About this role
About the role
We are looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our team in Chiswick, West London. You will be responsible for managing the full recruitment lifecycle across designated business areas and geographies. This role partners closely with hiring managers, HR teams, and business leaders to attract, assess, and hire high-calibre talent while delivering an exceptional candidate and stakeholder experience. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with extenstive recruitment experinence, looking to join a global organisation.
Key responsibilities Talent Acquisition Delivery
- Manage end-to-end recruitment activity from requisition approval through to offer acceptance and onboarding handover.
- Conduct intake meetings with hiring managers to understand business requirements, define selection criteria, and develop sourcing strategies.
- Proactively source candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, networking, referrals, talent pools, and market mapping techniques.
- Screen, assess, and interview candidates using competency-based interviewing methodologies.
- Manage candidate pipelines and provide high-quality shortlists within agreed service levels.
- Coordinate interview processes and ensure timely candidate feedback.
- Support Talent Intelligence and Maintain talent communities and pipelines for future hiring needs. Stakeholder Management
- Develop partnerships with hiring managers and business leaders.
- Provide guidance on recruitment strategy, market conditions, salary benchmarking, and talent availability.
- Challenge hiring assumptions and offer data-driven recommendations to support decision-making.
- Deliver regular recruitment updates and performance reporting to stakeholders.
Candidate Experience & Employer Branding
- Ensure a positive and engaging candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
- Promote International SOS as an employer of choice through professional representation of the brand and values.
- Support employer branding initiatives including recruitment marketing initiatives, networking events, careers fairs, assessment centres, and hiring campaign, social media campaigns
- Support Talent Intelligence and maintain talent communities and pipelines for future hiring needs.
Recruitment Governance & Compliance
- Ensure all recruitment activities comply with local employment legislation and internal policies.
- Maintain accurate records within the Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
- Support compliance requirements relating to sponsored workers and right-to-work processes.
- Promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and fair hiring practices throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
Reporting & Continuous Improvement
- Track and report recruitment KPIs including time-to-fill, quality-of-hire, candidate experience, diversity metrics, and agency spend.
- Analyse recruitment data and market trends to identify opportunities for process improvement.
- Contribute to TA projects, process enhancements, and talent acquisition best practices across the organisation.
About you
- Extensive recruitment experience, ideally within an in-house Talent Acquisition function in a complex, international organisation.
- Experience managing professional, technical, operational, and corporate hiring across multiple functions.
- Demonstrable experience of direct sourcing and talent mapping.
- Excellent stakeholder management and business partnering skills.
- Experience working with Applicant Tracking Systems and recruitment technologies.
- Experience using competency-based interviewing and assessment techniques.
- Exposure to international recruitment environments is highly desirable
- Experience of prioritizing and managing a high workload to tight timelines
- Exposure/experience of using AI technologies to support recruitment process
- Advanced LinkedIn Recruiter and sourcing expertise preferred.
Benefits
Competitive salary and incentive scheme Warm, supportive, and open company culture An opportunity to thrive in a global environment Hybrid working: 3 days in the office Birthday holiday and option to purchase additional annual leave Comprehensive
Benefits Package
Private Pension, Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance and more. #LI-Europe