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Uisce Éireann

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Dublin

FULL TIME

September 20, 2024

We are Uisce Éireann. Every day, we are responsible for the delivery of secure, safe, and sustainable water services for the people of Ireland. As Ireland’s national regulated water utility, our vision is a sustainable Ireland where water is respected and protected, for the planet and all the lives it supports.


Our purpose at Uisce Éireann is to rise to the challenge of delivering transformative water services that enable communities to thrive. That means we are proud to take on the responsibility of protecting our water supply and passing on a safe and secure water system to a rapidly growing population and empowering Ireland’s social and economic growth.


So, we’re passionate about helping our people to do the best work of their lives, to enable them to make a positive difference to communities all over Ireland. Our aim is to attract and develop talented and skilled people with diverse backgrounds and an evolving range of expertise and insight. We believe that such a strong workforce will help us achieve our goals and allow us to continue investing in, and advancing, Ireland’s water services.


The Role:
The HRTS team will provide HR transactional support to Úisce Éireann. It will support the business across a wide range of activities including learning and development, pensions, payroll, schemes, recruitment and communications to employees.


Reporting to the Talent Acquisition Manager, the Talent Acquisition Specialist will be responsible for coordinating the internal and external recruitment for Úisce Éireann, whilst providing a positive candidate experience. They will develop key relationships with hiring managers, the HR Business Partners, the Transition and Integration team, and the wider talent acquisition team. They will co-ordinate the end-to-end recruitment process from advertisement of the role through to on-boarding of the new hire. They will be expected to develop direct sourcing channels and methods while identifying new and innovative sourcing approaches. A key component of the role will be to develop and implement a reporting system which will advise on the progress against key KPIs for the business.


Main Duties and Responsibilities:


  • Partnering with HRBPs and the business to identify, attract and hire the best candidates for the business
  • Responsible for the execution of the Úisce Éireann resourcing plan ensuring business capability is maintained, and delivery of business objectives are achieved through timely and suitability appointment of both permanent and temporary required resources
  • Working with the wider talent acquisition team to ensure delivery against resourcing plan and drive efficient service delivery and quality outputs
  • Development, maintenance and tracking against the resourcing plan to ensure it meets reporting needs
  • Working with the HRBPs, Transition and Integration team, and the business to ensure appropriate prioritisation to meet business objectives
  • Development of a recruitment statistics tracking and reporting system to facilitate the production of regular, accurate KPIs/ analytics and provision of meaningful interpretation to HR
  • Develop and utilise direct sourcing strategies and define innovative solutions to ensure consistent results and high-quality candidates for both standard and difficult to fill roles
  • Build and maintain a pipeline of qualified candidates to support recruitment in a timely manner
  • Ensure that information related to employee visa and work permit information is regularly updated with any required renewals communicated to the HRBPs in a timely manner
  • Point of contact for all internal candidates and provide coaching and feedback when requested
  • Responsible for all vendor management related activities ensuring adherence to agreed processes and performance and the delivery of quality outputs
  • Responsible for the successful management of the Intern and Summer Student programmes including liaison with the HRBPs and the business in supporting the identification of requirements and the development of needs briefs and translating these into a strategy to attract suitable candidates
  • Contribute to the development and promotion of Úisce Éireann as an employer of choice via promotional campaigns, sourcing strategies, career days, graduate fairs, and liaison with academic institutions
  • Escalate risks and issues to the Talent Acquisition Manager as appropriate
  • Other duties as required from time to time

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:


  • Three years general HR commercial experience, of which two years in HR Operations
  • Relevant third-level qualification
  • Proven experience at managing the recruitment life cycle across a number of departments with role at varying levels
  • Membership of the CIPD is desirable
  • Proven ability to create and develop good working relationships, both internally and externally
  • Demonstrate excellent analytical skills through solution-driven problem solving
  • Significant experience in working through organisational change in an emerging organisation
  • Ability to demonstrate excellent influencing & negotiation skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

*Please be advised that if successful you will be placed on the salary range based on your skills and experience. Please note the Market reference point (midpoint) of the range is generally the upper end of the offer where someone is deemed to be fully competent to take on the duties of the role, and leaves room for the employee to progress through the pay range as their experience develops further.
Uisce Éireann is an equal opportunities employer.
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive place of work and have a robust strategy and framework called ibelong to enable this. We are an equal opportunity employer and through our recruitment process we welcome and encourage applications from interested and suitably qualified individuals regardless of gender, age, racial or ethnic origin, membership of the traveller community, religion or beliefs, family or civil status, sexual orientation/gender identity or disability.




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