CINARA MACIAS

Centrii is a cybersecurity company for renewable energy infrastructures. I was invited by the CEO to join the business due to my experience in the renewable energy market. I am currently responsible for all the Talent Acquisition and HR/People Business Partnering activities. Although is a great opportunity and I appreciate the invite to join the business, unfortunately I don't feel this is right environment for me.

• Recruiting for roles across the whole business: Software Engineers, Network Security Engineers, Sales, Compliance, Marketing, etc.

• Currently implementing the HRIS and ATS (both with HiBob).

• Revisiting all the company policies and aligning with the new Employment Rights Act.

• Implementation of travel business platform (Perk), to facilitate the life of the engineers responsible to go on site deployments.

• Leading end-to-end recruitment for early careers roles including graduates, interns, and apprentices across multiple client accounts
• Screen, shortlist, and coordination of interviews for large-scale early talent intakes
• Delivering tailored recruitment solutions to meet specific client workforce needs across sectors such as automotive, utilities, and telecommunications
• Organising and facilitating campus recruitment events, career fairs, and assessment centres across the UK
• Support of employer branding initiatives to promote TCS and client opportunities among early-career talent pools
• Collaborating with universities, apprenticeship providers, and industry partners to attract diverse and high-potential talent
• Manage two direct reports (interns), providing daily oversight, task delegation, and development support

• Managing the full recruitment life cycle, from sourcing and screening candidates, to coordinating interviews and extending offers
• Recruitment across the whole the Group and a broad range of functions: Investment Management, Fund Management, Investor Relations, Debt Management, Technical and Asset Management, ESG, Corporate Finance, IT, HR, Office Management and all Early Talent roles
• Markets: EMEA, (UK, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland), Americas (US, Canada and Chile) and India (Hyderabad)
• Utilising various sources methods, including LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, networking events, and employee referrals, to identity and engage potential candidates
• Designing and implementing Early Talent Programs (Shadowing Weeks, Summer Internships and Grad Schemes)
• Participating in careers fairs and engaging in students societies to support our Employer Branding Proposition goals and proactively build a pipeline for Early Careers/Interns/Junior roles
• Working closely with hiring managers and HR partners to strategically build high-performing, diverse teams

• Coordinating interview scheduling for internal and external candidates and hiring managers
• Utilising the ATS (Greenhouse) to effectively manage all recruitment tasks
• Supporting with sourcing and screening calls for the Community roles
• Responsible for drafting and issuing employment agreements to candidates in EMEA
• Coordination of assessment centres
• First point of contact for general queries coming from candidates
• Providing an exceptional experience to both internal partners and candidates

• Responsible for guiding couriers through the recruitment process
• High volume calls for recruitment and delivery of new couriers to the business
• Scheduling inductions and first shifts with new hires
• Calling and messaging candidates about the status of their application
• Collecting remaining information from candidates with incomplete applications
• Supporting the administration around new hires
• Being a point of contact and supporting new colleagues with training and job shadowing sessions
• 9-month FTC

• Coordinating all recruitment activities on the ATS, from scheduling interviews to sending interview tasks and progressing candidates through the stages
• Holding telephone interviews
• Printing, scanning and processing candidate medical documents
• Processing of candidates pre-employment documentation prior to Assessment Centre
• 3-month FTC maternity cover