About us

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future in a technology-driven world.

As strategies, technologies and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough use of technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

An innovation and transformation consultancy, we are 3,300 specialists in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our people are strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers and technologists. We operate globally from offices across the UK, US, Netherlands and Nordics.

Our hybrid way of working is designed to help you plan your work and your life. We want decisions about ‘where to work’ to be governed by ‘the work we need to do’ – whether that’s at client sites, offices/labs/studios, or remotely from home.

We have five principles which will help us balance both creating a high-performance culture that delivers for our clients and the firm, and being understanding and inclusive to individuals, and the teams in which we all work. Our principles are: we put your safety first; we trust PA people; we respect difference; we are responsive to clients and we are responsive to individuals and teams.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

PA’s growth strategy is a major strategic focus at present and Talent Acquisition are the driving force behind how we find and attract the brightest and the best talent to join us to move the business forward in our growth. The organisation is looking to double in size over the next two years.

There has never been a better time to join.

Take your career to the next level in a role that is critical in enabling the growth of the business. You will be responsible for managing the success of our Architecture and Cyber Security recruitment capability streams, the full lifecycle from initial attraction through to assessment and offer.

You will have the resilience to handle a fast-paced environment where you will be at the coal-face of sourcing and qualifying talent who will go on to deliver high-impact projects.

You will have a range of tools at your fingertips to support, including LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed and an array of capability specific platforms.

You will be

·       Designing innovative sourcing strategies to targeting high quality candidates for our technical roles including (but not limited to) Cloud Security, Data Privacy, Architecture and GCP.

·       Using search techniques on platforms such as LinkedIn

·       Writing adverts and communications that highlight key qualifiers for each role as well as the benefits of working at PA

·       Carefully qualifying candidates against specific role requirements and company culture

·       Managing your candidates’ expectations, ensuring they are kept engaged and informed throughout their experience.

·       Liaising with internal stakeholders to engage and influence consistent and effective recruitment processes.

·       Be data driven in your methods, with a firm understanding of how your recruitment metrics can be used to improve performance.

·       Deliver market insight and intelligence by keeping up with industry trends and gaining credibility with stakeholders

·       Be a champion of candidate experience, so that even unsuccessful candidates leave the process with a positive image of PA Consulting

This can be a challenging area to recruit for, you need to be creative and find out of the box solutions to attract the best talent via social channels, events and by building your internal and external networks

Able to use data via tools such as PowerBI and LinkedIn insights in order to advise your stakeholders on market insight and intelligence

You'll ideally come with previous experience of direct technical recruitment 

Be a wizz on LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing platforms and tools

A diligent and motivated attitude. You will be target driven and a real self-starter who is not afraid to use their initiative

Excellent communication skills and confidence in building positive relationships with diverse and challenging stakeholders

Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to engage, influence and challenge candidates

High energy and personal resilience with the ability to manage competing demands in a complex, matrixed environment.  You should have the ability to lead yourself through ambiguity and change, often in a fast-paced atmosphere 

Great partnering and teaming skills – ability to support others in a collegiate working environment and build internal networks to solve problems.

Benefits

• Private medical insurance
• 25 days annual leave with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Company pension scheme
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Life and Income protection insurance
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)
• Additional optional benefits (Dental, critical illness, spouse/partner life assurance)

Inclusion & Diversity

We believe that diversity makes us a stronger firm and look to employ people with different ideas, styles and skill sets. This diversity stimulates a rich, creative environment – one in which our people develop, and our clients enjoy enduring results. We’re committed to recruiting, promoting and rewarding our people solely based on their ability to contribute to PA’s goals, without regard to their sex, race, disability, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or marital status.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on [email protected]