We have an exciting opportunity for an External Engagement and Early Outreach Manager to join our Global Early Careers team! Our ideal candidate will lead early-in-career talent engagement initiatives through comprehensive market mapping, targeted outreach, and operational excellence. This role focuses on building strong pipelines of emerging talent while driving diversity, inclusion, and impactful engagement strategies across global markets. Key Responsibilities
Conduct in depth market mapping to identify key early in career talent pools and emerging market trends. Design and execute targeted outreach initiatives aimed at engaging students, recent graduates, and early career professionals. Develop and implement diversity strategies to ensure inclusive talent engagement and representation. Stay informed on emerging trends in early-in-career talent engagement to ensure the organization remains innovative and competitive in attracting top talent. Track return on investment (ROI) for outreach initiatives, leveraging data and analytics to optimize strategies and outcomes. Provide budget oversight ensuring resources are allocated effectively to maximize impact and ROI. Align early talent engagement efforts with long term workforce needs to build strong talent pipelines. Oversee seasonal project timelines ensuring seamless planning and execution of early career engagement activities. Build strategic partnerships with educational institutions, third parties, and student bodies to support engagement and outreach goals. Contribute to cross-functional projects to enhance program effectiveness and alignment with broader organizational objectives. Train and develop team members fostering a culture of continuous improvement and excellence. Oversee alumni governance programmes to maintain active connections with former early career talent cohorts. Ensure compliance with policies and procedures related to outreach and engagement. Proactively identify and address challenges or risks associated with early-in-career talent engagement. Lead global communication and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders across regions including ASEAN, Asia, India, North America, and UK and Europe. Represent the organization at industry events and conferences to build brand presence and credibility in the early-in-career talent space. Minimum Requirements
Proven experience in early career talent engagement, university outreach, or related fields. Strong analytical skills with experience tracking programme ROI and performance metrics. Excellent project management abilities with a focus on meeting deadlines and delivering results. Demonstrated experience in managing diversity strategies and global communications. Proficiency in budget management and strategic planning. Experience working across global platforms with an understanding of regional nuances in ASEAN, Asia, India, North America, and UK and Europe. Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate, and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters. Key Stakeholders
External stakeholders will include Career Services, third party diversity partners, and student societies and bodies. Internal stakeholders will include business points of contact such as COOs, business alumni, current cohorts, and colleagues within HR such as employer branding. About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us. Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion. Together we: Do the right thing
and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do. Never settle,
continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well. Are better together,
we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term. What we offer
In line with our Fair Pay Charter,
we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial, and social wellbeing. Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance,
with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations. Time-off
including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum), and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum. Flexible working
options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns. Proactive wellbeing support
through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders, and all sorts of self-help toolkits. A continuous learning culture
to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual, and digital learning. Being part of an inclusive and values-driven organisation,
one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions, and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.
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