Website Featurespace
Company
Featurespace
Location
Cambridge
Job Title
Talent Acquisition Partner
About the Job
As a Talent Acquisition Partner, you will be joining our collaborative, energetic team with a focus on finding and bringing in the best talent. Ideally you will have a strong focus on sourcing, thrive on finding innovative ways to source our future team members, with the ability to identify those hidden gems!
You will work with the team to deliver on our hiring needs, by managing the full lifecycle recruitment process, focusing on time to hire and high quality delivery. We are passionate about connecting top talent with career-defining opportunities. You will help us continue to build and maintain a strong employer brand along the way, ensuring we provide the best candidate experience possible. This role is ideal for someone with a keen eye for spotting potential and a creative mindset for connecting with candidates in non-traditional ways. You will work proactively, focusing on direct sourcing methods, employee referral strategies and talent pooling.
This role is based in our Cambridge office, so you will ideally be comfortable coming into the office at least twice a week. If you’re interested in the role but require more flexibility, please speak to us!
Day to Day
- Proactively identify and engage passive candidates through creative sourcing channels including social media, professional networks, online communities, and employee referrals
- Build and maintain a pipeline of qualified candidates for critical roles, focusing on both immediate hiring needs and long-term talent planning
- Conduct talent market research to map out the best channels and networks for each role and provide insights into talent availability and competition
- Work closely with our hiring managers to assess candidate suitability, both in terms of skills and culture, ensuring a smooth and efficient hiring process
- Consistently manage expectations of both the hiring team and candidates throughout the hiring processes
- Help craft compelling messaging and outreach strategies that promote our employer brand and attract the best candidates
- Track key sourcing metrics, such as conversion rates and time-to-fill, and continuously optimise sourcing strategies based on data insights
- Manage employee referral programs
- Oversee all processes through to offer, managing the offer process diligently and efficiently to ensure a positive outcome
- Support the Head of Talent Acquisition to analyse cost of recruitment and set realistic goals on budgets
- Work on adhoc value add projects (e.g. D&I, Recruitment Marketing, Sourcing Campaigns)
About you – Must haves:
- Experience recruiting into the technology industry as part of an in-house talent team, with proven experience in a sourcing focused role recruitment team
- Solid understanding and experience of full-cycle recruiting
- Experience of creating strong networks and talent pools, with demonstrable experience of headhunting via LinkedIn
- Advanced knowledge of sourcing techniques, including Boolean searches, social media recruiting, and candidate engagement strategies.
- Ability to juggle multiple competing priorities, and be confident at prioritisation
- Strong interpersonal skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate effectively and build relationships with both candidates and internal stakeholders
- High attention to detail
- Familiarity with applicant tracking systems (ATS), ideally Greenhouse
- A results-driven mindset with a passion for finding unique and creative ways to identify talent
- A strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of talent acquisition