinement of Allica’s process and to drive improved outcomes for candidates and Allica
Personal Attributes & Experience
Overall experience of 8-10 years with Previous Banking/FS recruitment experience in managing the full recruitment cycle and the delivery of recruitment services, ideally from an in-house environment or an RPO or recruitment agency
Proven experience of implementing recruitment strategies across organisations
Experience in working with 3rd party suppliers such as media and agencies and Linkedin
Experience using Direct sourcing tools (such as LinkedIn, talent pooling, Executive Search and working with relevant job boards)
Commercial understanding of the business and how recruitment can support the requirements of stakeholders
Strong organisational skills, to manage multiple recruitment campaigns, demands and tight deadlines
Ability to plan ahead to provide proactive Recruitment support to the business Pragmatic, diplomatic, and a good team player
Strong interpersonal skills, working effectively at all levels of the organisation
Working at Allica Bank
At Allica Bank we want to ensure our employees have the right tools and environment in which to succeed in their role and in support of our customers.
Our employees are at the heart of everything we do, so our benefits are designed with you in mind:
Full onboarding support and continued development opportunities
Options for flexible working
Regular social activities
Pension contributions
Discretionary bonus scheme
Private health cover
Life assurance
Family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave
Don’t tick every box?
Don’t worry if you don’t have all the skills or requirements listed on the job description. If you think you’ll be a good fit, we’d still love to hear from you!
Flexible working
We know the ‘9-to-5’ isn’t right for everyone. That’s why Allica Bank is fully committed to flexible and hybrid working. Please let us know what is best for you and, if we can, we will do our best to accommodate.
Diversity
We’re a diverse bunch here at Allica, with all kinds of experiences, backgrounds and lifestyles. Our openness and differences make us stronger, and we want everybody to feel comfortable bringing as much of themselves to work with them as they like.
Skills Required
- 8–10 years of overall experience
- Previous banking or financial services recruitment experience
- Experience managing the full recruitment cycle and delivering recruitment services
- Experience implementing recruitment strategies across organizations
- Experience working with third-party suppliers, media providers, recruitment agencies, and LinkedIn
- Experience using direct sourcing tools, talent pooling, executive search, and relevant job boards
- Commercial understanding of business needs and recruitment stakeholder requirements
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple campaigns and tight deadlines
- Ability to provide proactive recruitment support and plan ahead
- Strong interpersonal, relationship-building, and communication skills
- Pragmatic, diplomatic, and collaborative approach
What We Do
Recently named by The Times newspaper as one of the UK’s Top 20 fintech companies, Allica Bank is dedicated to serving and supporting small and medium businesses and empowering them to succeed. We combine modern, powerful technology with local relationships in the community to deliver expert banking for businesses in Britain. We have offices in Milton Keynes, Manchester and London, and a team of expert relationship managers out on the road across England and Wales, providing personal support to small and medium-sized businesses in their local communities. In everything we do, we live and breathe our four core values of collaboration, integrity, delivery and being straightforward.
