As one of the world's largest networks of audit, tax and consulting firms, RSM delivers big ideas and premium service to help middle-market businesses thrive. We are a fast-growing firm with big ambitions - we have a clear goal to become the premium adviser to the middle market, globally. This vision touches everything we do, motivating and inspiring us to become better every day. If you are looking for a firm where you can build a future and make an impact, then RSM is the place for you.
Make an Impact at RSM UK
The RSM Early Careers Talent Acquisition team is responsible for hiring approximately 750 students annually onto our graduate, school leaver and placement programmes. In addition, we offer a variety of work experiences such as work shadowing and internships. The Early Careers Talent Acquisition team plays a pivotal role in ensuring the firm is attracting and selecting high quality, diverse candidates in line with our ‘Grow our Own’ initiative. Our goal is to provide a seamless efficient experience to both candidates applying for our programmes and our internal stakeholders at every stage of the recruitment journey.
We are seeking a proactive and experienced early careers recruiter to join our Early Careers Talent Acquisition team as an Early Careers Senior Specialist to manage our pipeline programmes at RSM. Leading a small team of you will be responsible for designing and delivering work experience, internships and placement programmes which form an integral part of our early careers talent strategy. You will work with a wide range of key internal stakeholders to deliver the RSM early careers recruitment strategy, ensuring an excellent experience to all involved with the pipeline programmes including internal and external applicants..
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and dynamic early careers team to support delivery of the early careers hiring strategy. Due to the location of existing team members and business needs, this role can be based in one of the following RSM offices:
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Birmingham
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Glasgow
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Edinburgh
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Manchester
You will be required to travel to other national RSM offices and attend external events (including occasional evening events) as part of this role throughout the year.
You’ll make an impact by:
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Overseeing and managing the end-to-end candidate application process via our applicant tracking system (ATS)
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Managing and supporting applicants through the recruitment process, design and facilitate the work experience programmes guiding those within your team to do the same
- Partnering effectively with service line stakeholders to deliver work experience, placement and internship programmes that meet their future hiring needs
- Proactively leading a small team to ensure an efficient high-quality service is delivered to both applicants and stakeholders
- Confidently delivering work experience programmes and induction sessions to programme attendees and ensuring the wider early careers talent acquisition team are trained and equipped to support with delivering sessions
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Planning and delivering the end of programme conversion process across work experience, placement and internships to ensure strong conversion to permanent hires. Working closely with our People Operations and Preboarding team to ensure a smooth transition post offer
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Creating consistent recruitment processes across work experience, placement and internship programmes and be ultimately responsible for creating an excellent candidate experience and future pipeline for our student intakes.
What we are looking for:
We value diverse experiences and perspectives. Here’s what we’re looking for in our ideal candidate:
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Proven experience within a high-volume early careers recruitment role and managing early careers programmes Ideally experience of working within a professional services or partnership environment
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Experience of managing a small team or mentoring and actively supporting colleagues and/or people supervision is required
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Ideally experience of working within a professional services or partnership environment
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Strong data management and reporting skills
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This role is suited to someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, undertaking multiple tasks and balancing several key priorities with varying deadlines.
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You must be an adept communicator with the ability to engage and develop strong working relationships with a diverse audience – both internally and externally
What we can offer you:
We recognise that our people are our most important assets. That’s why we offer a flexible reward and benefits package that will help you have fulfilling experience, both in and out of work.
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Hybrid and Flexible working
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26 Days Holiday (with the option of purchasing additional days)
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Lifestyle, Health, and Wellbeing including financial wellbeing benefits such as financial tools, electric car scheme and access to a virtual GP.
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Access to a suite of 300+ courses on demand developed by our inhouse Talent Development team.
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Diversity and Inclusion at RSM
At RSM, we want to create a strong sense of belonging so that people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures feel they can bring their true self to work. Our clients come from all walks of life. We aim to achieve that same diversity of background, experience and perspective in our own teams, so that we can genuinely understand our client's needs. Diverse teams bring a broader range of ideas and insights to work. That's why we're working together to ensure our firm's principles and processes support a firm culture that embraces difference and strengthens inclusion.
