Talent Acquisition Partner

This is a 12 month fixed term role.

Join our Global Talent Acquisition team and play a key role in shaping the future of Tesco Ireland. As a Talent Acquisition Partner, you’ll lead the end-to-end recruitment process for our Irish Head Office functions, acting as a true brand ambassador for Tesco. You’ll attract and engage top talent, champion diversity and inclusion, and deliver a seamless, efficient experience for both candidates and hiring managers. This is an opportunity to make an impact by ensuring our workforce reflects the communities we serve while supporting business success through exceptional hiring.

You will be responsible for:

Sourcing candidates through a varied mix of channels, ensuring they align with our specific vacancy needs and in line with Tesco talent acquisition principles.
Building strong, consultative partnerships with hiring managers, serving as their recruitment expert, and guiding them on the most effective sourcing strategies, including diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives.
Leveraging data and market insights to predict sourcing channel success, refining your approach to be both effective and efficient in candidate sourcing.
Creating candidate pipelines for current and future talent needs, engaging both active and passive prospects to nurture ongoing talent connections.
Understanding candidates' unique aspirations and circumstances, to foster meaningful connections and illustrate the opportunities Tesco offers.
Maintain and foster agency relationships and service delivery.
Handling multiple live roles, ensuring a seamless recruitment process from start to finish, consistent with global standards and key performance indicators (KPIs).
Championing process accuracy within our Applicant Tracking System (ATS), safeguarding compliance and integrity at every step.
Delivering a consistent, valued, and inclusive experience to candidates throughout the recruitment journey.
Coordinating the offer management process as candidates transition smoothly into their onboarding journey with Tesco.

You will need:

Experience in utilising diverse sourcing channels, with a knack for identifying the right approach for different roles.
The ability to proactively partner with hiring managers, confidently advising on both internal and external sourcing strategies.
A strong understanding of DE&I in recruitment, with the capability to implement inclusive sourcing options.
Proficiency in using recruitment data and insights to steer sourcing decisions and inform hiring managers.
Experience in candidate pipelining and talent market analysis, with an eye for spotting exceptional talent.
Expertise in full lifecycle recruitment, managing multiple vacancies effectively within set timelines.
Familiarity with applicant tracking systems and ensuring recruitment processes and controls are adhered to.
A passion for candidate care, ensuring everyone who interacts with Tesco is left with a positive impression.
Competence to oversee the offer management process, enabling a smooth and welcoming onboarding experience.

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What's in it for you:

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work. These include but aren’t limited to:

Competitive Salary
Retirement Savings Plan
Life Assurance Cover
Annual Bonus
Our Virtual GP service provides free and confidential access to an online GP through video GP consultations, and online prescription service for colleagues. The service is also available to families of colleagues who live at the same address for a reduced cost.
24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and family members for in the moment emotional support along with free access to a range of wellbeing services supporting you under our new Wellbeing First approach of Body, Mind and Life.
Colleague Clubcard offering 10% discount across stores and online, with 15% discount weekends once a month (Friday to Sunday), and 20% off twice a year. There is also 20% off F&F clothing, all year long, these various discounts can be extended to a family member with a 2nd Clubcard available.*
Annual leave
Save As You Earn Scheme

*Entry requirements and rules of the scheme apply

About us:

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.

We're proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please visit https://www.tesco-careers.com/accessibility