Leads end-to-end talent acquisition delivery across academic and professional services recruitment. Advises hiring managers, manages and develops the recruitment team, improves ATS workflows, analyzes recruitment metrics, supports employer branding and talent pipelines, and ensures compliant, inclusive hiring practices. The role also contributes to recruitment planning, training, events, process improvement, and candidate and stakeholder experience across multiple sites.
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.
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.
Key Responsibilities
- 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
Essential
- Recent experience of managing end to end recruitment campaigns within an in house or agency recruitment environment.
- Demonstrable experience of using market knowledge and recruitment data to inform resourcing decisions and recommendations.
- Experience of using an Applicant Tracking System or equivalent recruitment databases/systems, including reporting and process improvement
Desirable
- Experience of recruitment within Higher Education, education or another complex multi site organisation, including academic recruitment.
- Experience of employer branding, talent pipeline development or recruitment marketing initiatives.
- Experience using Pinpoint ATS
- Line management experience
Skills and Knowledge:
Essential
- Strong knowledge of Talent Acquisition best practice, attraction strategies, structured selection and inclusive recruitment principles.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to identify trends, risks and opportunities and present clear recommendations.
- Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, coaching and communication skills, with the credibility to provide specialist advice across different levels of the organisation.
- Strong IT skills, including strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Applicant Tracking Systems to support reporting on key metrics, system efficiency and informed decision making.
- Sound understanding of recruitment compliance, data protection, equality and diversity requirements and Right to Work responsibilities relevant to recruitment.
Desirable
- Knowledge of UK immigration and sponsorship requirements relevant to recruitment.
- Knowledge of Higher Education recruitment markets and academic workforce challenges.
- Awareness of emerging recruitment technologies, including the appropriate use of AI and automation within Talent Acquisition.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrates initiative, accountability, discretion and a continuous improvement/solutions focussed mindset.
- Strong prioritisation skills, with the ability to balance immediate recruitment delivery with longer term workforce needs.
- Credible, collaborative and confident in influencing stakeholders, constructively challenging where necessary and managing expectations effectively.
- Highly organised, adaptable and resilient, with the ability to maintain quality and sound judgement across competing priorities and periods of high recruitment demand.
- Committed to delivering an inclusive, professional and positive experience for candidates, Hiring Managers and colleagues.
Special Conditions
Some travel to other organisational sites may be required. Flexibility may also be required during peak recruitment and student intake periods, including occasional recruitment events or activity outside the usual working pattern in line with business needs.
Benefits
- Generous annual leave package with 25 days plus bank holidays/ closure days (pro-rata), supporting a healthy work life balance
- Flexible hybrid working options, including the ability to work from home
- Access to the TELUS Health Employee Assistance Programme, offering confidential counselling, wellbeing tools and 24/7 support
- Free annual eye test for VDU users, with a Specsavers voucher including up to £70 contribution towards glasses or sunglasses
- Access to Hapi Benefits, providing exclusive retail discounts, lifestyle savings and wellbeing perks
- Workplace pension scheme to support long term financial security
- Enhanced company sick policy
- Statutory Maternity and Paternity Pays to support growing families
- Ongoing training and development opportunities to support career progression
The salary range shows the potential maximum pay progression in addition to any annual inflationary increase to your pay. Please note that our default position is to appoint into the lower end of the range, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
About BSU Ltd.
Bath Spa U Ltd. is part of the Bath Spa University Group which is wholly owned by Bath Spa University. Based across two sites, London Canary Wharf and Birmingham, Bath Spa U Ltd operates a distinct model of higher education and we are proud to serve a non-traditional student population.
With an inclusive approach to student recruitment, we provide one-to-one academic and careers advice to widen access to higher education for groups currently underrepresented. We believe that education is transformational and can make a fundamental difference to the individuals and communities we serve, which is why we pay the utmost attention to student satisfaction.
As an inclusive organisation, we believe in education for all, but not one size fits all, so we place great emphasis on providing opportunities and support for anyone with the ambition to achieve their true potential. As such, we are looking for candidates who can thrive in this unique environment and contribute meaningfully to our students’ academic journey.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
About
At Bath Spa University, we believe in the power of education to break down barriers to opportunity and to transform lives. We are the Professionally Creative for the future. Professional Creativity transcends subject disciplines, and is just as important for our sciences, education, business and law subjects as it is for our sector leading creative industries provision. We connect learners, staff and external partners with applied research and innovation. We power inclusive growth through skills development and practice based, innovation – intensive learning for all.Our main Newton park campus is based in stunning countryside just a few minutes from a World Heritage City. We are also proud to offer courses to students at our other campuses around Bath, and in London at our Canary Wharf and Hackney sites.An impressive 84% of our staff said they would recommend the University to a friend as a good place to work. We are a community of colleagues, striving for excellence to ensure students thrive. Our values are:Respect Inclusivity CollaborationSustainabilityWe are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community. We foster inclusivity, celebrating and respecting differences. We welcome diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and genders. We consider our recruitment practices to be comprehensive and unbiased; ensuring fairness, transparency, and equal opportunity for all. Information about visa sponsorshipUnder the 2006 Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Act the University has a duty to prevent illegal working by carrying out document checks on all potential employees to confirm that a person has the right to work in the UK.Please note that the University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are entitled to live and work in the UK.For some vacancies (those requiring specific specialist skills or in shortage occupations) we may be able to obtain a certificate of sponsorship for a suitably qualified applicant. Due to the limited availability of sponsorship resources, not all vacancies in this category will be eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship. Sponsorship eligibility will be assessed on a role-by-role basis and is normally limited to positions that meet the University's workforce and immigration criteria.In light of this, for most vacancies it will be unlikely that permission to work in the UK would be granted.For further information please click here to visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
Bath Spa University London, England Office
London, United Kingdom
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