**Have you ever wanted to make a difference?** At Abbott, you will play a crucial role to help people live more fully at all stages of their lives. Abbott is a global healthcare leader and our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional products and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues have a daily impact on the life of people in more than 160 countries. **Abbott Ireland** In Ireland, Abbott employs about 6,000 people across ten sites. We are currently investing in our tenth site in Kilkenny and have six established manufacturing facilities already located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. Abbott also has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been making a difference in the lives of Irish people since 1946. As a **Talent Acquisition Specialist** based in Cherrywood, Dublin, you will partner closely with hiring teams and Business HR, supporting recruitment activities. This TA Specialist will support Dublin Financial Shared Services centre and commercial, operations and corporate functions across UK and Ireland driving full-cycle recruiting efforts from intake session through to offer negotiation and hire. **Responsibilities will include** + Full cycle recruiting, from the requirement definition, through offer negotiation and hiring, using Abbott's ATS and CRM. + Develop and execute sourcing strategies that leverage the use of cost-effective recruiting channels such as the Abbott careers page, job boards, social media posts, applicant tracking system data sources, referral programs, virtual job fairs, and Diversity talent pipelines. + Ensuring structured/competency-based interview process is followed for each hiring requirement, running assessment centres when required. + Ensuring ATS (Workday) is maintained providing reporting as and when required. + Providing strategic market data and market research + Identifying and resolving issues pro-actively. + Collaborating closely with Key Internal Stakeholders, these include, first-line hiring manager, Business HR, TA colleagues, HR practice centres, HR service centres. **Critical Capabilities** + Support the operational hiring strategy and drive through established actions outcomes that yield tangible recruiting results. Occasionally you will need to customize same. + Build credibility with hiring managers, candidates, and within Talent Acquisition team through successful placements, knowledge of the labour marketplace and Abbott business and job functions. Actively influence candidates to join Abbott. + Take accountability for the hiring plan, timeline, and deliverables and make informed decisions throughout the recruiting process. + Support and embrace application or process change initiatives. + Demonstrate skills in reporting and presenting data using Abbott systems and MS suite. Attend TA training, proactively ask for support when needed and network with senior TA team members to learn new skills. + Support in-country and in-division TA projects. + Endurance and resilience: Problem-solve through set-backs and adapt to changes in direction. **Requirements** + University degree or equivalent. + Strong track record of sourcing via tools and networks. + Interview and assessment skills to assess candidate’s business capabilities, technical background, and key behaviours. + Minimum of 3 years’ experience, ideally a combination of agency and in house experience. + Experience delivering meaningful candidate slates to hiring managers whilst operating in a fast paced and high-volume environment. + Fluent English language skills are required, another EMEA language would be an advantage. + Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to build professional relations across all levels of the business, including senior leaders and HR. + Strong work ethic, motivated to deliver best in class recruitment and ensure candidate and hiring manager satisfaction, and able to work autonomously. + Professional, accountable, and collaborative team player **What we will give you** + Opportunity to work in a leading global organisation, Abbott has been named one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune magazine every year since 1984. + Working on some of the most exciting expansion projects in the Life Sciences sector. + Competitive compensation package with family healthcare and pension. + Up-skilling/ training in the Abbott suite of Talent Acquisition Tools. Connect with us at www.abbott.com or https://www.ie.abbott/ , on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/ , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews (https://twitter.com/AbbottNews) . An Equal Opportunity Employer Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com