Head of Talent Acquisition

Head of Talent Acquisition

8529, South Park Circle, Suite 200
Orlando, Florida, 32819
United States

Head of Talent Acquisition
A more varied recruitment role would be hard to find.

When your day includes consulting on a strategic recruitment campaign for one North America’s most iconic LEGOLAND resort theme parks, the tactical deployment of an on-line attraction strategy for a new Peppa Pig World opening and the provision of operational support for a careers fair programme for Sealife – you know you’re working somewhere ‘different’.
In a business where the focus is on providing ‘fun’ for our millions of customers you will never have a dull day as you advise on the very best attraction, assessment, recruitment and retention practices to help drive our business onwards and upwards.

Merlin is unique in both its consumer propositions and its employee opportunities. With values that include ‘loving what we do’, being ‘innovative and fast-moving’ and ‘doing what we say’ we are seeking a similarly unique individual to head up and transform the way we attract and recruit great talent.

What is the job?
The Head of TA is a senior leadership role based out of newly formed HR People Services function in purpose built office space in Orlando, Florida. Responsible for providing exceptional advice and guidance to a team of professional recruiters supporting our 35 midway attractions and two (soon to be three) LEGOLAND theme parks.

You will provide direction, guidance and expertise in:

Creating and deploying innovative recruitment campaigns

Building a direct hiring capability

Manging and driving recruiter performance
Investigating and recommending the most appropriate attraction channels

Identifying and introducing new recruitment technologies and partnerships

Managing effective third party vendor relationships
Managing and evolving Merlin’s employment brand

Enhancing Merlin’s online social media presence

Delivering cost effective recruitment strategies including devising and delivering an ERP
Identifying new talent communities in all jurisdictions
Managing and delivering executive level recruitment
Devising and delivering recruitment training across the business

What background are we looking for?
The ideal candidate will have a combination of agency and in-house experience and will have recent and proven capability in delivering large scale, high-volume recruitment campaigns and strategies for multi-site businesses.

Adept at identifying and engaging new talent communities and harnessing new technologies to drive better volumes and relevance of candidate pipeline.

Proven previous experience of building outreach programmes and in crafting compelling business cases for new talent acquisition approaches and strategies.
Experienced at managing teams of recruiters and of developing and evolving new capabilities in raw recruits through personal demonstration and action.
Great understanding, experience and awareness of the different strategies and mechanisms for engaging wide demographics and diverse communities
The perfect background will incorporate experience in the entertainment or leisure & hospitality sectors and will be a highly competent hands-on recruiter at all levels. Whilst this role is firmly positioned at a leadership level the need to deliver personally is never far away.

Essential Skills & Attributes

Exceptional written and oral communications skills – you will be crafting engaging proposals and influencing senior stakeholders daily
Proven project management skills – you may not be PRINCE2 or PMI but you’ll have experience of delivery in a dynamic environment to tight parameters
Commercially savvy you’ll be adept at negotiating great deals, navigating difficult contractual arrangements and managing budgets
Your leadership skills will be collaborative and effective in an environment that is ever changing
Technically you’ll be highly capable with strong Office skills and broad systems knowledge – specifically ATS’s as well as a proven ability to utilise a wide range of social media to build employer brand and drive applications

What do you get in return?
A competitive salary with bonus potential
Great benefits including free access to all our attractions world wide
An environment where you are encouraged to innovate and change
Autonomy to introduce disruptive thinking in the field of talent acquisition
A support network to help you succeed
Global opportunities to develop and progress
The opportunity to impress at dinner parties when you say who you work for and what you do!
An environment and proposition like no other

About Us:

Merlin is one of the world’s leading entertainment companies with an enviable growth record and home to some of the planet’s best known brands: LEGOLAND, Sealife, Madam Tussauds, Peppa Pig World, Legoland Discovery Centers and much more.