Talent Acquisition Partner

The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role are: 

1. Recent experience of managing end-to-end recruitment 
2. Knowledge of how to attract candidates in a competitive recruitment market
3. Excellent communication skills with the ability to persuade, influence and build great working relationships!  

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply. 

If you’d like to have an informal chat about the role, please do not hesitate to contact Sarah Crawforth, Candidate Attraction Manager, on 07815 485130 or email sarah.crawforth@berkshire.nhs.uk 

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required. 

Person specification

Education/Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria

• Good standard of education to degree level or equivalent or extensive experience in recruitment or talent acquisition

Continuous Professional Development

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of how to use social media for recruiting.
• Recent experience managing end-to-end recruitment processes
• Experience of using applicant tracking systems/talent pools
• Experience of partnering with hiring managers to understand recruitment requirements and to positively influence recruitment outcomes
• Working within in a talent acquisition or recruitment team (agency or in-house function)
• Recording and measuring recruitment success
• Experience of engaging with candidates throughout the recruitment process to provide a great candidate experience
• Experience of writing effective job ads
• Experience of using job boards and CV shifting to identity suitable candidates

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of employment law principles and how to apply these to recruitment processes.
• Experience of arranging and facilitating recruitment events (virtually and in-person)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Good attention to detail