Early Careers Talent Assistant

Early Careers Talent Assistant 

Are you curious, excited by experimentation and always looking for a better way of doing things?   

Do you want to keep learning and developing whilst getting hands-on, entrepreneurial, business building experience? 

Do you want to have the opportunity to support the growth of our ventures through the management and execution of our early career talent programmes?  

If so, we would love to hear from you! 

We are looking to hire high-energy, entrepreneurial and value-adding talent to join Blenheim Chalcot, a world leading venture builder. The Junior Talent Executive will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our ventures by sourcing, attracting, and onboarding high-potential candidates onto the BC Graduate Programme.  

ABOUT US 

Blenheim Chalcot is one of the leading venture builders in the world. Headquartered in London from our flagship White City Scale Space campus, we have been building exciting and disruptive businesses for over 25 years. Blenheim Chalcot is responsible for building some of the most innovative companies in the UK and increasingly around the world – with significant operations in India and the US, as well as emerging operations in Europe and Southeast Asia. 

Our ventures are at the forefront of a multitude of industries being disrupted by digital including FinTech, EdTech, GovTech, Media, Sport, Charity and more. Our portfolio has been conceived and launched by us and employ over 4,000 employees. Our assets under management stand at more than £1.8bn and total portfolio sales is over £500 million. 

Our team, Venture Builder Services (VBS), exists to support our ventures to be successful quickly, sustainably and with access to the best practice tools, solutions, and expertise. We provide a range of services to help new business get off the ground, including technology, growth (marketing and sales), talent, HR, finance, legal and tax.

IMPACT BEYOND PROFIT 

15% of our partnerships and ventures are charities. These include the British Asian Trust, BabyZone and Onside Youth Zones. In the same way that we support our ventures, our Partners provide direct hands-on support to these charities by being active board members and offering expert advice. 

OUR BEHAVIOURS 

• Honesty and integrity – trustworthy 
• Resilience - keeps going when the going gets tough, remains optimistic in the face of challenges, open to feedback and willingness to change and experiment 
• Team work – is collaborative and supportive, elevating and developing others to deliver results 
• Innovation - restless to improve, challenges how to make things better 
• Deliver results - keeps promises, drives to achieve, commitment to high quality work 
• People awareness – collaborative and supportive, respectful 
• Commercial awareness - looks for best value solutions for the business, understand costs / revenues, spends money wisely 

THE ROLE 

The BC Graduate Programme is growing and as a result, we are looking for a Junior Talent Executive to join our team and focus on driving early-careers recruitment. Reporting into the Early Careers Manager, the role will be instrumental in helping run the attraction, selection, and onboarding process of high-potential early careers talent onto the BC Graduate Programme.

The role is designed to be an integral part of Blenheim Chalcot’s central function with progression opportunities within the team and/or our portfolio companies.  

Key responsibilities 

• Build strong relationships with the portfolio businesses to understand hiring needs for early talent.
• Attend university career’s fairs and assist in building strong relationships with universities and student societies to foster brand awareness and generate excitement about the BC Graduate Programme.  
• Facilitate the administration for all stages of the recruitment process, including liaising with key stakeholders, and updating people systems. 
• Utilise recruitment software (e.g., LinkedIn Recruiter, Greenhouse, Handshake) to source, screen, and track early careers candidate through the process.
• Demonstrate a growth mindset to continuously improve the processes and activities.  
• Support in the organisation of BC talent networking and L&D sessions for and across the portfolio of businesses. 

Specific duties 

Depending on the project, you will need to be comfortable doing the following: 

• Assist in driving the graduate recruitment process ‘from start to finish’: including reviewing candidates, conducting a high volume of screening interviews, scheduling interviews with stakeholders. 
• Plan and eventually lead graduate assessment days, both in-person and virtual. 
• Act as a ‘super-user’ for out ATS system, Greenhouse, ensuring it is kept up to date and that the team are following best practice. 
• Work closely with our BC India colleagues on administrative and operational tasks.  
• Work in a highly entrepreneurial environment, focusing on execution and ensuring plans come to fruition. 

ABOUT YOU 

The ideal candidate will have a curious nature for finding the best and most entrepreneurial talent out there. You must have a can-do attitude, ability to manage multiple tasks and superb interpersonal skills. 

The Ideal Candidate  

• An ambitious and driven individual with experience in Sales or Recruitment
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent life experience.
• Experience using recruitment systems such as LinkedIn Recruiter and Greenhouse (or equivalent) is desirable but not essential.
• Due to the nature of our businesses, a passion and insight into digital would be ideal. 
• You're a problem solver – you take ownership and won’t settle until the problem is resolved. 
• You’re resilient and love to use any learnings to improve a process next time round. 
• You thrive from working in a fast-paced environment and are comfortable with ambiguity. 
• You’re willing to get stuck in – we’re a small team so you’ll be happy get involved in projects outside of your job description. 
• You’re collaborative by nature, looking to work with & elevate those around you. 
• Excellent relationship building and stakeholder management skills. 

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU 

• Be part of a leading global Gen AI enabled digital venture builder  
• Have the opportunity to be a part of and learn from the incredible talent in BC  
• Be exposed to the right mix of challenges, within a culture that promotes continuous learning and development  
• A fun and open, if a little cricket obsessed, atmosphere 
• Discretionary bonus 
• 25 days of paid holidays + your birthday off  
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary), Pension Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme 
• Flexible Benefits, that include Private Medical and Dental, Gym Subsidiaries

PROCESS 

We have a rigorous recruitment process, which we use for all our roles to ensure we attract the very best talent.  

Blenheim Chalcot is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity is one of our core values, thus making it core to our business. We strive to maximise the diversity of our workforce and welcome applications from everyone. We encourage diversity through perspective, background, identity, and thought whilst also fostering an environment where everyone can express themselves regardless of your race, religion, sex, gender, colour, national origin, disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic. We are committed to continuing to nurture an inclusive environment and building a diverse workforce.