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Steve Birkett

@stevebirkett

Global talent acquisition professional with diverse experience in recruitment and people projects.

United Kingdom

I am a global talent acquisition professional with significant experience in in-house talent acquisition, RPO, and agency settings. My key strengths include early careers, technical and G&A hiring, stakeholder relationship management, recruitment process design, and people and culture development. I have a proven track record in DEI initiative development, analysis and reporting, training and continuous improvement, behavioral interviewing, and quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

During my time at Cloudreach, I designed and delivered the complete recruitment lifecycle for the Cloudreach Talent Academy early careers programs in the US, India, and Germany. I also served as a Talent Acquisition SME for Cloudreach's participation in the Greater London Authority WIN Design Lab, where I designed solutions to address the under-representation of young black men in the technology sector. Additionally, I worked on the integration project with parent company Eviden, focusing on the People change workstream alongside the Head of People Operations and Chief Operating Officer.

At Guidant Global, I implemented new recruitment processes within the Scottish Widows account and successfully converted temporary agency employees to permanent contracts. I also played a key role in the rollout of a new recruitment system and collaborated with HR to develop a new hybrid interview script. In my role as a Senior Recruitment Business Partner, I delivered full lifecycle recruitment activity for Diligenta, a life and pensions platform provider.

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Global Talent Acquisition Partner

Cloudreach

Oct 2021 - Oct 2022 (1 year)

Managed the 360 talent acquisition lifecycle for the Cloudreach Talent Academy early careers programs in the US, India, and Germany. Designed solutions to tackle the under-representation of young black men in the technology sector. Developed and measured the effectiveness of company DEI strategy. Worked on the integration project with parent company Eviden.

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Executive Officer

Department for Work & Pensions

Nov 2020 - Oct 2021 (11 months)

This was a fixed term contract where I supported service users in accessing training and employment opportunities, as well as working with external organisations for the provision of specialist support, eg mental health, workplace adjustments.

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Early Careers Assessor (contract)

Guidant Global

Dec 2020 - Aug 2021 (8 months)

This was a contract role where I worked on two early careers projects, the Diageo Graduate Scheme and the British Council Future Leaders Programme. This involved assessing video interviews for Diageo and written submissions for the British Council.

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Senior Recruitment Business Partner

Guidant Global

Feb 2018 - Jul 2020 (2 years 5 months)

RPO role based on-site with client (Diligenta - life & pensions platform provider, part of Tata Consultancy Services), managing full lifecycle of in-house recruitment activity across multiple UK-based sites.

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Team Lead - Operations

Shaw Trust

Feb 2013 - Feb 2018 (4 years 11 months)

Managed DWP/Scottish Government-tendered programs that place people with disabilities into employment. Line-managed teams in Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Built relationships with external training partners.

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Recruitment Consultant

Change Recruitment Group

Aug 2011 - Jan 2013 (1 year 5 months)

Fulfilled permanent and contract technical roles within the UK and MENA regions.

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Senior Recruitment Consultant

Reed Specialist Recruitment

Oct 2008 - Jun 2011 (2 years 8 months)

Responsible for the initial start-up of Reed Technology in the Scottish marketplace.

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