Job Title: Talent Scout Senior Analyst
Location:  Newcastle Upon Tyne
Level: L10

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

The Role:

Proactively partners with account teams to develop sourcing strategies for complex project talent needs.

Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in the New Business Meetings (NBMs) and leverage the information on upcoming demand to proactively inform talent actions

• Connect people to projects for large/complex client ramp-ups as the business requires (attend key calls, generate metrics, direct Talent Connector team)

• Provide transparency to opportunities and the demand pipeline and discuss priorities and current/future fulfillment gaps with CG leadership

• Proactively define, review and validate project sourcing strategies

• Provide expertise around connecting people to projects for client teams across Service/MU and internal and external sources (internal, recruiting, contractors, up-skilling)

• Work closely with the Client Group Lead to verify prioritization of talent needs and ensure early visibility to demand pipeline (including development roles for Analysts and Apprentices)

• Collaborate with the Solution Architects and Client Executives to give input to sourcing plans, including guidance on risks and opportunities

• Connect with client teams to provide aggregate client delivery opportunities and risks and help resolve fulfillment of overdue roles

• Foster a culture of ONE HR by collaborating closely with Talent Futurists, HR Partners and sharing expertise and coaching with Talent Connectors to build their decision making, collaboration and problem-solving skills

• Supervising and coaching Talent Scout Specialists

• Play an active role in defining and / or adapting best practice as the Talent Scout function comes to life

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• NBM/MMS to understand open demand and current and future fulfillment gaps

• S/D Dashboard to understand the landscape of demand and availability

• myScheduling to track unsold and overdue demand

• Advocate & Influence staffing best practice

• Relationship Building

• Leading with Data & Insights

• Supervisory experience is advantageous but not essential

What’s in it for you:

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days of vacation per year, access to app based fitness classes and discounts on range of gyms, private medical insurance and three days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services — all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 674,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at accenture.com.

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

International candidates will be considered.

Closing Date for Applications: Ongoing

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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