Principal Specialist in Sourcing - Deloitte

About Us

Temporary Assignment for 12 months, client: Deloitte

Global, inclusive and innovative - welcome to AMS, where talent connects across cultures and backgrounds to shape the future of work.

We work with leading organisations to design and deliver talent strategies that bring together people, process, data and technology, helping millions of people find meaningful work every year. Our diverse, connected community collaborates to create results for clients and opportunities for our people to learn, grow and make an impact.

At AMS, we look for people who bring more than experience, and we welcome different perspectives and ways of thinking.

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The Role

Principal Sourcing Specialists play a key role in our clients' success by partnering with Hiring Managers and Recruiters and developing effective, consultative, professional relationships with them.

Through asking the right questions to ensure a detailed understanding of the client and each role, and by leveraging data, historic hiring trends and market analysis, you will develop bespoke sourcing strategies and then use a range of tools and techniques to find the best talent in the market. You will be brand ambassadors for our clients, bringing each opportunity to life with candidates in a compelling and authentic way to ensure candidates are qualified, interested and engaged before being presented to the Hiring Manager.

Key Accountabilities

What you'll be doing:

Act as a Trusted Adviser

• Work with Recruiters to develop partnerships and working relationships that deliver a great candidate and hiring manager experience
• You will leverage your existing experience, knowledge, and resources whilst also working with experts in sourcing and talent intelligence to develop effective sourcing strategies that enable you to deliver great candidates and lead and influence conversations with your hiring managers
• Provide subject matter expertise, thought leadership and talent intelligence in recruitment discussions and vacancy briefing calls with Hiring Managers
• Show tact and confidence in talking to client stakeholders. Ensure you're leveraging your knowledge and wider AMS network to propose solutions that deliver the right results for your clients and AMS
• Be accountable for the delivery of high-quality candidate shortlists to your Hiring Managers with accurate and complete information to help them make informed hiring decisions
• Work with Recruiters and Hiring Managers to understand and share candidate feedback, challenges, and successes, advocating potential solutions and making recommendations to inform and adapt the recruitment strategy

Attract, source & engage high calibre talent.

• Demonstrate innovative, critical thinking and a commitment to ongoing professional development within your role
• Review and post compelling, accurate job adverts that amplify your client's brand and attract candidates to review and apply
• Use your knowledge and established network at AMS to develop a sourcing strategy that uses the right channels to attract, and engage with your target audience e.g., LinkedIn or other social media tools
• Understand and utilise data to measure the success of your sourcing strategy, review, refine, innovate, and adapt your approach as required
• Engage with your target audience in a professional and authentic way and communicate effectively using various channels e.g., email, LinkedIn, social media and over the phone. Expect to headhunt niche talent regularly for specialist hiring needs
• Have high quality, consultative conversations with your candidates, qualifying their suitability for current or future roles
• Gain insight into candidate skills, background, behaviours, career aspirations and motivations and use this to make informed selection decisions
• Support candidates keeping them up to date as they progress through the recruitment process. Actively work with your candidates to talent pool them and create lasting relationships that enables you to re-engage them to support future hiring needs
• Present candidates to clients in an accurate and compelling way. Partner with hiring managers and recruiters to ensure that you're continually considering diverse pools of talent and advocating for selection decisions and processes that are free from bias
• Track progress, data, and performance on all applicable systems

Value Candidate Experience

• Champion your candidates. Have honest, quality career discussions that assess candidate suitability for each role and bring your client's brand to life so that candidates feel excited at the prospect of joining them
• Demonstrate a commitment to your candidates so that they feel valued throughout the recruitment process. Keep them updated and informed, following up with Recruiters and Hiring Managers when needed
• Build lasting relationships with candidates so they become client advocates, irrespective of hiring outcomes

Skills & Requirements

• Strong pro-active/direct sourcing experience using a broad range of techniques and technologies
• Proven experience in delivering pipeline within Strategy & Risk, Audit and Assurance, Tax & Legal, Enablement, Technical/IT, Implementation functions
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage conflicting priorities in a demanding, fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build great relationships and partner directly with clients and candidates.
• Demonstrable subject matter expertise in sourcing with the ability to use data and in-depth market knowledge to inform sourcing strategies and create and adapt detailed sourcing plans to fill specialist and niche hiring needs, create market maps and insights to present to the client
• Experience working to Key Performance Indicators and Service Level Agreements

Why AMS?

At AMS, we come from every walk of life - and that's what makes us unique. Our culture is open, inclusive and built on trust. We empower our people with the flexibility and autonomy to work in ways that bring out their best. We offer career opportunities in every direction you want to explore.

We offer

• Growth and development focused on your strengths
• The opportunity to develop a career within one of the world's leading organisations specialising in talent and workforce solutions.
• A team that values being Passionate, Bold, and Authentic
• Supportive communities such as our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Volunteer day - you get one additional paid day off each year to volunteer for a cause that matters to you
• A competitive reward and benefits package
• Hybrid model

Our statement

We're committed to creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage people with diverse skills, perspectives, and experiences to apply. We do not discriminate based upon age, disability, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic.

If you require any accommodations or have any accessibility needs, please reach out via email Talent@weareams.com or make a member of our Talent Acquisition team aware at any time.

We take pride in being Disability Confident. This helps to ensure that you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long- term health conditions, or are neurodiverse. You will be shortlisted based on minimum criteria for the role and will be offered support and/or adjustments for the recruitment process if you wish.

If you're ready to bring your skills, curiosity, and passion, click Apply and let's explore what we can achieve together!