Senior Recruitment Advisor - Early Careers

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Senior Recruitment Advisor - Early Careers

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Job Description:

Senior Resourcing Advisor – Student recruitment/ Early careers



Manchester, Leeds or Sheffield



NEW GROUND WON’T BREAK ITSELF.

At Grant Thornton, we empower our people to do what’s right and help others achieve their goals. As a Senior Resourcing Adviser in the Early Careers team, you will play a pivotal role in delivering our award-winning recruitment strategy. You will be responsible for managing recruitment activity across a designated region or service line, building strong relationships with stakeholders, and ensuring a high-quality candidate experience from attraction through to onboarding.

We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we’ll support you to balance your work and life.

A look into the role



As a Senior Resourcing Adviser within the trainee recruitment team, you will:

• Help lead and drive our award-winning trainee recruitment strategies, supporting the delivery of key projects and communications across the firm.
• Deliver against hiring targets for your region/service line, ensuring timely, high-quality, and inclusive outcomes.
• Plan, organise, and attend attraction and pre-joiner events to build early engagement and support a smooth transition into the business.
• Build and manage relationships with senior stakeholders in your business areas, acting as a trusted adviser and strategic partner.
• Develop and implement a tailored recruitment strategy for your region, aligned with national goals and local market dynamics.
• Partner with our brand and resourcing RPO to ensure a successful attraction and assessment strategy that focuses on hiring high-quality and diverse talent.
• Own and drive end-to-end project delivery across the full recruitment lifecycle – from attraction and engagement through to assessment, onboarding, and conversion.
• Support the setup and delivery of our assessment and selection processes, from initial stages through to final round.
• Use data and performance metrics to monitor progress, identify areas for improvement, and drive continuous enhancement of the recruitment process.
• Act as a subject matter expert in the student recruitment space, continuously scanning the market for trends, innovations, and best practices.
  
  
  

• Significant experience in high-volume early careers or student recruitment, with a strong understanding of national strategies and local market dynamics.
• A proven ability to lead complex recruitment initiatives and projects from concept through to delivery and review.
• Skilled at engaging, influencing, and managing senior stakeholders and business leaders.
• Strong project management skills, comfortable owning deliverables, timelines, and outcomes across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Experience working in a dispersed, cross-functional team and adept at balancing independent decision-making with collaborative input.
• Confident designing and delivering events and programmes that are aligned to brand, diversity, and talent goals.
• A passion for creating outstanding candidate experiences, with a continuous improvement mindset and data-led approach.
  
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Accounting

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