Head of Talent Acquisition

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Head of Talent Acquisition - Asia

Overview

The Head of Talent Acquisition, Asia will partner with senior leaders to develop and lead the Talent Acquisition (TA) function across a defined multi-county region / hub. The TA Leader will hold responsibility for the provision of a quality, customer focused and proactive end to end recruitment operation and solutions. The incumbent will be accountable for integrating and utilising all group TA systems and platforms and drive a proactive, consultative TA capability whilst managing all internal and external relationships. The role requires an individual with the ability to resource talent up to a senior executive level, have extensive stakeholder management capability, a high level of commerciality that will enable effective assessment of fee earning appointments and other disciplines across multi-county and diverse business lines.

Working at Sedgwick

Our Company is a place where creative and caring people of all backgrounds come together, grow as individuals, and feel a higher purpose in the unique value they bring and the difference they make in the lives of others. We celebrate our differences; cultivating uniqueness and belonging allows us to connect with our customers on a personal level, understand our clients’ needs, support the communities in which we operate, and perform at our best.

We’re passionate and understanding about our colleagues - so we have built flexibility into our colleague working model. If you wish to work from home, split your working time between the home and office or change your hours so you can collect your children or care for someone in your family, we’re supportive of that. As a flexible employer, we’re happy to discuss options that take into consideration your personal needs for this position during your interview.

Key Responsibility- To hold overall responsibility for the complete recruitment lifecycle for all recruitment needs across Sedgwick’s various counties and business lines as required.- To proactively influence recruitment policy and procedures, ensuring recruitment is a strategic activity for Sedgwick by partnering with business leaders on all hiring needs.- Talent pipeline against the strategic workforce and growth plans of the business that provides quick, qualitive talent sourcing capabilities.- Implement, monitor and review all related recruitment policies and procedures to ensure they remain compliant with employment legislation, group compliance and ensure best practice.- Collaborate and embed the regional TA operations within the overall talent acquisition center of expertise function, leveraging of group tools and initiatives that will help drive a high performing TA output.- Identify and work with key stakeholders within Sedgwick to continually develop and improve the recruitment processes and go to market strategy - establish the TA function as go-to experts.- Collaborate with group marketing to develop a ‘go to market’ employment value proposition (EVP) across various countries and/or business lines.- To actively reduce the reliance of 3rd party agencies, consulting and advising all stakeholders and hiring managers on alternative recruitment channels and methodology available.-
- Implementations and oversight management of Sedgwick’s global ATS, currently Workday.- Implementation and collaborate with Shared Services on the management of Sedgwick’s global pre-employment screening partner, currently Sterling.- Consult and manage best outcomes within the business to drive our group DE&I focus in hiring a diverse workforce.- Introduce market intelligence, benchmarking and competitor analysis capability for the business in order to make informed, commercial decisions on our strategic workforce plans and hiring talent.- To work with schools, colleges, universities and institutes to build a partnership approach to recruitment with a focus on early career hiring initiatives.-
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