Sourcing Specialist

Join National Grid's digital transformation! We are digital creators, continuous learners and daring innovators. We leverage digital innovative ways to create products and catalyze the transformation of National Grid's business units into more agile and digitally.

The Recruitment Sourcing Specialist works closely with our Recruitment Partners and uses innovative sourcing strategies and methodologies to identify and source candidates, finding and engaging with the best diverse talent in the market, delivering outstanding candidate experience and for building a strong talent pipeline for National Grid's current and future talent needs. Recruitment Sourcing Specialist support our UK and US recruitment and are part of a global recruitment team. This is a Hybrid role (Onsite in Brooklyn, NY or Waltham, MA a couple times a month)

* Develop & execute a sourcing plan of action to meet immediate client hiring requirements.
* Create innovative sourcing strategies making use of forums, online networks, and internet interrogation
* Identify passive candidates using online tools/networks/technologies
* Create talent communities via LinkedIn and engage them with regular and relevant communications?
* Balance deadlines and deliverables for multiple searches at a time.
* Maintain data quality and accuracy within the company's internal database.
* Conduct ongoing candidate pipeline development activities and talent network expansion for active and future requisitions.
* Market mapping, business intelligence
* Remain curious about emerging sourcing technologies and methods to help us on our journey to best in class

Candidate Assessment & Selection
* Complete telephone screening calls with candidates to assess their suitability for roles.
* Provide diverse candidate shortlists to within agreed timeframes.
* Engage with the candidate community to understand and map their career goals and motivations.
* Build great relationships with candidates, communicating with them throughout the process

* Minimum 2 years of experience in Human Resources or Customer Service-related role
* Proven track record of working with boolean searches and other research methods for candidate sourcing excellent candidate management skills
* A high degree of customer focus and the ability to build and maintain professional relationships.
* Good attention to detail
* Strong drive for results and a commitment to producing a high level of work efficiently and often within tight time frames.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Ability to adapt to new processes and effectively deal with change and ambiguity.
* Skills in planning, organizing and prioritization
* High levels of tenacity