EY Early Careers Senior Advisor - Assessment & 

United Kingdom, England, London 

599773020

Early Careers Senior Advisor - Assessment & Selection Specialist

Level 2.5 Supervising Associate

15 Month Fixed Term Contract/ Secondment

Hybrid working: seasonally up to 40% of time spend travelling/ on campuses plus an anchor day in the office and running assessment days

Your Key Responsibilities:

· Has experience in Assessment Design (this may include Job Analysis, Psychometric item design, assessment centre materials)

· Delivers exceptional EY assessment centres, from design to operational delivery. You will look after this as a cross-team project as an SME and ensure that these high-volume, high-profile events are executed to a high standard ensuring an exceptional candidate experience

· Has a strong understanding of different assessment methods including skills-based hiring

· Strives to remain knowledgeable of technology and assessment options available in the market

· Demonstrates exceptional reporting and data analysis capabilities including threshold, pass rate, withdrawal rate and adverse impact analysis

· Demonstrates an understanding of diversity and inclusion in early careers recruitment, and assessment and selection practices that reduce bias and adverse impact in process

· Demonstrates project management capabilities and an ability to prioritise effectively

· Can evidence experience in multi-layered relationship building and being able to foster strong working partnerships with internal and external teams & suppliers

· Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to ensuring assessment vendors deliver work to a high-quality standard

· Contributes to the achievement of early careers recruitment hiring targets across all programmes

· Comfortable communicating complex data insights to senior stakeholders.

To qualify for the role you must have:

· Master’s or bachelor’s degree in occupational psychology or equivalent

· Experience in Early Careers recruitment and/or assessment design and delivery

· Knowledge of core assessment and selection tools

· Willingness to coach and line manager team members

· Relevant early careers experience

· Highly organised with an eye for detail

· Confident excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs etc)

· Relationship building skills – with the ability to challenge senior management where necessary, always acting with integrity and enthusiasm

· A willingness to look beyond the task at hand and consider the broader picture

· Calm and objective when under pressure

· Ability to spend up to 40% of your time seasonally travelling/ on campuses

Ideally, you’ll also have:

· Experience working in Assessment Consultancy or in-house roles

· Experience in line management is preferred but not required

· Project management experience

· Experience of either schools or university recruitment (ideally both)

· Proven track record of executing volume recruitment

· An understanding of Early ID programmes

What we offer

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with MyReward you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.

Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You'll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We'll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We'll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
• If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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