Talent Acquisition Specialist, Financial Times
$80-92.7k
2-3 days a week in office
Global business publication
Open for applications
Global business publication
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$80-92.7k
2-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
The FT has an uncompromising mission: delivering independent, quality information, news and services to individuals and companies around the globe. It’s the cornerstone of our reputation and the heart of our ambitions for the future.
Role
Who you are
- You are agile, can adapt to change knowing no day is the same, and are eager to take on new challenges
- Demonstrable experience in recruiting talent across sales, marketing and editorial
- Background in using innovative sourcing strategies for hard to fill roles
- Experience in working with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion strategies to ensure a diverse shortlist of candidates and a fair process for everyone
- Excellent interpersonal, problem solving and relationship building skills
- Comfortable working autonomously without direction; ability to effectively prioritize workload
- Ability to liaise with employees at all levels of the organisation
- Ability to remain calm under pressure, multi-task, roll up your sleeves and be client-focused
- Preferably previous in-house experience
- A passion for current affairs and news media
- Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy required
- Excellent organisational skills required
- Confident to champion the FT brand and opportunities externally
What the job involves
- The Financial Times is looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist in our NY office to work across a variety of roles to ensure the FT in the US continues to attract and retain the best talent
- This role is responsible for supporting the strategic development and execution of the US recruitment strategy
- Managing the end to end recruitment cycle for all US based roles
- Developing innovative and proactive sourcing strategies that promote DE&I best practice to deliver high quality candidate pipelines
- Effectively building and engaging talent pools/communities through a variety of tools and social media
- Managing the candidate and employer brand via events, blogs and social
- Reviewing and presenting data and trends to the business
- Attending career fairs and annual conferences
- Manage processes around larger initiatives, strategic projects and programs focused on equipping the business with the tools they need to hire top, diverse talent (e.g. competency based interviewing training, quality of hire etc)
- Delivering the summer internship program
- Main point of contact for all stakeholders and point of escalation, feeding insights into management and raising key challenges to collaborate on and resolve
- Holding role briefings, interview wash-ups and process debriefs with Hiring Managers
- Seeking continuous feedback on the suitability of candidates in your pipeline and adapting sourcing plans where necessary
- Getting to know each team, working with Hiring Managers and the US HR team to understand the skills, competencies, and experiences necessary for success in each role
- Educating Hiring Managers on best practice in hiring including designing and delivering training programmes
- Managing roles within the Greenhouse and Workday recruitment systems
- Proactive headhunting
- Assist with annual affirmative action reporting requirements
- Providing support for future system developments
Our take
Founded in 1888, the FT has grown into one of the world's biggest online and broadsheet economics and business news providers. It has a strong focus on financial journalism and economic analysis, and provides this essential analysis to companies and individuals across the world.
As well as economics and business, the FT also offers sections on opinion, life and arts, how to spend, and more. In 2022, six of its writers won awards in science, data and investment categories, illustrating the breadth and quality of the FT’s journalism.
The company adapts well to changes in the market to maintain its readership. For example, it recently launched a digital hub and weekly newsletter called Cryptofinance to shine a light on the digital asset industry and how innovations are rippling into mainstream finance.
The FT Group employs more than 2300 people worldwide, including 700 journalists in 40 countries. It includes the FT, FT Specialist, and a number of services and joint ventures. FT's focus on providing impartial, high-quality content has gained it a record-paying readership of over a million, three-quarters of which are digital subscriptions.
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Insights
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back within 2 weeks
52% female employees
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- A range of training courses as well as confidential career coaching and mentoring
- Flexibility - working from home, job sharing, compressed weeks, and flexible working hours
- Enhanced parental leave, flexible leave allowance and paid volunteer leave
- Pension contribution
- Local health coverage plans
- Gym memberships and healthcare schemes, professional counselling sessions, 24-hour employee wellbeing helpline, weekly meditation classes
- Financial wellbeing products and services
Company values
- Ambition
- Curiosity
- Integrity
- Trust
- Inclusion
- Subscriber focus
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
John Ridding
(CEO)After studying for a degree in PPE at Oxford, John worked as Chairman of Pearson Asia, as well as editor of the FT in Asia. In 2006, he was appointed CEO of the FT Group.
Roula Khalaf
(Editor)Following a degree at Columbia University and four years at Forbes, Khalaf joined the FT in 1995 as Associate Editor and Middle East Editor. Since January 2020, she has served as Editor.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Financial Times
Yasir Mirza (Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion)
- D&I annual report
- Reporting pay gaps
- Next generation board
- Employee networks, including Proud FT, FT Embrace, FT Women, FT Families, FT Sustainability, FT Mental Health and FT Access,
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