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Senior Recruiter, with French & Spanish languages

Job ID 10114148 Location London, United Kingdom Business The Walt Disney Company (EMEA) Date posted Feb. 26, 2025
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Job Summary:

This is a permanent opportunity to join Disney's Talent Acquisition team in Hammersmith, west London.

Applicants should have business fluency in English, French AND Spanish for supporting hiring for several Disney EMEA offices.

This is a full-time, permanent position based in our Hammersmith office for a minimum of four days a week, with the option to work from home one day a week.  

 

This specialist role is part of the EMEA Talent Acquisition Centre of Expertise function.

 

Our TA team provide Disney with the most talented and diverse candidates from both internal and external sources in the shortest possible time frames, while providing exceptional customer service and reducing costs for the EMEA business. Reporting to the TA Manager, this role will utilise pioneering recruitment and sourcing methodologies and technology to deliver top-tier talent. The Senior Recruiter will provide a quality, cost-effective, and timely recruitment service to their assigned Countries and also support other Disney teams as needed.  

Additionally, the role involves partnering with Line Managers, ensuring excellence in attraction, sourcing, assessment, and selection of candidates, thereby positioning Disney as an 'Employer of Choice.'  

What You Will Do 

  • Proactively partner and lead relationship with Hiring Managers to discuss and make recommendations on resourcing issues (permanent, fixed term) as well as looking at the most effective manner/way to source candidates (True Subject Matter Experts). 

  • Is able to challenge the Hiring Manager on wider elements impacting the business (e.g. internal mobility, location strategy, key strategic goals and directions) and professionally and effectively influences the outcome. 

  • Acting as a trusted recruitment partner, taking ownership for the successful conclusion of recruitment assignments Ensuring delivery of a service that is customer focused and cost effective 

  • Responsible for the full life-cycle recruitment process creating the hiring strategy and fully understanding the requirements of each vacancy  

  • Understand changes in business strategy that could influence or alter candidate pipelines 

  • Deliver quality candidates through a range of direct sources to ensure effective delivery of Disney's recruitment objectives, with a strong focus on direct sourcing. 

  • Participates in candidate evaluation and selection process. 

  • Ensuring the global recruitment system (Workday) and data processes are fully utilised and all records are kept up to date and accurate (and in line with GDPR requirements). 

  • Work with the Talent Acquisition Team to promote our employer brand using social media and other tools to generate interest in Disney as a great place to work. 

  • Maintains smooth flow throughout the recruitment process e.g. communication to hiring manager, candidate, HR partners, etc. 

  • Responsible for quality and data integrity of all related recruitment information, including all offers of employment via our HR Operations team 

  • Project work in conjunction with the Director and Managers 

Required Qualifications & Skills  

  • Full business fluency in French and Spanish plus English  ESSENTIAL

  • Experience in a multinational corporate environment managing hiring across multiple regions ESSENTIAL

  • Demonstrable experience of end-to-end recruitment in an in-house, RPO or agency capacity 

  • Experience of delivering direct sourcing across multiple different and diverse roles 

  • Ability to deliver projects to improve ways of working, from inception to delivery 

  • Ability to operate and navigate in an environment of change and ambiguity 

  • Exceptional Account Management skillset for managing stakeholder relationships across functions and regions.

The Perks  

  • 25 days annual leave 

  • Private medical insurance & dental care 

  • Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free 

  • Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing 

  • Excellent parental and guardian leave 

  • Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST. 

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.  

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. 

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About The Walt Disney Company (EMEA):

Disney EMEA aims to drive growth, innovation and brand affinity across an extremely diverse collection of countries with a team of over 6,000 employees operating in 59 markets with offices in 29 countries.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with The Walt Disney Company Limited, which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Company (EMEA).

The Walt Disney Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion or belief, sex, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability or pregnancy or maternity. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

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