Youth Program Hiring Specialist
Your day to day:
In this role, you will execute Eastern Europe’s youth programs and university recruiting strategy that aligns with VOIS’s overall talent acquisition goals and objectives.
You will work towards deepening our relationships with universities, career centres, student organizations, and core external partners, to help find and hire the best student talent for our many incredible students career opportunities.
With these activities you will have a great impact on our business:
- Own and execute end-to-end Youth Hiring programs across Eastern Europe, including Discover Graduate and Explore Internship schemes, ensuring alignment with local HRBPs and business needs.
- Develop and maintain strategic partnerships with universities and placement officers, driving year-round engagement through events, guest lectures, campus drives, and career fairs.
- Plan and manage the full recruitment lifecycle from application screening to assessment, interviews, offers, onboarding, and post-joining engagement, using tools like SuccessFactors.
- Collaborate with Employer Branding to amplify youth hiring campaigns via digital and physical channels, ensuring brand visibility through social media, mailers, and on-campus collateral.
- Track and maintain youth hiring data in master sheets, coordinate with Group Youth and Market Insights teams, and provide regular updates to stakeholders and TA leadership.
- Design and deliver preboarding experiences and induction weeks to maximize candidate engagement and minimize dropouts, managing proactive backfilling where necessary.
- Implement diversity and inclusion strategies in youth recruitment and ensure full compliance with internal TA policies and external legal requirements.
- Supervise event logistics, interview panel readiness, and technical arrangements for seamless on-ground execution of hiring events across various educational institutions.
With these skills you are a great candidate:
- Proven experience (3+ years) in University/Youth Hiring, with deep understanding of Gen Z attraction strategies and early-career talent landscapes.
- Strong planning and organizational skills with a track record of executing large-scale hiring events, talent roadshows, and structured internship programs.
- Ability to develop and nurture long-term strategic partnerships with universities and external stakeholders to ensure strong talent pipelines.
- Proficiency in data management, tracking youth hiring metrics, maintaining compliance records, and using TA systems like ATS/SuccessFactors.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, working across HR, business leaders, Employer Branding, and external partners to align hiring goals.
- Strategic thinking and decision-making ability, particularly in forecasting talent needs, managing hiring timelines, and creating rotation frameworks for grads/interns.
- Expertise in coordinating interview panels, ensuring alignment on candidate evaluation, and delivering feedback throughout the hiring cycle within SLA.
- Knowledge and hands-on experience in implementing D&I strategies, student engagement touchpoints, and preboarding processes that enhance candidate experience.
Sounds like the perfect job? We’ve got even more to offer:
- Hybrid way of working
- Medical and dental services
- Life and hospitalization insurance
- Dedicated employee phone subscription
- Take control of your benefits and choose any of the below options: MEAL TICKETS/ PRIVATE PENSION/ VACATION VOUCHERS/ CULTURAL VOUCHERS within the budget.
- Special discounts for gyms and retailers
- Annual Company Bonus
- Loyalty Programme
- Ongoing Education – we continuously invest in you to ensure you have everything needed to excel on the job and enhance your skills
- You get to work with tried and trusted web-technology
- Getting in on the ground floor of a technology changing company
- We let you write your own story by planning vacations: go for a trip, experience new things, have fun and enjoy your 23 days off.
- Special Paternal Program - 4 months of paid paternity leave
We recognize and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workplace so that we are as diverse as the customers and communities we serve. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social or marital status.
Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? We are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job advert, we encourage you to apply as you may be just the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help see how your skills fit in.
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