A highly regarded business operating within the live events and experiential marketing sector, partnering with a range of well-known international brands to deliver engaging, large-scale events and brand activations. With a long-established reputation in the market, they combine creative thinking with operational excellence to deliver memorable experiences. The organisation offers a true end-to-end service, executing complex projects across the UK and internationally. Their success has been built on a collaborative culture and strong client relationships.
They continue to evolve and grow, invest in their people, capabilities and market presence. They offer the opportunity to work on high-profile projects in a fast-paced environment. For the right person, this is an opportunity to join an ambitious organisation where you can play a key part in driving the talent that will deliver outstanding experiences for their client group.
Your new role
As Talent Acquisition Specialist, you'll take ownership of recruitment activity across the business, helping to attract and secure the talent needed to support continued growth.
This is an opportunity to move beyond a reactive recruitment role and play a key part in building talent pipelines, enhancing employer brand visibility and improving the overall candidate experience. Working closely with hiring managers, you'll manage a small portfolio of permanent vacancies across a range of business functions, while also supporting seasonal hiring campaigns and workforce planning initiatives. You'll act as a trusted recruitment partner, providing market insight, managing expectations and ensuring a smooth and professional recruitment process from attraction through to offer.
Key responsibilities will include:
Managing end-to-end recruitment for permanent vacancies.
Building and maintaining proactive talent pipelines.
Supporting seasonal recruitment campaigns, including high-volume hiring activity and recruitment events.
Screening applications, conducting initial interviews and presenting shortlists.
Partnering with stakeholders to understand hiring requirements and provide guidance on recruitment strategy, timelines and market conditions.
Managing candidate communications throughout the recruitment process.
Developing talent pools of both permanent employees and freelance workers to support future business requirements.
Increasing employer brand visibility through LinkedIn, social media channels, Glassdoor and other attraction methods.
Representing the business at careers fairs, networking events and recruitment open days.
Identifying opportunities to improve recruitment processes, attraction strategies and onboarding outcomes.
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this role, you'll already have some recruitment or talent acquisition experience and be comfortable managing multiple vacancies while building strong relationships with stakeholders across the business. You'll ideally have experience managing recruitment processes from vacancy briefing through to offer stage, strong candidate assessment and screening capability, the ability to influence and manage stakeholder expectations effectively and experience building talent pipelines and engaging passive candidates.
You should have excellent communication and relationship-building skills, a proactive approach with the confidence to suggest improvements and challenge where appropriate, and some experience using ATS platforms, with exposure to Team Tailor or similar systems beneficial.
This role would really suit someone with an interest in employer branding, social media attraction strategies and candidate engagement.
What you'll get in return
This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious recruitment professional who wants more than simply filling vacancies. You'll join a growing business at an exciting stage of its journey, where you'll have the autonomy to shape recruitment processes, build talent pipelines and make a visible impact on the organisation's future success.
You'll be given the opportunity to take ownership of recruitment activity across the business, play a key role in supporting business growth, and help shape and enhance the company's employer brand across LinkedIn, Glassdoor, social media and other recruitment channels.
You'll get to build networks with future talent through careers fairs, recruitment events and community engagement activities, and develop trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and influence hiring decisions across the business.
Alongside a salary of c£35,000, you'll benefit from working in a collaborative and supportive environment where personality, energy and ideas are valued. This role would particularly suit an outgoing and proactive recruiter who is excited by the prospect of helping a growing business strengthen its reputation in the employment market whilst creating recruitment processes that can scale with future growth.
What you need to do now
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Salary description
£34000.00 - £38000.00 per year