Talent Acquisition Partner

Job overview

We're looking for an experienced and motivated Talent Acquisition Partner to join our friendly, supportive and high-performing Talent Acquisition team.

This is an excellent opportunity for a talented recruiter who enjoys building strong relationships, influencing stakeholders and finding creative solutions to challenging recruitment needs. Whether your experience comes from an agency or in-house environment, if you're passionate about attracting great talent and delivering an outstanding recruitment experience, we'd love to hear from you.

This role offers the flexibility of hybrid working, with the opportunity to work from home most of the week alongside occasional travel across Berkshire to support recruitment events, assessment centres and stakeholder meetings.

Main duties of the job

What you'll be doing

• Proactively engaging with managers to determine recruitment needs and shaping solutions to meet these
• Re-writing job ads to attract the best talent and promote inclusivity in line with employment legislation and corporate guidelines
• Sourcing and screening candidates using a variety of techniques including recruitment campaigns and social media advertising
• Planning and organise recruitment events – both face-to-face and virtual
• Providing an exceptional candidate experience – understanding their work preferences, organising and following up on interviews, providing feedback and offers.
• Working effectively with the Recruitment Administration team to ensure a smooth pre-employment process
• Maintaining accurate reporting to track success

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for this role:

• Recent experience of managing end-to-end recruitment
• Knowledge of how to attract and screen candidates in a challenging recruitment market
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to persuade, influence and build great working relationships!
• Ability to travel independently around Berkshire, noting that some of our locations cannot easily be reached by public transport

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses given in your supporting statement genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey.

In addition to explaining how you meet the person specification, you must complete your employment history for at least the last five years. Any experience, skills or responsibilities referenced in your supporting statement should be evidenced within your employment history. Applications that do not include sufficient employment history to support the experience claimed may not be shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Stonewall Proud Employer, Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact Sarah Crawforth, Candidate Attraction Manager on 07815 485130 or email sarah.crawforth@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.