Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey. The Emerging Talent Senior Manager is responsible for the delivery of recruitment and selection activity and supports the wider team in creating a high-quality development experience for graduates, apprentices and industrial placements across Europe, with a primary regional lead focus on graduates. This is a 12-month fixed term contract role.

You will work in partnership with the emerging talent lead to ensure effective sourcing and selection of emerging talent, clear development pathways, structured learning aligned to the global emerging talent programme, and effective support from ET ambassadors and line managers.

Key responsibilities include:
- Acting as the regional lead for graduate and industrial placement recruitment in partnership with Talent Acquisition.
- Managing university attraction activity, candidate assessment centres, offer processes and approvals.
- Overseeing the end-to-end emerging talent process from shortlisting through to assessment, offer and onboarding.
- Attending educational institutions and external forums to attract a diverse and high-calibre pipeline of emerging talent.
- Ensuring robust due diligence and selection processes to support future consultancy capability needs.
- Directing the regional delivery and continuous improvement of technical, behavioural, professional and business skills development across the programme lifecycle.
- Owning the regional annual development calendar and ensuring effective communication and delivery of programme activities.
- Managing regional onboarding, induction, development, networking events, progression readiness activities, and celebration events.
- Maintaining programme materials, toolkits, guidance documents, learning pathways and communication resources.
- Collaborating with external training providers, professional bodies and education partners.
- Serving as the senior regional contact point for graduates, apprentices, industrial placements and Europe stakeholders.
- Influencing stakeholders to prioritise development, attendance, completion and progression readiness.
- Educating ET ambassadors and line managers on programme processes and best practices.
- Building strong relationships within the emerging talent and wider HR teams.
- Acting as a coach to team members and deputising for the emerging talent lead when required.
- Ensuring accurate and timely regional reporting and monitoring of programme data.
- Using data insights to recommend and implement improvements.
- Ensuring compliance with Mace policies, regional and country laws.
- Promoting inclusion, accessibility, wellbeing and social mobility within development activities.
- Identifying individuals or cohorts requiring additional support and coordinating appropriate interventions.

Experience
Significant experience driving emerging talent recruitment, attraction and onboarding campaigns, including graduate, undergraduate and apprenticeship programmes. Proven ability to design, implement and deliver successful high-volume recruitment processes and campaigns. Experience utilising a variety of sourcing methods. Thorough knowledge of the secondary and higher education market, including building relationships with schools, colleges, universities and diversity partners.

About you
Strong stakeholder management and coaching skills. Ability to influence and educate line managers and ambassadors on best practices. Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver continuous improvement. Collaborative team player who can build strong relationships across teams and regions. Commitment to inclusion, accessibility and wellbeing in talent development.

Qualifications
Relevant qualifications or equivalent experience in talent management, recruitment or related fields are desirable but not mandatory. A proactive and positive attitude with a passion for developing emerging talent is essential.