Early Careers Specialist

Company Overview

Offering a complete ecosystem of maritime services, including broking, finance, port services and research, Clarksons is at the heart of global shipping. Our unrivalled reach, expertise, and depth of experience, combined with leading research, enables us to partner with clients across every sector to meet the demands of the world’s rapidly evolving maritime, offshore, trade and energy markets. Building on our unique heritage and harnessing our insights to see further, faster, we work with our clients and communities to create strategies that have a positive impact on the industry and the world around us. Dedicated to excellence, it’s our people that drive success for our clients.

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Role Summary

You will manage Clarksons' early careers programmes, including our flagship Global Trainee Broker Programme, Broking Summer Internship and other early careers initiatives, while also supporting the attraction and recruitment of early career talent outside of these programmes.

Key responsibilities include programme management, talent attraction, recruitment, stakeholder engagement and talent pipeline management and development. You will be the key contact for early careers and play a key role in providing a positive and engaging experience for candidates, programme participants, managers and stakeholders, while acting as an ambassador for the Clarksons brand.

We're looking for an experienced early careers professional with a proven track record in early careers recruitment and programme delivery, strong organisational and stakeholder management skills, and a passion for early career talent.

What you’ll be doing

Early Careers Programmes

• Manage the end-to-end attraction, recruitment and programme management of early career programmes, including our annual Global Trainee Broker Programme, Broking Summer Internship, and other early career programmes, ensuring their successful delivery.
• Plan and coordinate all programme activities, including attraction, selection processes (CV review, shortlisting, interviews, assessment centres), programme and rotation schedules, reviews and feedback processes and offboarding.
• Plan and coordinate the Global Trainee Programme induction week and year 2 international secondments, including stakeholder management, and all logistics.
• Act as the key point of contact for early careers candidates, programme participants, managers and stakeholders, ensuring a positive and engaging experience.
• Monitor participant progress and programme outcomes, gather feedback and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Manage programme communications, records and reporting, supporting participant development and programme delivery.
• Support other early careers activities, including work placements.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of new early careers programmes and initiatives in line with business needs.

Talent Attraction

• Plan, coordinate and manage recruitment marketing and campaigns, and attraction activities that build and strengthen early careers talent pipelines.
• Organise, attend and represent Clarksons at events and outreach activities including careers fairs, presentations, and industry engagement and networking events.
• Develop and maintain relationships with universities, schools, colleges, student societies, professional institutions, industry bodies and other early careers talent providers.
• Act as an ambassador to promote Clarksons as an employer of choice for emerging talent.

Recruitment

• Work with hiring managers and key stakeholders to support the recruitment of early career talent outside of formal programme intakes, and manage recruitment approvals.
• Deliver a professional, responsive and first-class service and candidate experience.
• Draft and maintain job descriptions and manage job postings and advertising.
• Screen, review and shortlist applications. Arrange, coordinate and conduct interviews and assessments, and effectively handle offer management.
• Manage candidate and interviewer communications and ensure timely feedback is collected and communicated appropriately.
• Provide interviewer support and guidance on selection best practice.
• Respond to internal and external enquiries in a timely manner.

Other

• Provide support and cover across the TA team as required.
• Undertake additional ad hoc duties as required to support business needs.

What we’re looking for 

Essential Experience

• Experienced early careers professional with a proven track record in early careers recruitment and programme management.
• Experience coordinating and delivering early careers programmes and internships.
• Strong organisational and project management skills, able to manage multiple activities, priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
• Experience in recruitment and selection activities, including CV reviewing, interviewing and candidate assessment and offer management.
• Strong communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills, able to build effective relationships.
• Experience organising and representing an organisation at careers fairs, university engagement activities and recruitment events.
• Strong organisation and administrative skills, with a high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proactive and solutions-focused, with strong problem-solving skills.
• Passionate about early career talent and delivering an exceptional candidate and participant experience.
• Proficient in Outlook, Word, Excel and Powerpoint, and experience using ATS platforms.

Preferred

• Experience working within the shipping, maritime, financial services, broking or other professional services sectors.

We welcome applications from candidates who share our Company Values and key attributes, as follows:

• Integrity and respect – acting thoughtfully and ethically to do the right thing in accordance with Conduct Rules, and to promote and foster a respectful work environment for all.
• Drive – self-motivation and the desire and commitment to succeed, deliver excellence and make positive change.
• Relationship building – excellent communicator to effectively build strong, long-lasting relationships with colleagues, clients and others.
• Collaboration – working well with others across diverse backgrounds to share information, develop skills and deliver results. 
• Resilience - persisting and adapting to changing or difficult situations and adopting a positive and focused approach.
• Smart - problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a curious and inquisitive mind, and an openness to new ideas.