Junior Talent Acquisition Specialist

About the firm

Marshall Wace is a leading global alternatives investment manager with around $65bn in assets under management and over 600 employees working across London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, and Abu Dhabi. Operating as a single team across the globe, we are dedicated to creating long-term relationships with our clients built on trust and integrity. We define our culture as one of continuous innovation and a quest for improvement. We instinctively strive to do things differently, with fresh thinking that enables us to create proprietary value and maximise the benefits to our clients.

We manage quantitative, systematic, and fundamental strategies, specializing predominantly in long/short equity. Our strategies are implemented globally, leveraging proprietary systems and processes. Technology and data have been at the core of our business for more than two decades. In 2002, we launched MW TOPS, the world’s first ‘Alpha Capture’ application. Today, we continue to foster an environment focused on innovation and the pursuit of excellence.

About the role

The Junior Talent Acquisition Specialist will primarily support our Early Careers Team, and their efforts to attract, engage and nurture top graduates and interns for our Quant, Technology, and Finance divisions. You will support the end-to-end early careers recruitment lifecycle, from organising university events, and scheduling interviews, to conducting video calls and coordinating development programmes. Quickly becoming an integral part of the Human Capital team, this role has a global scope, assisting the recruitment process in London, New York, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

Your responsibilities

• Assist with coordinating and scheduling interviews for graduate and intern positions.
• Support the management of candidate communications throughout the recruitment process.
• Conduct initial CV screenings and video interviews.
• Help maintain the applicant tracking system (Greenhouse) and candidate database.
• Coordinate the logistics of assessment centres and group interview sessions.
• Help organise and attend campus events, career fairs, and networking sessions.
• Assist in maintaining relationships with universities and student organisations.
• Aid in the preparation of offer letters and onboarding documentation.
• Help track key recruitment metrics, compiling and analysing recruitment data for reporting purposes.
• Support the coordination of internship and graduate development programmes.
• Support the creation, distribution, and management of recruitment marketing materials across various platforms, including collaboration with third-party marketing partners.
• Participate in employer branding initiatives targeted at early career candidates.
• Assist with ad-hoc HC projects related to early careers recruitment.

Gradually take on more complex recruitment tasks as you develop in the role.

Our requirements

• Ability to prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment with competing demands.
• Enjoy multitasking, and thrive off working in a progressive, international environment.
• Existing work experience from internships or a placement year.
• Great communication skills, happy to liaise with internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Initiative to follow through on tasks and solve issues as they arise.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.
• Self-motivated and reliable with a good work ethic and bias for action.

Our Values

Entrepreneurialism

Our industry is demanding and competitive. We look for our employees to act like entrepreneurs by driving change, challenging consensus, and thinking commercially. It is then, crucially important to execute and deliver on these initiatives.

Innovation

We place great importance on encouraging our people to be creative, to deliver new ideas, present new concepts and develop new solutions to drive our business forward.

Client First

Everything we do centres around our goal to deliver successful outcomes for our investors. We combine our investment strategies with high-performance habits to continuously seek alpha creation.

One Team

Our people work together to make extraordinary things happen. We share our ideas, skills, and knowledge so that great ideas can flourish. Everyone has a role to play and every role matters.

Complete Integrity

We are committed to acting with integrity, accountability, and fairness in everything we do. We have a robust moral and ethical code that's applied rigorously across all areas of our business.

A Force for Good

Individually and collectively, we look for opportunities to contribute to society through charitable and support initiatives. We wish to set ourselves ambitious, measurable and data driven corporate responsibility targets.

Benefits

• Health and Wellness
  • Breakfast & lunch provided daily
  • On-site baristas
  • Healthy snacks
  • Gym on-site – classes, personal training
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Bike lockers and showers
• Insurance and Pension
  • Private medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Life assurance
  • Travel insurance
  • Generous pension and retirement savings plans.
• Compensation & Development
  • 25 days of paid annual leave
  • Training budget of 5k
  • Annual discretionary bonus award
• Miscellaneous
  • Regular social events (in office quizzes, band nights etc)
  • Charity events & opportunities to get involved
  • Give as you earn