Job Title: Talent Scout Specialist
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Level: L9

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