Job description

Role: People and Performance Partner (Recruitment Training)
Location: New York City

Established in 2002, Oliver James Associates is a global recruitment partner with specialist teams in the Financial Services, Professional Services, and Commerce & Industry sectors. Our values of innovation, passion, adaptability, partnership, respect and excellence underpin the working practices we adopt across 12 offices worldwide. These behaviours are showcased by expert consultants who place up to C-suite level talent in permanent and interim positions through both contingency and executive search solutions.

This position is for a People & Performance Consultant working as part of a global team, based in our New York office (Rockefeller). You will be responsible for the analysis and delivery of learning and development initiatives, partnering regularly with senior stakeholders. This role acts as an integral facilitator of business growth; ensuring constant development of new and existing employees from entry level through to management.

Job description:

• Responsibility for the learning and development experience of USA based Oliver James employees in order to aid individual's progression
• 121 mentoring and coaching delivered to employees in order to ensure continued advancement and maximum profitability
• Responsibility for analysis, preparation and delivery of Oliver James Associates core education programmes
• Proactively identifying and advising senior stakeholders on opportunities to maximise revenue and increase profitability across sales operations
• Design and delivery of complex role play scenarios to ensure Oliver James Associates best practice is adhered to
• Organisation and management of dedicated sales days/half days
• Facilitation of round tables and interactive workshops with consultants and managers at a range of experience levels
• Accurate logging of employee development, providing regular advice and substantial feedback to support talent pipelining and promotion decisions
• * Constant interaction with the rest of the senior team, providing critical advice on office environment, sales performance, and new opportunities for growth
• * Monitoring of employee engagement levels and development pathways to ensure maximum retention of staff

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Minimum 3 years experience in the recruitment sector with experience in both candidate delivery and business development.
• Expert level knowledge of recruitment, recruitment practices, and associated skills
• Engaging, positive and enthusiastic approach to work
• Team leadership and mentoring experience gained within a recruitment environment if possible
• Excellent communication skills, an impressive presence, able to demonstrate the ability to quickly build rapport and long-term business relationships
• Experience of influencing and communicating with senior stakeholders
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, displaying a high level of diplomacy and professionalism
• A goal orientated mentality
• The ability to be a team player and yet capable of operating autonomously
• A high level of verbal and written communication skills
• A confident and proactive approach
• An innate desire to be successful and a willingness to make the commitment that this role requires a track record of high achievement in previous roles
• Efficient organisational, planning and time management skills