Job Description
The Team and Focus of the Role
We are dedicated and passionate about encouraging the next generation into Surveying and Property, so we are building a new team to focus on attraction into the industry through various pathways and engaging with a wider audience across the UK. As our new Early Careers Manager, you will play a pivotal role in managing and introducing the next generation into our business whilst also taking line management responsibility for an Administrator and Talent Ambassador.
You’ll be key in shaping our strategy and managing every stage of our Early Careers cycle — from graduate, placement and summer internship interviews, building relationships with our key universities, advising the wider business on best practice within the Early Careers industry aligning to the businesses wider 5 year strategy, supporting our colleagues through their APC, AssocRICS and Apprenticeship pathways, all the way to working with our wider Marketing and External Communications team to ensure we are the best in class.
We’re looking for someone highly driven, proactive and passionate about delivering a first-class candidate and colleague experience. This is a core part of our People strategy and encouraging the next generation into Surveying is a focus we are so excited to invest in, so if you are looking make a genuine and meaningful impact on an Early Careers strategy then we’d love to hear from you.
Based at our Birmingham or Ashby de la Zouch office within our hybrid working model, the role includes travel to other offices and universities. This is a full-time position (37.5 hours), typically 8.45am – 5.15pm, with the understanding that hours may vary slightly during events and interviewing cycles.
In return, you will benefit from a competitive package including:
· A discretionary bonus scheme
· Car Allowance
· Private Healthcare
· A generous holiday scheme which commences at 25 days with a sliding scale up to 30 days plus an additional day for your birthday, and additional days to cover the festive period!
· Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
· An online money saving portal
· Death In Service cover, alongside access to an Employee Assistance Programme which includes health appoints for you and your family
· Volunteering Leave equating to 2 days per year (pro rata if you’re part-time)
Duties will include:
· Being responsible for leading, shaping and implementing our Early Careers Strategy
· Proactively assessing new opportunities to enhance or widen our Early Careers cohort
· Attending university and school events as required
· Creating and managing the Early Careers budget
· Benchmarking across the industry
· Management of our Virtual Insights Programme
· Managing our Early Careers cohort through their training cycle with us (APC, Assoc RICS, Apprenticeships, etc)
· Attending and speaking at training and university events
· Working closely with the Early Careers Administrator and Talent Ambassador and wider People team
· Managing the interview cycles for all graduate, placement and summer internship hires
· Assessing candidates via screening calls
· Developing and maintaining long term professional relationships with educational institutions
· Working with the wider Early Careers team to develop training days
· Assisting the induction process for early careers and advising new starters on their APC enrolment process or any relevant enrolment process required
· Line Management responsibilities for the Early Careers Administrator and Talent Ambassador
· Adhoc duties as required
The successful candidate will have...
· Previous early careers experience
· Professional Services experience (desirable)
· Knowledge of the APC process (desirable)
· Previous line management responsibilities
· High attention to detail
· Experience of speaking at events
· Proactive in identifying and advising on process improvements
· Great communication both internally and externally
· The ability to work well within a team and independently
· Inquisitive and forward thinking to maximise early careers opportunities and emerging trends
Why Fisher German?
We’ve been around for a while, but it doesn’t mean we are behind the times! Across our office network we offer a hybrid working approach to help our colleagues design their working day to suit their diaries. Some days you might be in the office enjoying a collaborative team day, and other days might see you focussing on project work at home. Wherever you choose to work, you’ll be part of a social and digitally connected workforce with the chance to get involved in a variety of activities, like sports events, pop-up bars, BBQs, CPD days, live leadership updates on Zoom, picnics in the park and lots more.
What’s not to love? We work hard but we also have lots of fun! If that sounds like something you would enjoy, then please get in touch.
We have a history going back as far as 1830 but have been Fisher German since 2000. We operate UK wide advising and managing a range of client portfolios with national visibility across all the 12-property market sectors; agriculture, commercial, education, green energy and sustainability, healthcare, minerals and waste, public sector, residential, rural, telecoms, third sector and utilities and infrastructure.
Bring Yourself to Work
It’s simple really, we are passionate about what we do, and we want you to be driven to succeed with us. For this to happen, you need to feel supported and included which is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.