Talent Acquisition Specialist

Are you looking for the next steps to shine professionally in a multicultural environment with circular economy present in your everyday work? Get ready to work in an innovative textile service business named as one of the most interesting companies in the circular economy, with a turnover of 495 million. With a 175-year-long history (not retiring anytime soon!) of caring for our people and customers, we are ready to expand our Lindström family. Currently we, a Finnish family-owned company awarded with the Family Business of the year 2021 in Finland, have over 5,000 inspiring people in 23 countries around Europe and Asia. Now is your chance to become part of the journey of helping our customers to grow more in a sustainable way. Take a leap with us as our new:
TALENT ACQUISITION SPECIALIST
As our new Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will be managing Lindström’s recruitment processes for different roles in our Head Office functions (such as IT, finance, marketing, strategy and so on). In this position, you will work on the entire recruitment process from start to finish and will help Lindström find new talents to join us. You will be responsible for candidate communication and candidate assessments and will also be the main user and admin of our recruitment tools. As the Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will also advise and support line managers in all recruitment related issues. Your location will be at our Head Office in Kalasatama, Helsinki, where we are working in a hybrid model. 
Your key responsibilities in this role include:

• Recruitment coordination and end-to-end recruitment processes
• Creating and publishing job ads as well as ensuring roles are correctly mapped in the Lindström job framework
• Candidate management and candidate communications:
  • Supporting line managers in assessing candidate profiles
  • Coordinating and managing candidate communications
  • Taking care of interview practicalities and actively participating in interviews
• Acting as main user for our candidate assessment tool (SHL) as well as assessing candidates and giving assessment result reviews for both line managers and candidates
• Acting as main user and admin for all recruitment related systems and tools (such as LAURA, RecRight, and LinkedIn) 
• Advising line managers in salary and benefit negotiations, employment law matters, and employment contracts
• Working with external recruitment partners such as headhunting and job advertisement partners
• Continually improving and upholding a good candidate experience

We are looking for a new team member who has a strong understanding of Talent Acquisition and all the processes involved in recruiting, as well as experience in salary negotiations and a good knowledge of Finnish employment law. The ability to network and collaborate with colleagues, line managers, and of course candidates is essential for this role, and strong organizational skills will aid you along the way. If you are a true people-person and thrive when taking on multiple recruitment processes, you might be the one we are looking for!
Our ideal candidate has:

• Several years of experience in recruitment and recruitment related tasks
• Strong and comprehensive understanding of the different stages in a recruitment process
• Excellent work ethic, discretion and experience in working on confidential information
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills as well as strong team-work skills
• Good knowledge of Finnish employment law
• Ability to negotiate and offer expert advice on recruitment and employment law related matters
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to multitask
• Excellent English and Finnish language skills (verbal and written)

We offer you an exciting position in the heart of Lindström’s Head Office, where you will get to work with both our global HR community as well as with several different teams cross-functionally. You will be an important member of our innovative and fun HR team of 12 awesome people, each an expert in their own field. We are all looking forward to meeting you! At Lindström, you will be encouraged to develop yourself and bring forward your own ideas, and to support you on your journey we offer you comprehensive occupational health care as well as sports and culture benefits via Epassi. In everything we do, we want to live our purpose: we care for our people and our planet by inspiring people to shine and businesses to grow in a sustainable way. 
Interested? For more information about this position, please don’t hesitate to contact Helena Lončar, Head of Talent & Culture. You can reach Helena by phone at +385 993 225 972 on March 21 between 13:00-14:00 EET or on March 22 between 14:00-15:00 EET. 
To apply, please fill in our online application for no later than Sunday, March 24, 2024. The starting date for this position is negotiable, but we wish to have a new team member as soon as possible. The position is permanent. We look forward to hearing from you!