Job Title

Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor

Job Description Summary

The purpose of the Talent Acquisition Advisor role is to source, attract, select and hire top talent in the market for Cushman & Wakefield via a variety of sourcing techniques and build talent pooling and pipelining of qualified candidates ensuring that we provide cost efficient, quality service that is aligned with and supports the achievement of Company goals. The role will deliver recruitment services for various roles, from Trades to Executives by collaborating with Hiring Managers to screen, interview and appoint the right candidate for the role in accordance with a fair and consistent recruitment and selection process. There is also a focus on delivering a positive candidate experience through timely updates.
The role will also guide and collaborate with hiring managers on Talent Attraction and Sourcing, Recruitment Strategy & Selection, compliance to pre-hire policies, and ensuring HR Systems like ATS and CRM are leveraged, TA metrics are in high quality and global best practices are being shared and leveraged in country. There are also opportunities to be part of or lead on broader HR projects and initiatives.

Job Description

About the Role:

Recruitment & Selection

Drive continuous improvement and consistency to strengthen partnerships with local HR Business Partner & COE teams, and improve visibility and collaboration. Ensure effective recruitment solutions are delivered within agreed upon time frames and cost. This will include recruitment solutions and transitions for new client accounts.

Ensure global platforms and careers portal are effectively leveraged

Proactively promote Cushman & Wakefield's Brand & EVP to attract and retain our top talent, critical to our ongoing success

Talent & Market Mapping

Collaborate and advise business leaders on the evolving talent market, identify and recruit key talent in the market. Collaborating with business leaders and HR on moving from a reactive volume recruitment into one that is more strategic and pre-emptive.

Employee Value Proposition

Work closely with Recruitment Marketing and Marketing and Communications teams to market jobs and promote our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) and ensure a consistent message through all levels of the organization. Together with the HR Business Partner teams, drive positive messages and stories and career enhancement opportunities throughout the region and globally, reinforcing our strong brand and commitment to employee engagement, career growth and retention

Onboarding: Manage a consistent approach to onboarding in Singapore 

Working closely with the local HR COEâ™s and HR teams to develop an experience that is efficient, and effective and ensures a smooth and positive transition into Cushman & Wakefield for new hires, M&A Integrations and internal moves

HR Systems and Technology

Work closely with the HR Operations COE, Global Technology team to leverage technology platforms (Workday, Phenom People, LinkedIn, and other HR related business applications such as the internal and external websites and external job and careers sites) to deliver value to business leaders and individuals using simple, streamlined processes. Provide ongoing education to HR teams, business leaders and individuals to maximize the value they receive from HR technology so that the platforms are business enablers, not obstacles

Governance & Compliance

Effectively anticipate and manage risks associated with people and take a holistic approach to proactively audit and monitor HR systems and processes for compliance and consistency with relation to legislation and global requirements. Including the DOA (Delegations of Authority) is followed for all Employment related activities

Reporting

Ensure high confidence in TA metrics through effective requisition management and governance activities. This includes ensuring the metrics accurately reflects the recruiting activities, and placing requisitions on hold or closing them if the hiring manager is not ready to engage.

Financial Stewardship

Be effective in utilizing various tools and vendors to deliver on cost effective and efficient recruitment services.

Vendor Management

Build and manage positive working relationships with third party consultants and agencies and actively manage the Cushman & Wakefield PSA in Singapore and Malaysia and ensuring a deep understanding of contracts and employment legislation across all countries and create value through our external partner providers

Other Duties

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

About You:

Human Resources Knowledge:

• An understanding of the full spectrum of HR with a specialization in Recruitment & Selection

• and Talent Sourcing.

• Demonstrated experience in managing a Regional Recruitment Team spanning both blue collar volume recruitment and white-collar professional sourcing.

• Analysis, insights and reporting capability.

• Commercial / Financial acumen related to HR management and Talent Acquisition.

Strategic Thinking Skills:

• Understand strategic priorities and governance requirements to identify opportunities and risks, design solutions and implement effective change.

• Ability to assess and determine business needs, formulate development response strategies and then implement those in an appropriate and timely manner.

Organizational Skills:

• Strong team leadership, conceptual, analytical, planning and problem-solving skills.

• Good time management and ability to prioritize.

• Ability to drive multiple initiatives simultaneously.

• Project Management, planning and proactive milestone management.

Collaboration and Communication Skills:

• Collaborating, influencing and developing relationships at all levels of the organization, even in demanding situations.

• Work effectively with all colleagues locally and internationally.

• Establish and maintain excellent relationships.

About You:

• Bachelorâ™s degree required, preferably in business or human resources.

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive Talent Acquisition / Recruitment experience within an in-house or RPO environment

• Industry knowledge of Commercial Real Estate / Facilities management and experience in Singapore is preferred.

• In-depth knowledge of full-cycle recruiting and employer branding techniques, familiarity with a variety of different selection methods (interviews, assignments, psychological test etc.).

• Demonstrated ability in implementing recruitment and selection management programs to support business strategy and provide efficient and effective services to secure talent. Partnering and working with a variety of human resources centers of excellence and local recruitment teams

• Experience in leading change initiatives and innovation in HR practices across complex and geographically dispersed organizations and playing a lead role in transformation efforts.

• Working knowledge of and experience managing Recruitment teams with experience in centralized service highly desirable. Set up and management of outsourced and partnership services in Recruitment (Scheduling, reference checking, administration etc.) is highly regarded.

• Ability to communicate effectively and lead and manage change at all levels of an organization

• Possess tenacity, resilience and patience to deal with ambiguity and change.

• Strong leadership qualities

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;

Being part of a growing global company;

Career development and a promote from within culture;

An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.
We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.

That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.

We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.

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