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If you've ever stepped through the doors of a John Lewis or Waitrose shop, shopped online, or seen any of our adverts, you'll know there's something unique about us.

That unique proposition is our Partners. As co-owners they have a say in our business and receive a share of the profits, so they put time and effort into making it work. Our Partners are the reason we're the success we are. They're our secret sauce; the opportunity for us to differentiate.

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At a glance

● Working pattern- This is a hybrid working role, therefore your time will primarily be split between working from home and our Bracknell office. We currently meet together in person as a team once a month but this could change in the future.

● Salary range- The salary range for this role is set at £35,900 - £53,500

● Contract type - This is a fixed-term contract for 6 months

About the role

Do you have experience in end-to-end recruitment? If so, we're keen to hear from you, as we have some opportunities to join our Talent Acquisition team.

The Talent Acquisition team creates a trusted way of recruiting that is agile, simple and provides a happier, inclusive experience for everyone. You will work within a variety of squads, aligned to a specific business area depending on recruitment needs. We’ve got an exciting year ahead, recruiting new roles for many different business areas across the Partnership. We are an ambitious team, keen to provide the highest level of service and support for hiring managers across Retail and our Central offices.

If you’re passionate about sourcing the best talent for our partnership, providing an amazing candidate and hiring manager experience, and being key in helping continuously improve this across the team, then this could be the job for you.

What will you be doing?

You will be working closely with hiring managers to understand their recruitment needs and role requirements to source and deliver a diverse range of candidates. This will include knowing how to attract and source the best talent, using a variety of techniques and platforms.

You’ll also be pipelining talented candidates for future opportunities and working with your colleagues to ensure a collaborative approach is taken to talent mapping.

You’ll own the the full recruitment life cycle including assessment and selection, offer processing and onboarding and campaign review to identify successes and learns

Why does our team love working for us?

Our team loves building relationships with hiring managers, working with and supporting them to recruit the very best talent into their teams and creating a great experience for our candidates. Our business is all about people and relationships.

Essential skills you’ll need

• Extensive attraction and sourcing experience using multiple attraction methods, alongside a passion for sourcing the best talent across a range of niche and specialist roles
• Proven experience in managing the full recruitment life cycle
• You will need to interact with numerous stakeholders, candidates, clients, suppliers and other Resourcing Partners, so strong communication, relationship building and customer service skills are essential
• Ability to organise and prioritise a busy and varied workload

Desirable skills you could bring

• Specialist technology recruiter experience would be an advantage for one of the roles
• You may be required to interview candidates, so experience in screening, and assessing candidates across a variety of roles is desirable
• Experience in using data to deliver the best recruitment outcomes and improve the recruitment process
• Project Management experience
• Strong Professional User experience and expertise in Workday or similar system

Benefits of the Partnership and the role

The Partnership has a competitive pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay)

Full-time working holiday entitlement 22 days holiday, plus public and bank holidays.

You’ll get Partnership discount in store and online once you complete your Earning Membership period. That’s 25% off in John Lewis (12% off electrical products, some exclusions apply) and 20% in Waitrose (some exclusions apply) You’ll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount.

Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our marketing leading equal parenthood leave Policy.

Find out more about the extensive range of exciting benefits that you could enjoy when you join us, on our website under "About the Partnership; Benefits"

Next Steps

The application form consists of a CV upload followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time.

You'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you.

Please note that should we receive a high volume of applicants we reserve the right to close the role early

Please be aware that due to the nature and activities of this role, all successful candidates will have a DBS check carried out on them through a 3rd party registered body. For more details on DBS checks and what these entail, please visit the Government website .

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At the John Lewis Partnership, we embrace our differences. We want you to be you. Because, well, we know you're at your best when you're free to be yourself.

Being a truly inclusive employer to us means creating an environment which celebrates your contribution, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief. It's why we've set our own aim to become the UK’s most inclusive business - for our Partners (employees) and our customers.

We firmly believe that our future success lies in diversity of thought from all Partners and it's integral in our mission to build a happier world. ? ?

We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us. And, once you're a Partner, your differences will make all the difference.

Find out more about D&I in the Partnership here.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where it is possible to do so. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.