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Jack Sowerby

Hayes,Hillingdon

Summary

I am a results-driven Talent Acquisition Specialist with a strong background in recruitment, employer branding, and talent development. Currently, I lead recruitment for multiple divisions at Alten UK, managing full-cycle hiring, mentoring graduates, and driving strategic initiatives to enhance employer branding. I have a proven track record of exceeding hiring targets, optimizing recruitment processes, and leading high-volume hiring campaigns while improving employee engagement. My experience spans various industries, including defence, aerospace, automotive, and energy. I am highly skilled in LinkedIn headhunting, onboarding process development, and recruitment data analysis. With a BSc in Business & Human Resource Management and currently pursuing a CIPD Level 5 in People Management, I am passionate about strategic recruitment and fostering talent growth. As well possessing a key interest within employment law, My career goal is to become a HR Director with a key focus on talent, development & Law.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
2018
2018
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior talent acquisition specialist

Alten LTD - UK
London, City of London
01.2024 - Current
  • Lead TA for 4 business divisions (Automotive, Defence, Energy & Aerospace), Sales, Account Manager, Business Development, Bid/Offer, Head of, positions. Full Recruitment lifecycle management.
  • Achieved 90% of new hire targets in 2024.
  • Responsible for Graduate attraction, Process management, assessment day selection and assessment day delivery of Alten's graduate programs.
  • Responsible for a Talent Acquisition Officers. Setting out recruitment targets in line with division requirements, supporting processes & guiding their development.
  • Development lead for between 7-15 graduates. Monthly 1-2-1's, reviewing graduate feedback, scheduling required training, quarterly group presentation updates & conflict management.
  • Implementing employer branding indicatives, such as a social media champion campaign & employee feedback survey to increase talent attraction and retention.

Talent acquisition specialist

Alten LTD - UK
London, City of London
11.2022 - 12.2023
  • Recruited for multiple internal roles across all 3 business functions (Technical Direction, Support Functions & Business Units). A key focus on Defence, Aerospace, Automotive, Energy, Rail & IT sectors.
  • Achieved 125% of 2023 recruitment target.
  • Volume Targets: 100 candidates sourced P/W & 20 pre qualification calls P/W. Achieving a 85% completion average.
  • Managing multiple internal stakeholders/hiring managers. Acquiring requirements, creating job specs, reviewing interview feedback & analysing recruiting data to increase efficiency in following processes.
  • Representative at university career fairs. Resulting in 1500+ applications.
  • Managing employee branding campaign via Grad cracker, LinkedIn & the company website. Highlighting testimonials, development opportunities & company culture. Resulting is 1200+ applications.

HR Internship

The London Basketball Association
London, City of London
06.2022 - 10.2022
  • Coordinated data management of 40+ employees.
  • Lead the DBS process for 11 new starters. Acquiring all relevant documentation and, working alongside Gov.uk to assist a speedy onboarding.
  • Led staff satisfaction surveys to identify improvement areas and implement strategic solutions. Resulting in the introduction in a "crisis management in junior sport" training course implemented into the new coach training program.
  • Supported the Recruitment process for 11 new employees.
  • Lead the integration proceeder for new sponsors such as the London Youth Quality Mark Grant.

Training specialist

Merlin Entertainments
Windsor
06.2018 - 10.2022
  • Provided internal training courses to over 150+ employees across 15 different attractions. Resulting is a 95% pass success rate.
  • Conducted over 100 training assessment. Providing in-depth feedback to all trainees. Achieving a 100% team satisfaction rating.
  • Adapted training approaches to account for each trainees learning style & possible learning restriction.
  • Updated learning portals to reflect available training courses and resources, increasing employee engagement by over 50% to non mandatory training.

Rides & Attractions Operations Host

Merlin Entertainments
Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead
03.2017 - 10.2022
  • Loading Guests onto Multiple rides & Attractions while working towards hourly throughput targets ranging between 200p/h -1600p/h. Achieving a 87% target success rate.
  • Engaged with up to 20,000 guest on peak date. Resulting in a average positive guest satisfaction ratings between 81% - 86%.
  • Responsible for daily operations for 1 of 12 Attractions. Overseeing a team up to 5 employees. Achieving a below 5% downtime average.
  • Performed routine tests with strict attention to detail, in line with company safety standards. Resulting in 0 serious incidents in 5+ years.
  • Stand in Area Manager when required. Responsible for daily operation of 20-50 Employees across 10+ Attractions.
  • Lead coordination of staff across all area attractions. Accounting for maximum legal ride operating hours, lunch & comfort breaks, guest issues/Concerns, ride breakdowns & training requirements, to name a few.

Education

CIPD Level 5 - People Management -

BePro
12.2024 -

Bachelor of Science - Business & Human Resource Management

University of Surrey
Guildford, SRY
09/2019 - 07.2022

A-Levels - Business Studies, Organisational Psychology, Employment Law

Uxbridge College
Uxbridge, HIL
09/2017 - 08.2019

Skills

  • Strategic Planning
  • Excel proficiency
  • Full life-cycle recruiting
  • Employer branding
  • Recruitment campaigning
  • LinkedIn headhunting
  • Onboarding process development
  • Mentoring and coaching
  • Training and Development
  • Workplace training
  • Employment law
  • Employee record management
  • Employment contract management
  • Interviewing and candidate selection
  • Early Careers Management
  • Recruitment Data Management

Certification

  • Driving License - 2018 - 2028
  • Health and safety at Work - 2015 - 2025
  • Advanced DBS check, NHS - 2020 - 2025
  • Safeguarding young people, Educare - 2022
  • A practical guide to the GDPR. Educare - 2022
  • Equality and Diversity, Educare - 2022
  • Online safety, Educare - 2022

Timeline

CIPD Level 5 - People Management -

BePro
12.2024 -

Senior talent acquisition specialist

Alten LTD - UK
01.2024 - Current

Talent acquisition specialist

Alten LTD - UK
11.2022 - 12.2023

HR Internship

The London Basketball Association
06.2022 - 10.2022

Training specialist

Merlin Entertainments
06.2018 - 10.2022

Rides & Attractions Operations Host

Merlin Entertainments
03.2017 - 10.2022

Bachelor of Science - Business & Human Resource Management

University of Surrey
09/2019 - 07.2022

A-Levels - Business Studies, Organisational Psychology, Employment Law

Uxbridge College
09/2017 - 08.2019

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