Talent Acquisition Specialist

Looking for a varied Talent Acquisition role recruiting everything from entry level through to C-suite level vacancies across the UK, Ireland and Nordics?

This is a superb opportunity to join this large organisation's European Talent Acquisition Centre of Excellence, located in Stanford-Le-Hope, Essex.

This is a full 360 internal recruitment role where you'll need to be able to hit the ground running, have confidence in your recruitment expertise and be proactive in your approach.

With a broad scope, your role will include:

• Acting as a trusted advisor to HR, business leaders and hiring managers
• Managing full lifecycle recruitment-from briefing and sourcing to interviews, assessments, compliance steps and offer management.
• Designing tailored hiring strategies for each vacancy
• Proactively sourcing candidates (active and passive) using social media, talent pools, market mapping, networking, and the ATS.
• Representing the company at careers events, job fairs and industry networking opportunities.
• Maintaining high-quality data in the ATS, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and effective reporting.
• Managing agency and supplier relationships, negotiating terms and ensuring service excellence.
• Leading a smooth feedback and offer process, working closely with hiring managers to ensure timely candidate communication.
• Championing a great candidate and hiring manager experience, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Providing up-to-date market insights to hiring managers and HR partners to guide workforce decisions.
• Supporting TA projects across Europe, such as employer branding, ATS enhancements, interview training, ED&I initiatives and social media campaigns.

We're looking for proactive individual who can demonstrate:

• Strong end‑to‑end recruitment experience in a fast‑paced, high‑volume environment.
• A combination of agency and inhouse experience. (Desirable)
• Proven capability to manage recruitment from entry level to C‑suite across multiple functions; strong experience within operations and engineering is highly desirable.
• Confidence using ATS platforms, sourcing tools and assessment methods.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to prioritise, deliver at pace, and maintain a high-quality candidate experience.
• Professionalism, integrity, and a collaborative mindset.

Location:

Stanford-Le-Hope, Essex (Hybrid working)

Hours :

Monday-Friday 37.5 hours per week with flexibility over start/finish times

Salary:

Negotiable

Full UK driving licence and own vehicle required for travel between sites.

EA First Ltd are acting as an Employment Agency for this permanent vacancy.