Location: West Hartford,CT, USA
General Job Title: Talent Acquisition Partner?? Reports To: Talent Acquisition Manager, North America? ? Key Relationships: Talent Acquisition, Business Partners, wider Culture & People and senior hiring stakeholders from across the business ? ? About Us? ? Beazley is a specialist insurance company with over 30 years' experience helping people, communities, and businesses to manage risk all around the world. Our mission is to provide beautifully designed insurance, innovating to give our clients the maximum benefit with minimum hassle. Our products are wide ranging, from cyber & tech insurance to marine, healthcare, financial institutions, and contingency, covering risks such as the weather, film production or protection from deadly weapons. ?? ? Our Culture:? ? We employ over 2,000 people globally, hosting a wonderful diversity of cultures, experiences, and backgrounds. We are proud of our culture at Beazley that empowers our staff to work in a hybrid environment that is big on collaboration, diversity of thought & personal accountability. ?? Our three core values inspire the way we work and how we treat our people & customers - 1) Be bold 2) Strive for better 3) Do the right thing. Upholding these values every day has enabled us to become an innovative and responsive organisation in touch with the changing world around us - our ambitious I&D & Sustainability targets are testament to this. ?? ? ?Job Summary? ? As part of the continued evolution of our Talent Acquisition function, we are looking for a Talent Acquisition Partner to focus on hiring for our North American business.? We are looking for someone who is passionate about recruitment, direct sourcing and focused on finding experienced technical specialists, SMEs and operational staff to support our organisational success. The role will predominantly be focused on Underwriting & Claims Operations hiring but will be required to support more broadly across key functional areas.? You will champion our new talent acquisition approach & strategy, challenge the status quo and take a diverse & inclusive approach to acquiring talent.?? The successful candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment and will need to understand our organisational skill requirements both now and in the future, building the right internal and external talent pipelines accordingly.?? ? Key Responsibilities?? Drive the recruitment process from beginning to end acting as SME/trusted advisor to hiring team through the process Have a direct sourcing orientated approach to recruitment, performing full lifecycle recruiting at pace? Create tailored sourcing strategies to attract high quality, diverse, active and passive candidates by sourcing, maintaining candidate pipelines, pursuing referrals and developing meaningful relationships?? Proactively represent Beazley's brand in the external talent landscape and provide candidates a best-in-class experience? Support and develop the TA strategy and approach to provide greater access and visibility of talent across the business?? Championing and evolving the strategy for high volume hiring within Underwriting and Claims Operations, as well as more broadly within the organisation where required? Central to the attraction strategy should be how to engage and attract a diverse talent pool, specifically:? Monitoring market trends, using it to pivot Beazley's talent acquisition strategy as needed to achieve our I&D goals;? Ensure that an inclusive approach is taken throughout Beazley's hiring and recruitment practices, including our external sourcing partners;? Work with the broader TA Team and Inclusion Partner to develop and maintain relationships with external partners and networks to achieve our inclusion and diversity ambitions? Be a key point of contact for stakeholders, working with the Talent Acquisition Manager, North America and business partner teams to ensure you understand resourcing plans, and anticipate hiring needs, supporting them in managing headcount as appropriate? Develop insight and knowledge of key front office talent markets in a variety of locations across North America, to support international hiring and to proactively build a pipeline of talent? Ensure that the candidate and manager experience is at the forefront of the end to end hiring journey?? Partner with hiring managers to identify talent needs, job duties, qualifications and skills? Interview and screen applicants to evaluate alignment with position requirements?? Maintain external networks to keep abreast of developments in the Talent Acquisition space to ensure that the team are delivering a best-in-class service. This should include a network of external partners that can help Beazley to achieve their hiring ambitions.? A desire and ability to support on broader value-add Talent Acquisition projects and initiatives? Skills & Experience ? Significant level of recruiting/talent acquisition experience minimum of 5 years ideally in-house or RPO? Experience working within the Insurance industry or Financial Services (highly desirable)? A high degree of customer focus putting both candidate and manager experience at the forefront? Proven and demonstrable direct sourcing skills using variety of web-based tools and search strings, especially LinkedIn?and LinkedIn Talent Insights Experience hiring multiple concurrent junior-mid level positions, with a high degree of organization and efficiency? Excellent communication skills with a natural ability to build rapport quickly and establish credibility with senior stakeholders? Experience working across multiple North American locations, and building/managing sustainable relationships with BP teams, executives, senior managers, and other stakeholders? Proven experience in assessing, qualifying, interviewing, and screening potential candidates for both technical and non-technical roles? Proven ability to take initiative, adapt quickly to changing priorities, and build strong, productive relationships?in an agile environment Continuous improvement mindset with an appetite to find ways of doing things better? The rewards: The opportunity to connect and build long-lasting professional relationships while advancing your career with a growing, dynamic organization Attractive base compensation and discretionary performance related annual bonus Competitively priced medical, dental and vision insurance Company paid life, and short- and long-term disability insurance 401(k) plan with 5% company match and immediate vesting 22 days annual PTO (full-time, prorated for 1st calendar year of employment), plus paid public holidays with the ability to flex the religious bank holidays to suit your religious beliefs. Additional PTO purchase is available up to a maximum of 5 days per calendar year. Up to $700 reimbursement towards home office setup Free in-office lunch, travel reimbursement for travel to office, and monthly lifestyle allowance in support of your wellbeing The opportunity to save for, and purchase, shares of Beazley stock Six months fully paid parental leave, regardless of how you come to parenthood Company paid sabbatical up to 12 weeks after 10 years of continued service Support with exam/study leave and fees for relevant qualifications related to furthering education Up to 2.5 days matched paid leave for volunteering at a charity of your choice and 5 days paid leave to provide or arrange care for a dependent with a long term care need annually Smart working policy and flexible working culture, trusting our employees to do what works best for them, their role and the needs of the business Salary for this role will be tailored to the successful individual's location and experience. The expected compensation range for this position is $65,000 - $75,000 per year plus discretionary annual bonus. You will be able to discuss your salary expectations should you be contacted about this role.