Graduate Talent Scientist

The role

You will learn to implement hiring strategies and assess candidates using behavioural interview techniques and psychometrics. You will work on process efficiencies and use data to draw insights to support hiring outcomes.

What you will 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 hiring practices
• Contributing to projects that drive successful hiring outcomes using advanced analytics
• Building stakeholder relationships to design and implement solutions
• Gaining a deep understanding of systems and platforms to problem solve
• Providing ticket support and answering company channel questions

Required qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record from high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in a psychology or people based subject
• Advanced analytical ability to dissect and analyse data using SQL
• 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
• Strong project management skills
• Professional written and spoken English
• Excellent presentation skills
• Drive, ambitious and curiosity to own breakthroughs in the talent field

Nice to have

• Python and/or advanced statistical analysis
• Advanced theory of psychometrics
• A deep understanding of the topic of intrinsic motivation

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

About the company

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems, including the Ubuntu platform. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries.