Reporting to the Head of Talent Acquisition, you ll lead the strategy, delivery, and performance of Early Careers recruitment across graduate and apprenticeship programmes.
You ll manage and develop a team of recruiters, fostering a high-performance culture focused on quality, inclusion, and candidate experience. As a senior partner to business leaders, you ll help influence workforce planning and future skills strategy, ensuring early talent pipelines align with long-term needs.
You ll own the full recruitment lifecycle, driving process excellence, governance, and continuous improvement through data and insight, while ensuring hiring is consistent, scalable, and compliant.
About you
- Proven experience managing and leading Early Careers (Graduates/Apprentice) talent acquisition teams within large, complex organisations (1,000+ employees).
- Experience leading high performing recruiting teams, with the ability to coach and develop high-performing teams
- Deep understanding of UK Early Careers markets, academic cycles, and apprenticeship frameworks
- Experience partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing workforce planning
- Track record of designing fair, structured, and scalable assessment processes
- Experience building employer brand across universities, schools, and external partners
- Data‑driven, with the ability to translate insight into action
- Comfortable managing complexity, competing priorities, and escalations
- Strong commercial awareness with a focus on measurable impact
You ll thrive if you can balance strategy with execution, challenge constructively, and inspire others to deliver exceptional outcomes.
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