About this role
Post Title: Talent Acquisition Team Leader Department: Human Resources Line Manager: Head of Recruitment Salary Grade: £31,236-£37,694, Grade 6 Location: Hybrid, Canary Wharf, London Job Purpose The Talent Acquisition Lead supervises the day-to-day delivery of a professional, inclusive and data-informed recruitment service across academic and professional services. The role provides specialist advice on recruitment, attraction and selection, works with the Head of Recruitment and stakeholders to support recruitment planning and attraction activity, and ensures a high-quality experience for candidates and Hiring Managers.
The postholder leads the Talent Acquisition team, supports the effective use of recruitment systems and data, and contributes to the continuous improvement of recruitment processes and practices. Lead the operational delivery of the end-to-end Talent Acquisition service across academic and professional services recruitment across multiple sites, ensuring vacancies are progressed efficiently, consistently and in line with organisational requirements. Provide specialist recruitment advice, guidance and coaching to Hiring Managers and senior stakeholders on attraction, shortlisting, structured interviewing, selection and appointment, promoting fair, evidence based and inclusive decision making, in line with established best practiceand escalating policy, compliance or approval exceptions where required.
Work with the Head of Recruitment to develop recruitment plans and attraction approaches, using recruitment data, staffing requirements and market insight to identify recruitment priorities, risks and future hiring needs. Contribute to the development of talent pools, candidate pipelines, and identify targeted sourcing strategies to support recruitment activity. Line manage and develop the Talent Acquisition team, including workload allocation, performance oversight, one to one support, capability development, training and continuous professional development, ensuring the team delivers a consistent and high-quality service.
Work with the Head of Recruitment to develop and optimise the use of the Applicant Tracking System (Pinpoint) and associated recruitment processes, workflows, templates, automation and reporting, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, candidate experience, compliance and data quality. Monitor and analyse key recruitment performance measures, time to fill, time to hire, and candidate and Hiring Manager experience. Producing reports, dashboards and recommendations for the Head of Recruitment and senior stakeholders.
Identify areas of potential process improvements and champion their implementation. Support the Head of Recruitment with the development and promotion of the organisation's employer brand and Employee Value Proposition through recruitment marketing, careers content, social and professional channels, talent engagement activity and relevant sector networks, ensuring attraction activity reflects organisational values and culture. Ensure recruitment activity is delivered in accordance with equality, diversity and inclusion principles, data protection requirements, Right to Work and relevant employment and immigration requirements, maintaining appropriate controls and supporting recruitment compliance and audit readiness.
Lead recruitment-related training and events and maintain awareness of labour market trends, recruitment technology and sector best practice to support service improvement and attraction activity. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, and the post holder may be required to complete other duties in line with the role of Talent Acquisition Lead.