Due to high interest, this role may close earlier than advertised. We recommend applying as soon as possible.
What you’ll do
Your key accountabilities will include:
- Own the end-to-end recruitment journey, delivering a seamless, engaging and inclusive experience for candidates and hiring managers from initial brief through to offer.
- Build trusted partnerships with hiring managers and People teams, understanding their talent requirements and translating them into effective recruitment strategies.
- Proactively find and engage great talent, using direct sourcing, market mapping, networking, social media and referrals to build diverse, high-quality talent pipelines.
- Bring the external talent market to life, providing hiring managers with competitor insight, market intelligence and recommendations that help them make informed hiring decisions.
- Help us continually improve how we recruit, using data, technology and insight to simplify processes, improve outcomes and reduce reliance on external recruitment agencies.
Who you are
Your skills and experience will include:
- Strong end-to-end recruitment experience, with the confidence to manage multiple vacancies and recruitment processes from initial briefing through to offer.
- Excellent business partner management and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility and trusted relationships with hiring managers and People teams.
- A proactive approach to direct sourcing and talent attraction, with the ability to identify and engage talent through a range of channels and networks.
- Strong commercial and market awareness, with the ability to use talent intelligence and competitor insight to influence recruitment decisions and approaches.
- Comfortable using Applicant Tracking Systems and recruitment technology, with a focus on maintaining accurate data and using systems effectively throughout the recruitment journey.
What’s in it for you?
Working at M&S means being part of something bigger - helping to deliver quality, value and service to millions of customers every day. We’re inclusive, fast-moving and always evolving, with a strong sense of purpose and a focus on doing the right thing.
Here are just a few of the benefits that make working here even more rewarding:
- 20% colleague discount on all M&S products and many third-party brands for you and someone in your household, available once you’ve completed your probation
- Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more
- Discretionary bonus schemes linked to your performance and ours
- Strong pension and life assurance to help plan for the future
- Tailored induction and training to support your development from day one
- Exclusive perks and savings through our M&S Choices portal
- Market-leading family policies, including parental, adoption and neonatal leave
- 24/7 wellbeing support, including virtual GP access and mental health services
- One paid volunteer day a year to support a cause that matters to you
Everyone’s welcome
We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.
We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.
If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.
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Skills Required
- Strong end-to-end recruitment experience managing multiple vacancies from initial briefing through offer
- Business partnering and influencing skills with hiring managers and People teams
- Direct sourcing and talent attraction experience across multiple channels and networks
- Commercial and market awareness, including use of talent intelligence and competitor insight
- Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems and recruitment technology while maintaining accurate data
What We Do
At M&S, we're dedicated to being the most trusted retailer, prioritising quality and delivering value. Every day, we bring the magic of M&S to our customers, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us. For over a century, we've set the standard, doing the right thing and embracing innovation. Today, with over 65,000 colleagues serving 32 million customers globally, we're putting quality products at the heart of everything we do. Tomorrow holds boundless opportunities with us. We're pioneering digital innovation and shaping the future of retail where our values drive every action. We stay close to customers and colleagues, always curious and connected. Our decisions are bold, our actions ambitious. Transparency is paramount, with straightforward, honest communication. We're constantly innovating, always striving for the best. Our focus is on aiming higher and winning together, combined with wise financial decisions to secure our future. Join us at M&S to shape the future of retail.
