Resourcing Partner – Head Office functions

Role: Resourcing Partner – Head Office functions
Duration: Permanent
Location: we have a fantastic hybrid working environment, you’ll need to be in the office at least 2 days per week but the rest of your week can be flexible to what works best for you and your role
Package: Competitive Salary, 10% bonus, pension, healthcare and great discounts at our hotels and restaurants

People are at the heart of everything we do at Whitbread and ensuring that we recruit the best talent into our business is more important than ever. As a Resourcing Partner you will be working with Support Centre functions, including HR, Procurement & Supply Chain and Property. You’ll manage the end-to-end process, ensuring our managers hire the best person for the role at pace, with a particular focus on inclusive hiring processes. And, that every candidate that engages with us has a great experience, whether they get the job or not.

Inside the role:

• You will be managing the end to end hiring process for permanent and contract roles within our support centre.
• Build relationships and partner with hiring managers to understand technical and behavioural hiring needs.
• Source, attract and hire passive talent.
• Execute effective engagement, screening, and closing approaches that deliver a diverse pipeline of candidates and provide an outstanding candidate experience.
• Possess strong ability to screen, assess, interview, and prep high calibre candidates within an appropriate and consistent timeframe.
• Generate and recommend ideas and strategies related to recruitment, that will contribute to the enhancement of inclusive hiring processes, to deliver the most diverse talent possible and ensuring that every applicant feels like they have been treated with respect and authenticity.

We’re open to you:

• Ideally, you’ll have recruitment experience within head office functions, this could be within an agency or internal role.
• Building strong and meaningful relationships with hiring managers will be something you are great at and enjoy.
• In a competitive market we’d like you to be confident when proactively sourcing the best talent in the market, we’ll provide all the tools you need to engage with active and passive candidates.
• You’ll thrive in a busy environment; we hire a lot of roles each year and keeping all processes moving at pace needs great organisation and communication skills.
• Experience of using data to influence hiring processes and decisions.
• Always thinking about how we can be a more inclusive environment, you will be confident in coaching around bias and challenging thinking that may constrain our ability to increase diversity.

We’re 1,200 hotels and restaurants in the UK, Germany and the UAE, but we’re more than that. We’re the 35,000 people supporting our brands every day. The ones sourcing the nation’s favourite breakfast, plating up family favourites, and the great night’s sleep guaranteed people. We’re also always preparing for new openings, looking ahead and revamping our online presence. We do it for our guests, and it’s the details that keep them returning time and time again. We could be at the end of their road, their trusty choice for business trips, or we could be the place they associate with big celebrations up and down the country. We’re a constant in a changing world, and we’d love you to join us. Bring your energy, ideas and sense of fun, we’re waiting and so are our brands.

In return, we will offer you:

• An annual Whitbread performance incentive worth up to 10% of base salary
• An optional contributory pension matched up to 10%
• Individual BUPA healthcare
• Up to 60% discount on Premier Inn stays and a regular 25% discount in our Restaurant brands
• Access to Whitbread’s Save As You Earn scheme, with a fantastic 20% discount on Whitbread shares
• Recognition for service anniversaries, starting from 1 year
• Access to a range of discounts from everyday brands
• Charity donations through our Give and Match and Raise and Match schemes
• A collaborative work culture that focuses on enabling your success and continuing your personal development
• Hybrid working and a genuine flexible working policy

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We believe that everyone is unique and there should be no barriers to entry and no limits to ambition. We are committed to being an inclusive organisation that values diversity and welcome your application whatever your background or situation.

Under-represented groups such as women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities & members of the LGBTQ+ community (those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and non-binary or those who use a different LGBTQ+ term), are strongly encouraged to build a career with us. We are open to part-time and flexible working and, where possible, will try to support this.