Graduate Talent Scientist
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Job description
Entry-level role on Canonical's Talent Science team, learning to implement hiring strategies and support talent selection using behavioural science and data analytics. Remote position available in the EMEA region.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Remote · EMEA region
- Languages
- English – fluent
What you'll do
- Learning how to assess candidates using behavioural interview techniques
- Gaining a deep appreciation of the use of psychometrics in the workplace
- Working on process and documentation efficiencies that fuel our hiring practices
- Contributing to projects that drive successful hiring outcomes, many of which require advanced analytics skills to integrate data to draw insights
- Building excellent stakeholder relationships to help design and implement solutions to complex problems that ultimately ensure we hire exceptional talent
- Gaining a deep understanding of our systems and platforms to problem solve and support on hiring questions
- Being at the forefront of ticket support and company channel questions, helping to solve issues as you gain a deep understanding of our processes
What we're looking for
- Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university, with an undergraduate degree in a psychology or people based subject
- Advanced analytical ability to dissect and analyse data using SQL, with Python and/or advanced statistical analysis advantageous
- Exposure to the topic of talent through university degree coursework, a relevant internship or first job
- A passion for working in the technology space with evidence as to why
- Results driven with the ability to work at pace, with strong project management skills to roadmap, plan and deliver objectives working with the team
- Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
- Drive, ambitious and curiosity to own breakthroughs in the talent field
- Ability to travel internationally 2-4 times a year, for company events, occasionally for two weeks
Nice to have
- Advanced theory of psychometrics
- A deep understanding of the topic of intrinsic motivation
Your team
Talent Science team
Mission to ensure that we follow objective, scientifically rigorous and efficient processes to select the very best new colleagues regardless of location, culture or background.
Benefits
- Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
- Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
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About Canonical
A pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles.
Mission
To be a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets
Key facts
- 1200+ colleagues
- 2004
- Open source software and operating systems
- Publishes Ubuntu
- 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries
- Very few office based roles
- Founder led, profitable and growing
- Most colleagues have worked from home since its inception in 2004
What they value
- Excellence
- Fairness globally
- Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background