Employer Brand and Attraction Manager

Contract: 12 Mths FTC/Secondment

Location: Nottingham

Recruitment Partner: Anastasia Walker

About the role

Reporting to the Talent Acquisition & Employability Director, you'll be responsible for all employer brand and talent attraction activity for Boots UK, Boots Opticians and No7 Beauty Company, utilising multiple recruitment marketing channels to attract the best talent to the business and promote Boots as an employer of choice. You'll be leading on employer brand strategy and co-ordinating recruitment marketing activities to support business needs, in addition to leading a team of Employer Brand Specialists who are responsible for social media management & campaigns, design & content creation, and website & digital projects.

Key responsibilities

• Further embed our new brand identity, look & feel and tone of voice across Recruitment and the broader People team

• Enhance the candidate experience across our careers sites through continuous improvement and digital optimisation projects

• Act as a custodian and champion of our employer brand ensuring consistency across the internal and external candidate journey

• Line manage three direct reports: Social Media Specialist, Content & Design Specialist and Digital Specialist

• Management of recruitment marketing budget

• Stakeholder management across Recruitment & HR, the wider internal business, IT and external agency partners to respond to business needs.

What you'll need to have (our must-haves)

• Employer branding and recruitment marketing experience

• A creative eye and attention to detail

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills

• Experience working with agencies or technical partners

• Previous line management experience

• Ability to effectively manage budgets

It would be great if you also have

• Background in the retail, healthcare or optical industry

• Experience managing careers websites

• Experience or qualifications in marketing and/or branding

• A good understanding and interest in the latest marketing trends

Where your brilliance can take you

This role sits within our dynamic People function which has a variety of HR specialist teams from Recruitment to Reward, Learning & Developing to HR Partnering and much more. Whether you grow within the People function or take your skills across the wider Boots Group businesses, we'll support you to keep learning and being brilliant.

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan

• Discretionary annual bonus

• Generous employee discounts

• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child

• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.

• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.

What's next

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.