COO & Controls Executive Recruiter (12-Month Fixed Term)

About the role

As a Technology, Operations and Controls Executive Recruiter, you will join the COO executive hiring team at Barclays and deliver executive search services to the technology, operations and controls functions, including Risk, Finance & Treasury COO, Economic Crime COO and Chief Controls Officer. The role is a full-time, 12-month fixed-term contract based in London.

Key responsibilities

• Sourcing, attracting and hiring leadership talent across the COO organisation
• Develop and implement executive recruitment strategies and programmes, identifying candidates through job boards, social media, professional networks and employee referrals
• Maintain an executive talent needs assessment and a pipeline of qualified executive candidates
• Write job postings and marketing materials, coordinate sourcing, screening and interviewing, make hiring recommendations and negotiate job offers
• Handle onboarding, including orientation sessions and administration
• Monitor and report recruitment metrics such as time-to-fill, cost per hire and source of hire
• Manage hiring managers, executive search firms and professional organisations to build a strong talent pipeline

Required profile

• Background in executive search or senior contingent hiring, ideally with in-house experience, with a deep understanding of direct recruitment in Risk & Controls or closely related functions
• Proven team player who partners with external agencies and the wider HR and client community
• Assessed on skills such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology knowledge
• Legal right to work in the UK; the role may be subject to enhanced governance and additional regulatory and compliance obligations

Required skills

• Experience using talent acquisition tools and platforms to source candidates
• Understanding of leadership roles and organisational structures at target competitor organisations