Talent Acquisition Specialist

Description

Role Purpose

The Talent Acquisition Manager supports the mission to attract, assess and hire talented individuals who enable the organisation to achieve its strategic goals. The role delivers a high-quality, inclusive end-to-end recruitment service, with a focus on specialist technical, engineering, and managerial hiring, a supporting organisational change programmes and helping strengthen the employer brand, particularly among underrepresented groups.

Role Context

Based within a Talent Acquisition Hub, you will work closely with Change Leads, People Function colleagues, hiring managers, and stakeholders across the global organisation.

Operating within a complex, matrix environment undergoing significant transformation, the role requires strong stakeholder management, organisation, and communication skills. Success depends on building effective relationships, influencing decision-making, and delivering an outstanding candidate experience.

Main Accountabilities

• Support change programmes by delivering effective and high-quality recruitment and selection processes.

• Manage end-to-end recruitment activity, including role briefing, sourcing, shortlisting, talent pooling, interview coordination, offer management, and recruitment planning.

• Support the delivery of additional assessment and selection activities associated with change programmes.

• Use recruitment data and market insights to monitor performance, identify trends, inform decision-making, and achieve agreed hiring metrics.

• Maintain accurate recruitment data to ensure compliance, quality reporting, and audit readiness.

• Build strong partnerships with hiring managers and People Function colleagues to deliver a positive customer and candidate experience.

• Provide guidance and coaching to stakeholders throughout the recruitment process.

• Contribute to continuous improvement by sharing best practice, seeking feedback, and maintaining professional knowledge.

• Promote inclusive hiring practices that attract diverse talent and support equal opportunities.

Role Purpose

The Talent Acquisition Manager supports the mission to attract, assess and hire talented individuals who enable the organisation to achieve its strategic goals. The role delivers a high-quality, inclusive end-to-end recruitment service, with a focus on specialist technical, engineering, and managerial hiring, a supporting organisational change programmes and helping strengthen the employer brand, particularly among underrepresented groups.

Role Context

Based within a Talent Acquisition Hub, you will work closely

with Change Leads, People Function colleagues, hiring managers, and

stakeholders across the global organisation.

Operating within a complex, matrix environment undergoing

significant transformation, the role requires strong stakeholder management,

organisation, and communication skills. Success depends on building effective

relationships, influencing decision-making, and delivering an outstanding

candidate experience.

Main Accountabilities

Support change programmes by delivering effective and high-quality recruitment and selection processes. Manage end-to-end recruitment activity, including role briefing, sourcing, shortlisting, talent pooling, interview coordination, offer management, and recruitment planning. Support the delivery of additional assessment and selection activities associated with change programmes. Use recruitment data and market insights to monitor performance, identify trends, inform decision-making, and achieve agreed hiring metrics. Maintain accurate recruitment data to ensure compliance, quality reporting, and audit readiness. Build strong partnerships with hiring managers and People Function colleagues to deliver a positive customer and candidate experience. Provide guidance and coaching to stakeholders throughout the recruitment process. Contribute to continuous improvement by sharing best practice, seeking feedback, and maintaining professional knowledge. Promote inclusive hiring practices that attract diverse talent and support equal opportunities.

Role Specific Knowledge and experience

Essential

Proven experience managing end-to-end talent acquisition processes and applying a range of selection methods. Senior level experience in technical and software engineering recruitment in a busy in house setting, including process improvements and navigating ambiguity. experience in both permanent and temp / freelance / contracting hiring. experience sourcing candidates through multiple channels, including direct sourcing and digital platforms. Understanding of inclusive attraction and selection practices that support diversity objectives. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and build effective relationships. experience using recruitment data and performance metrics to drive decision-making and continuous improvement. Solution-focused approach with the ability to provide professional recruitment advice. Strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Desirable

Knowledge of regional labour markets and recruitment trends. experience working in a global matrix organisation. experience using SAP SuccessFactors Recruitment or a similar Applicant Tracking System (ATS). Understanding of employment legislation and pre-employment screening requirements.

Language Requirements

Written and verbal fluency in English.

Right to work

Unlimited right to work full time in the UK (no visa limitation)

Professional Qualifications

Recruitment or HR qualification (desirable but not essential).

• Proven experience managing end-to-end talent acquisition processes and applying a range of selection methods.

• Senior level experience in technical and software engineering recruitment in a busy in house setting, including process improvements and navigating ambiguity.

• experience in both permanent and temp / freelance / contracting hiring.

• experience sourcing candidates through multiple channels, including direct sourcing and digital platforms.

• Understanding of inclusive attraction and selection practices that support diversity objectives.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and build effective relationships.

• experience using recruitment data and performance metrics to drive decision-making and continuous improvement.

• Solution-focused approach with the ability to provide professional recruitment advice.

• Strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Desirable

• Knowledge of regional labour markets and recruitment trends.

• experience working in a global matrix organisation.

• experience using SAP SuccessFactors Recruitment or a similar Applicant Tracking System (ATS).

• Understanding of employment legislation and pre-employment screening requirements.

Language Requirements

• Written and verbal fluency in English.

Right to work

• Unlimited right to work full time in the UK (no visa limitation)

Professional Qualifications

• Recruitment or HR qualification (desirable but not essential).

Skills

recruiting recruitment

Employee Value Proposition

London

Job Title: Talent Acquisition Specialist

Location: London, UK

Rate/Salary: 17.30 - 17.30 GBP Hourly

Job Type: Contract

Trading as Aston Carter. Allegis Group Limited, Maxis 2, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom. No. (phone number removed). Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. Aston Carter is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands. If you apply, your personal data will be processed as described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice available at (url removed)> To access our Online Privacy Notice, which explains what information we may collect, use, share, and store about you, and describes your rights and choices about this, please go to (url removed)> We are part of a global network of companies and as a result, the personal data you provide will be shared within Allegis Group and transferred and processed outside the UK, Switzerland and European Economic Area subject to the protections described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice. We store personal data in the UK, EEA, Switzerland and the USA. If you would like to exercise your privacy rights, please visit the "Contacting Us" section of our Online Privacy Notice at (url removed)/en-gb/privacy-notices for details on how to contact us. To protect your privacy and security, we may take steps to verify your identity, such as a password and user ID if there is an account associated with your request, or identifying information such as your address or date of birth, before proceeding with your request. If you are resident in the UK, EEA or Switzerland, we will process any access request you make in accordance with our commitments under the UK Data Protection Act, EU-U.S. Privacy Shield or the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield