Talent Acquisition Specialist

Project overview

Talent Acquisition Specialist

18 Month Fixed-Term Contract

£35,500

Surrey / West Sussex

Hybrid Working

Tony Alan is delighted to be partnering exclusively with a well-established and highly respected organisation in Surrey to appoint a Talent Acquisition Specialist on an 18-month fixed-term contract.

This is an opportunity to join a purpose-led organisation with a strong national presence and a genuine commitment to making a positive difference in the community. With an inclusive and supportive culture, the organisation brings together a diverse workforce who are passionate about delivering meaningful outcomes and creating lasting impact.

Working as part of a small, collaborative recruitment team, you will play a key role in delivering recruitment across the organisation, with a particular focus on support worker and frontline operational roles. You will manage vacancies throughout the recruitment journey, from initial approval through to onboarding, ensuring candidates are engaged and supported at every stage.

A key focus will be developing talent pipelines and identifying creative ways to attract candidates in a competitive market. You will work closely with hiring managers and internal stakeholders to understand recruitment needs, develop targeted recruitment plans and ensure vacancies are filled efficiently and effectively.

You will also play an important role in reducing agency reliance and recruitment costs, while maintaining high standards of candidate experience, safer recruitment, safeguarding and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

About you

The successful candidate will be an experienced recruiter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is confident managing multiple vacancies while maintaining a high standard of delivery. You will be proactive, resilient and motivated, with a genuine passion for finding the right people and delivering an exceptional candidate experience.

Ideally, you will have experience recruiting within healthcare, social care, education or another similarly regulated environment, alongside strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with hiring managers.

You will have experience delivering high-volume recruitment campaigns and using a range of attraction and direct sourcing techniques. Confidence using applicant tracking systems (ATS), together with a sound understanding of employment legislation, safer recruitment and recruitment best practice, is essential

If you feel that you would be suitable for this position, please apply with your CV.

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• Manage a high volume of vacancies, primarily support worker and frontline operational roles, ensuring timely and effective recruitment.
• Develop and deliver targeted attraction campaigns across job boards, social media, community engagement, referrals and direct sourcing.
• Build and maintain strong talent pipelines to support ongoing workforce requirements.
• Screen applications, conduct telephone interviews and assess candidates against role requirements.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand workforce challenges and develop targeted recruitment plans.
• Organise and support recruitment events and other candidate attraction initiatives.
• Monitor recruitment activity and conversion rates, producing regular reports and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure recruitment and onboarding activity meets required safeguarding, compliance and regulatory standards.

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Location: Surrey, South East England, GB, GB