Talent Acquisition Executive

Agria Pet Insurance has a fantastic opportunity for a new Talent Acquisition Executive to join the team based in Aylesbury on a hybrid basis. The successful candidate will join the team on a full time, permanent basis in return for a competitive salary.

Agria Pet Insurance is one of the UK's leading specialist pet insurance providers. We only provide insurance for animals, so truly understand and care about our customers and their beloved pets - especially as most of our team are pet parents, and we're all animal-lovers. Our passion for pets means that we are trusted by the Kennel Club and many other significant affinity partners to provide lifetime pet insurance in their names. 

Working closely with animal welfare organisations, vets and breeders, gives us deep insight on what's best for pets. And we give back too - including supporting hundreds of animal rescues, protecting for over 100,000 rescued animals, and through donations of over £2m to animal charities. 

We are a strong, growing business, having doubled our GWP in the last 3 years, with a supportive ethos and family feel. We became one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ in 2023 and again in 2024, were awarded Most Trusted Pet Insurer in 2021, we have the top 4 slots on Which? Best Buy pet insurance and we are extremely proud to be the only carbon positive pet insurer in the UK.

About the role:

As the Talent Acquisition Executive, you will be responsible for providing end to end recruitment and attraction support to the business. They will help source, identify, screen, and hire candidates for various roles in Agria.

Responsibilities as our Talent Acquisition Executive will include:

• Champions a phenomenal candidate experience by building trusting relationships and having strong interpersonal skills
• Support attraction strategies across recruitment campaigns, media, direct sourcing, and pipelining to ensure we can hire highly sought-after skillsets and capabilities
• Ensure that Agria complies with all relevant employment and identification legislation undertaking appropriate process audits from time to time
• Through rigorous analysis and research, develop and share talent intelligence and market insights to support decision making in the business
• Use metrics to analyse previous recruitment campaigns and initiatives, building knowledge to support conversations with hiring managers
• Work with hiring managers to draft innovative and attractive recruitment advertisements and supporting documentation
• Create candidate pools through career website, speculative applications and CVs
• Candidate management where required for highly specialised roles

Qualifications, Skills & Attributes of our Talent Acquisition Executive:

• Experience in a talent acquisition or similar role
• Experience in full-cycle recruiting, using various interview techniques and evaluation methods
• Proficiency with social media, CV databases, and professional networks
• Experience in using LinkedIn Talent Solutions to proactively source candidates
• Proficiency in documenting processes and keeping up with industry trends
• Knowledge and experience of using applicant tracking systems

Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Analytical thinker, combined with creativity, initiative, and innovation
• Self-Starter
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines and prioritise own work
• High level IT skills using MS Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Be able to effectively communicate at all levels within the business and liaise with stakeholders to resolve issues
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work to agreed performance targets
• Versatile, with the ability to adapt quickly to the changing needs of a rapidly developing business.
• The ability to demonstrate flexibility regarding working hours in order to meet business needs

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join the Agria team – please click ‘apply’ now to become our Talent Acquisition Executive - we'd like to hear from you!

All successful applicants are subject to a background and criminal record check.

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