Emerging Talent Specialist (12-month Fixed Term Contract

Emerging Talent Specialist (12-month Fixed Term Contract) Job Description Who we're looking for

The Emerging Talent Specialist is responsible for delivering high‑quality emerging talent programmes, ensuring a best‑in‑class experience for graduates, interns, placement year students and apprentices. The role spans attraction, assessment, onboarding, programme development, stakeholder management and reporting, ensuring seamless execution and continuous improvement across all stages of the emerging talent lifecycle.

Schroders is a global investment manager which provides active asset management, wealth management and investment solutions. We aim to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. We serve a diverse client base that includes pension schemes, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, high net worth individuals, family offices, as well as end clients through partnerships with distributors, financial advisers, and online platforms.

Established in 1804, we have around 5,500 people across 36 global locations. Schroders' success can be attributed to its diversified business model, spanning different asset classes, client types and geographies.

The People & Culture (P&C) team is responsible for ensuring that Schroders maximises the return on its investment in people. We do this through the development and implementation of policies and practices that attract, reward and retain high quality employees. As a member of People & Culture, you’ll join a group of experienced, dedicated, and encouraging professionals. They consistently deliver high-quality work and provide excellent service to their collaborators.

At Schroders, our success lies with our diverse range of people. Our global colleagues are from a variety of different backgrounds, cultures and beliefs. It’s our P&C team who help enable each one of them to be outstanding.

• Build and deliver attraction plans for emerging talent programmes aligned to workforce needs
• Drive diverse sourcing strategies, including partnerships, contextual recruitment approaches and platforms
• Regularly attend external relevant industry events including careers fairs, campus presence, partnership events to represent and showcase the Schroders brand
• Serve as the main contact with universities, suppliers, and assessment partners, managing performance and relationships to ensure effective partner delivery
• Lead all aspects of supplier performance, SLAs, applicant interaction and renewal recommendations
• Coordinate and attend attraction events with third‑party partners
• Champion innovative recruitment methodologies and introduce process improvements to enhance efficiency and candidate experience
• Develop and sustain a network of external contacts, applying industry knowledge to guide trends and innovative ways
• Partner with Marketing/Comms to develop EVP‑aligned messaging, content, social media and candidate communications

• Own requisitions and run kick‑offs with hiring managers and programme collaborators
• Design and ensure seamless assessment processes (screening, online tests, assessment centres, interviews)
• Brief interviewers and assessors, ensuring consistent evaluation and bias mitigation
  
  Manage offers and candidate feedback processes for both successful and unsuccessful candidates
• Track recruitment risks (drop‑off, time‑to‑hire, conversion) and adjust selection tactics accordingly

• Coordinate end‑to‑end onboarding journeys, aligning induction, achievements and touchpoints
• Devise and deliver effective keep warm strategies to mitigate reneges
• Partner with Talent Solutions for skills identification and input into the skills curriculum build
• Support manager capability for emerging talent development (toolkits, briefing sessions, check‑ins)
• Build engagement activities, including alumni networks, buddy systems and career‑development workshops
• Provide pastoral care and structured guidance to emerging talent
• Main point of contact for programme collaborators (Talent Acquisition, P&C BP’s, hiring managers, sponsors)
• Particip…