About the role

Are you enthusiastic about talent attraction campaigns, content creation and story-telling messaging to bring an employer brand to life?

This role sits within our Recruitment and Attraction team, here’s a little more about us;

Our Team has evolved massively over the last 4 years, starting as a team of 4, way back when in 2019, hit with a pandemic in 2020 and focused solely on helping the business ride out the pandemic (as every food retailer/wholesaler did!), not knowing which way was up,  with various challenges in the recruitment market, we can now firmly say, 2023 is looking very much like OUR year!

We have grown to a team of 11, full of caring and passionate individuals who want to bring the best talent into the business. So, are you ready to join us?

This role can be based in Watford or Wellingborough. 

Role Responsibility

• Lead the business in attracting and hiring top talent in the market. 
• Managing, implementing and driving campaigns across all methods, specifically tapping into social media channels.
• Providing professional support and advice on best attraction methods to the Head of Recruitment & Attraction, the wider recruitment team, HR and the broader organisation.
• Ensuring Employer Branding is at the forefront of all attraction.
• Continue to raise the profile and ensure it is seen as an attractive offering in the market.
• Identify key selling points and story-telling messaging to amplify brand awareness in the local market and audience
• Understanding the complexities around the nature of roles being geographically dispersed, specialist, and high volume need to be overcome.
• Monitor and act upon dropout rates in our end to end recruitment process.
• Monitoring and continuously improving the external & internal candidate journeys whilst providing data to measure the effectiveness of our attraction strategy and to continuously improve our approach.
• Working with stakeholders and external suppliers to schedule and plan campaigns.
• Managing the key partnerships with third parties, holding service providers to account.
• Research and utilise market insights to understand market competition and audience demographic to make informed decisions and educate internal stakeholders

You will need

• Proven experience of growing the employer brand
• Proven experience of people management
• Knowledge & experience of recruiting, candidate attraction and candidate pipelines
• Extensive experience in managing attraction methods for large scale recruitment campaigns and projects
• Confident communicator and influencer, both verbally and written
• Passionate to deliver the best experience for all
• High level of personal resilience
• Ability to think creatively and to challenge how things are done

What's in it for you

At Booker, along with being a great place to work and giving you an opportunity to get on in your career, we also offer the following fantastic package of benefits:

• A Booker colleague card with 10% off purchases at Booker and double discount events up to three times a year.
• After 3 months service, a Tesco colleague discount card with 10% increasing to 15% off most purchases at Tesco for a 4 day period after every four-weekly pay day, ie. thirteen times a year. In addition to 10% off at Tesco Cafe and 20% off all F&F purchases.
• 10% off pay monthly & SIM only deals with Tesco Mobile for yourself, along with further great deals through-out the year.
• Up to 30% off car, pet and home insurance at Tesco bank. Terms and conditions apply.
• Free eye test when you spend £50 or more. You can also save 30% when you spend £50 or more on glasses, prescription sunglasses and contact lenses.
• 50% off health checks at Tesco Pharmacy.
• Exclusive access to discounted RAC breakdown cover rates
• An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases including a cycle to work scheme.
• After 3 months service, you can join our annual Save As You Earn share scheme which allows you to buy Tesco shares in the future at a discount.
• Retirement savings plan (pension) - save up to 5% and Booker will match your contribution.
• Life Assurance - You are covered for death in service life cover of up to three times annual pay
• Health and Wellbeing support and resources including our 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.
• A great holiday package

About us

Be part of something special.  Join our team at Booker.

Booker is the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler. We are privileged to serve independent retailers, caterers and small businesses, from locations across the country. 

Booker Group comprises of Booker Wholesale, Makro Wholesale, Booker Retail Partners, Booker Direct, Classic Drinks, Ritter Courivaud and Best Food Logistics.  Our customers include Premier, Family Shopper, Budgens and Londis retailers and we have one shared aim - improving choice, price and service for all our customers.

 Our business is incredibly diverse, so it takes a wide range of skills to deliver the exceptional service our customers require.

 Wherever you join us, you’ll be part of an organisation that will help your career to keep moving forward.

*Booker Group is part of Tesco plc, however is operated separately from the core Tesco business and as such the benefits offered will be different from those offered at Tesco*

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