Early Careers and Partnerships Recruiter

📋 Description

• Build and nurture early careers talent pipelines through university partnerships, campus engagement, events, and targeted outreach to students and graduates.
• Own and evolve Intercom’s intern and graduate hiring programmes end-to-end, with the opportunity to design, build, and scale processes, assessments, and experiences as the programmes grow.
• Partner with hiring managers and business leaders to shape early-career hiring strategies, workforce planning, and long-term talent pipelines.
• Develop and manage strategic relationships with universities, educators, and external partners, including Immersive Software Engineering at the University of Limerick and the Irish Maths Trust.
• Lead student and teacher engagement initiatives, including Head of Student and Teacher Engagement for the Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.
• Use data and insights to evaluate programme performance, identify gaps, and continuously improve hiring outcomes, efficiency, and candidate experience.

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in early careers, campus, or university recruiting, with hands-on ownership of intern and graduate hiring.
• Strong ability to attract and engage early-career engineering talent through university partnerships, events, programmes, and targeted outreach.
• Solid understanding of the early-careers and technical hiring landscape, particularly in Ireland.
• Excellent multitasking skills. You can manage multiple programmes, timelines, and stakeholders while keeping hiring processes running smoothly.
• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills—you earn trust with students, university partners, hiring managers, and internal teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. You use data and feedback to improve hiring outcomes, programme effectiveness, and candidate experience.

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity in a fast-growing startup
• Pension scheme with matching up to 4%
• Comprehensive health and dental insurance for you and dependents
• Flexible paid time off policy
• Paid maternity leave and 6 weeks paternity leave
• Cycle-to-Work with bike storage; MacBooks standard; Windows for some roles