Talent Acquisition Lead
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- England,London,Greater London,Croydon
- Full Time, Permanent
- £35,000 - £39,000 per annum, inc benefits
Job Description:
Talent Acquisition Lead
*Annual Salary: £35K-£39K DOE
*Location: Croydon
*Job Type: Full-time
We are seeking a Talent Acquisition Lead to lead the full spectrum of talent acquisition, resourcing, and workforce planning activities across the business. This pivotal role will transform recruitment from a reactive, transactional process to a proactive, strategic function. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring our organisation attracts, selects, and retains high-quality staff aligned with our curriculum delivery, learner growth, and strategic priorities.
Day-to-day of the role:
*Strategic Recruitment Leadership:*Lead all recruitment, resourcing, and workforce planning activities, ensuring alignment with curriculum delivery needs, learner growth, and strategic priorities.
*Shift recruitment from transactional hiring to proactive talent acquisition.
*Talent Acquisition & Resourcing:*Manage end-to-end recruitment processes for academic, support, and leadership roles.
*Develop job postings that are inclusive and tailored to the business.
*Oversee shortlisting, interviewing, and selection processes, ensuring high-quality practices.
*Train and support hiring managers in effective recruitment practices.
*Ensure compliance with safer recruitment and safeguarding standards.
*Workforce Planning:*Develop and maintain a comprehensive workforce plan that considers curriculum growth, funding changes, learner numbers, and skills shortages.
*Analyse trends in vacancies, turnover, and hard-to-fill roles to support strategic staffing decisions.
*Employer Branding & Attraction:*Enhance the company’s employer brand to improve recruitment and retention.
*Promote the company as an employer of choice within their sector.
*Build relationships with sector bodies, job centres, and professional networks.
*Early Careers & Talent Pipelines:*Lead initiatives for campus recruitment and early careers, focusing on building talent pipelines for critical roles.
*Support pathways from industry to education, enhancing routes into further education teaching.
*Data & Reporting:*Monitor key recruitment metrics such as time to hire, cost per hire, and quality of hire.
*Provide data-driven insights to senior leadership to inform planning and decision-making.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
*Proven experience in recruitment or resourcing, ideally within the education or public sector.
*Expertise in workforce planning and data-driven decision-making.
*Level 5 CIPD qualification
*Strong stakeholder management skills.
*A deep understanding of the further education context, including safeguarding and equality legislation.
If this role is of interest, please apply today.
*Annual Salary: £35K-£39K DOE
*Location: Croydon
*Job Type: Full-time
We are seeking a Talent Acquisition Lead to lead the full spectrum of talent acquisition, resourcing, and workforce planning activities across the business. This pivotal role will transform recruitment from a reactive, transactional process to a proactive, strategic function. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring our organisation attracts, selects, and retains high-quality staff aligned with our curriculum delivery, learner growth, and strategic priorities.
Day-to-day of the role:
*Strategic Recruitment Leadership:*Lead all recruitment, resourcing, and workforce planning activities, ensuring alignment with curriculum delivery needs, learner growth, and strategic priorities.
*Shift recruitment from transactional hiring to proactive talent acquisition.
*Talent Acquisition & Resourcing:*Manage end-to-end recruitment processes for academic, support, and leadership roles.
*Develop job postings that are inclusive and tailored to the business.
*Oversee shortlisting, interviewing, and selection processes, ensuring high-quality practices.
*Train and support hiring managers in effective recruitment practices.
*Ensure compliance with safer recruitment and safeguarding standards.
*Workforce Planning:*Develop and maintain a comprehensive workforce plan that considers curriculum growth, funding changes, learner numbers, and skills shortages.
*Analyse trends in vacancies, turnover, and hard-to-fill roles to support strategic staffing decisions.
*Employer Branding & Attraction:*Enhance the company’s employer brand to improve recruitment and retention.
*Promote the company as an employer of choice within their sector.
*Build relationships with sector bodies, job centres, and professional networks.
*Early Careers & Talent Pipelines:*Lead initiatives for campus recruitment and early careers, focusing on building talent pipelines for critical roles.
*Support pathways from industry to education, enhancing routes into further education teaching.
*Data & Reporting:*Monitor key recruitment metrics such as time to hire, cost per hire, and quality of hire.
*Provide data-driven insights to senior leadership to inform planning and decision-making.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
*Proven experience in recruitment or resourcing, ideally within the education or public sector.
*Expertise in workforce planning and data-driven decision-making.
*Level 5 CIPD qualification
*Strong stakeholder management skills.
*A deep understanding of the further education context, including safeguarding and equality legislation.
If this role is of interest, please apply today.
Job number 3514574
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