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Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, recruitment process outsourcing and advisory services for businesses of all shapes and sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds. We help organisations find the skills and solutions to reach their goals and assist talented professionals to power their unique potential. We offer our people incredible career opportunities as well as an inclusive culture and flexible working.

Function:

  • To achieve operational efficiency and effectiveness in recruitment process
  • To provide superior service and develop strong relationships with all key stakeholders (e.g. Global Head of HR, Managing Directors, CFO) on a global scale
  • Full life cycle recruitment particularly with sales hires on a global scale – ranging from; advertising positions, sourcing suitable candidates, briefing candidates on position, submitting CVs to the hiring manager, coordinating interviews, gathering feedback, managing offer.
  • Actively contribute to the implementation of strategic initiatives to improve recruitment outcomes for the Client.
  • Ensure meaningful MI information and reporting is produced that measures and reflects the value Robert Walters (Outsourcing) adds to the client
  • Identify and follow up opportunities to upsell and cross-sell Robert Walters (Outsourcing) services
  • To achieve operational efficiency and effectiveness in recruitment process



About the Role:

  • Advising on recruitment strategy and sourcing techniques for all temporary and permanent roles
  • Working alongside client sponsors at board level, keeping them updated regularly about the status of recruitment
  • Advising on market trends and skills
  • Creating, reviewing and updating recruitment processes to ensure best practice, internal policy compliance and external legislative compliance
  • Producing and updating guidance manuals for all user groups of the Robert Walters (Outsourcing) service
  • Escalation of HR / recruitment issues
  • Ensuring full compliance with the Service Level Agreement


Recruitment Process Management

  • Ensuring all approved roles are advertised internally and on external careers site and vacancies are recorded on ATS
  • Screening of CVs in line with line managers’ requirements, and recording of all direct recruitment activity on ATS
  • Consulting, influencing and guiding hiring managers on decisions
  • Liaison with line managers to ensure feedback is given on all CVs and interviews
  • Managing offer process – including providing up to date salary/rate and market information, and comparison data from recent hires in the business area
  • Provision of regular commentary on direct recruitment activity to Operations Director to include number of roles filled by referral, internally and via directly sourced methods, cost savings via direct recruitment, new initiatives to attract candidates
  • Providing strategic partnership with key stakeholders, ensuring they are kept abreast of all recruitment developments
  • Ad hoc project work as given by the business and account director from time to time
  • Recommendations of service needs, training, Robert Walters (Outsourcing) process, client process
  • Payrolling and contract management of non-business facing direct temporary candidates via Robert Walters (Outsourcing)
  • Management of all internal and external speculative applications
  • Monitoring visa expiry dates
  • Monitor all Limited Company contractor Insurances & ensure policies are renewed upon expiry
  • Temp to perm conversion management


Vendor Management

  • Managing and optimizing PSL vendor relationships to ensure a motivated supply chain providing best quality resources
  • Preparing and conducting regular vendor performance reviews to ensure the client is receiving the best service
  • Reviewing and negotiating commercial terms
  • Ensure all external suppliers on the PSL have signed client Terms of Business
  • Producing and updating guidance manuals for vendors
  • Facilitating agency briefings with hiring managers
  • Identifying potential new suppliers


Team Management

  • Bi-annual performance reviews, including objective setting and bonus allocations
  • General team management (weekly update meetings, holiday, sickness, discipline)
  • Individual staff development, including cross skill training
  • Ensuring 100% data integrity by team, such as rates, visas and nationality


Who you are:

  • Previous MSP, ideally on a global scale
  • Previous experience recruiting for sales candidates would be beneficial
  • Client facing with the ability to engage with senior level stakeholders
  • Proven record of delivering effectively and meeting deadlines
  • Engaging with strong communication skills
  • Previous experience of managing a team
  • Knowledge of real estate industry an advantage
  • Team Player


Benefits:

  • A unique opportunity to drive projects such as Employer Branding, Talent pipelining, Recruitment Innovation, Candidate Experience
  • A track record of high performance and an ability to deliver excellent results consistently is key. In return for your hard work, you’ll be offered a competitive top salary and benefits package with bonuses/commission and fantastic incentives programme
  • Private medical insurance
  • A fantastic training and development programme
  • Volunteer time off
  • The opportunity to partake / qualify for our Global incentive weekend
  • Employee wellbeing through various programmes
  • You’ll have plenty of opportunities to progress your career, both in your country and other locations around the world. That’s the benefit of working for a large global organisation. One that is at the forefront of recruitment innovation, and a specialist in RPO and MSP


As a Disability Confident Employer, Robert Walters is committed to offering a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process to all candidates. If you require any accommodations or adjustments as a result of a disability, impairment or health condition, please do not hesitate to let me know.

This position is being sourced through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.

Robert Walters - Global Talent Solutions

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Contract Type: Permanent

Specialism: Banking & Financial Services

Focus: Finance & Accounting

Industry: Financial Services

Salary: Competitive Package

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Experience Level: Associate

Language: English - Professional working

Location: Manchester

Job Reference: 8178

Date posted: 21 April 2026

Consultant: Alicia Blythe