Early Careers Lead - Americas
Job in
Toronto, Ontario, M5A, Canada
Listing for:
Arup
Apprenticeship/Internship
position
Listed on 2026-07-15
Job specializations:
-
HR/Recruitment
HR Generalist / Talent Management, Recruiter / Talent Acquisition, HR Manager
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Joining Arup
Arup’s purpose, shared values, and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 80 years, guiding how we shape a better world.
The Opportunity
The Early Careers Lead is responsible for regional delivery of the global Early Careers framework, embedding consistent standards, coordinating campaign activity, coaching recruiters, and supporting continuous improvement. The role ensures the Early Careers strategy and programmes are embedded into local contexts while remaining consistent with global objectives and standards.
Key responsibilities include owning the design and execution of strategies to attract, engage, and hire top early-career talent across their assigned region while being a key partner to the business and senior leaders. This is a critical role in embedding and operationalising the early careers recruitment framework.
Responsibilities will include the following:
Global Strategy Implementation
Embed and operationalize Arup’s global early careers strategy within the region, ensure consistent application of global standards while adapting for local regulations, cultural expectations, and market dynamics.Play a leading role in Early Careers workstreams to develop and evolve the global framework including but not limited to; technology, demand, assessment and programmatic approaches.Work with People Partnering teams and business leaders to forecast demand to ensure timely delivery of talent pipelines.Team Management
Lead, coach, and develop a team of early careers recruiters, fostering a high-performance and collaborative culture.Allocate work, set priorities, and ensure consistent delivery standards across all recruitment activity. Establish ways of working that support collaboration, continuous improvement, and a positive team culture.Alongside Global Early Careers Operations Leader, work with the RPO to ensure a strong relationship with the RPO team and ensure smooth delivery of key campaigns.Future-Focused Candidate Attraction
Drive innovative sourcing strategies leveraging technology, social media, and data analytics.Build strong relationships with universities, professional organizations, and diversity partners to expand talent pools. Represent Arup at campus and in-office events, conferences, virtual fairs, and industry forums to strengthen our employer brand.Build and maintain early career talent pipelines to ensure a strong and consistent pool of candidates.Partner with EDI teams to embed and uphold inclusive practices to source diverse early careers talent.Recruitment Operations & Delivery Excellence
Own demand fulfilment by overseeing the full-cycle recruitment for early careers programs, ensuring compliance with local regulations and global standards and an exceptional candidate journey from application through to onboarding.Implement relevant process improvements to reduce time-to-offer and enhance efficiency.Oversee the intern program and intern conversion process within the region, ensuring this return on investment, building a key graduate talent pipeline.Data & Insights
Monitor recruitment metrics through regular reporting and end of season reviews to regional and global leadership to understand effectiveness of processes, refine strategies and improve outcomes.Stay up to date with market trends, competitor activity and innovations, bringing in external thought leadership.Measures of Success
Delivery of overall regional campaign aligned to core KPIs including;
Candidate Experience – time to offer, time in process and feedbackFulfilment – delivery against forecasted demandHarmonisation – successful embedding of global processes and ways of workingReturn on Investment – demonstrating value in attraction activities, cost per hire and intern conversionsAt Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.
You will have the opportunity to do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.
Is this role right for you?
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