Talent & Acquisition Officer

Talent. People. Impact

Are you passionate about connecting talented people with rewarding career opportunities? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same?

We're looking for a proactive and customer-focused Talent Acquisition Officer to join our People Team and play a key role in attracting, engaging and recruiting outstanding talent across our College.

This is an exciting opportunity for a recruitment professional who enjoys building relationships, delivering an exceptional candidate experience and making a real impact on organisational success. Working closely with hiring managers and the Talent Acquisition Manager, you'll help ensure we continue to attract the skills and talent needed to support our learners, colleagues and future ambitions.

About The Role

As our Talent Acquisition Officer, you'll be responsible for delivering a professional end-to-end recruitment service across a diverse range of roles.

You'll coordinate recruitment campaigns, source candidates, manage candidate communications, support managers through the recruitment process and ensure all pre-employment checks are completed efficiently and compliantly.

You'll also have the opportunity to contribute to talent attraction initiatives, employer branding campaigns and recruitment events, helping to position the College as an employer of choice.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Managing recruitment campaigns from vacancy approval through to onboarding.
• Advertising vacancies and attracting candidates through a variety of channels.
• Proactively sourcing and engaging with potential candidates.
• Coordinating interviews, assessments and selection activities.
• Supporting hiring managers with recruitment best practice and guidance.
• Building talent pipelines for current and future recruitment needs.
• Delivering an outstanding candidate experience throughout the hiring journey.
• Supporting recruitment events, careers fairs and employer branding initiatives.
• Completing pre-employment checks and ensuring compliance with safer recruitment requirements.
• Maintaining recruitment systems, records and reporting data.

What We're Looking For:

• Experienced in recruitment or talent acquisition.
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• A confident communicator who can build strong relationships with candidates and stakeholders.
• Passionate about providing excellent customer and candidate experiences.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a busy environment.
• Proactive, adaptable and solution-focused.
• Committed to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and safeguarding.

Experience of working within education, public sector or multi-site organisations would be advantageous but is not essential.

Why Join Us?

In return, you'll join a supportive and collaborative People Team where you'll have the opportunity to:

• Develop your recruitment and talent acquisition expertise.
• Work with a wide range of stakeholders across the organisation.
• Contribute to strategic people initiatives and workforce planning.
• Help shape the future workforce of the College.
• Access professional development and career progression opportunities.
• Be part of an organisation committed to making a positive difference.

Safeguarding of Children and Vulnerable Adults

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education All employment offers are subject employment checks. These include (some of which are dependent on the role and the individual): Enhanced DBS including Children's Barred List check, DfE teaching/management Barred List check, on-line searches, overseas criminal record check, evidence of identity and Right to Work in the UK, satisfactory references, confirmation of medical fitness, evidence of relevant qualifications and a check of previous employment history.

The College is committed to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all learners and expects its staff to share this commitment. You will be required to become familiar with the College's policies, and comply with the requirements to safeguard and protect the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults. All staff are asked to complete mandatory training in relation to KCSIE and other key areas, and to read the relevant policies.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The College has a strong commitment to working towards the implementation of equality of opportunity in both service delivery and employment. The College's mission and strategic objectives directly support this aim. All employees are required to actively support the development, dissemination and implementation of this aim and related policies and programmes.

Recruitment Process

The email account you use to apply will be used for all recruitment communication. Please ensure that you use an email account that you regularly monitor.

All application forms must be fully completed, including a full record of education and employment history. Incomplete applications will not be considered for shortlisting.

The salary for this position is inclusive of London weighting. Please note that we advertise our salaries on a range to indicate the trajectory of progression that can be made. Appointments are usually made at the start of the salary range.

We may close this vacancy early if we receive enough applications, so we encourage you to submit yours promptly. If you don't hear from us within 2-3 weeks after the closing date, please know that, unfortunately, you have not been shortlisted this time. We truly appreciate your interest and hope you'll consider applying for future opportunities with us.

Please note that we do not accept CVs