Talent Acquisition Specialist, CANCER RESEARCH UK

Guardian Jobs; Stratford; Hybrid; CAD 63,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist to enhance their recruitment process. This role involves driving effective hiring practices, working with hiring managers, and sourcing diverse candidates to meet organizational needs. The ideal candidate has experience in end-to-end recruitment, strong stakeholder management, and understanding of HR regulations. Application includes CV submission while following an anonymised process.

Benefits

Generous benefits package

Flexible leave allowance

Discounts on travel and technology

Gym membership

Qualifications

• Experience in a resourcing function is advantageous.
• Proven ability to manage high volumes of vacancies.
• Experience sourcing passive candidates directly.

Responsibilities

• Deliver effective hiring to meet Resourcing KPIs.
• Build relationships with hiring managers during recruitment.
• Advocate inclusive and cost-effective hiring practices.

Skills

Experience delivering multiple concurrent recruitment processes

Strong stakeholder management

Experience in competency-based interviewing

Experience managing recruitment agency relationships

Understanding of HR regulations

Tools

ATS system

Job description

Overview

Talent Acquisition Specialist — £34,000 - £37,500 per annum, plus benefits. Reports to: Talent Acquisition Delivery Manager. Department: Chief Operating Office. Contract: Permanent. Hours: Full time 35 hours per week. Location: Stratford, London - High Flex. Closing date: 03/10/2025 23:55 (may close earlier if high volume of applications or a suitable candidate is found). You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer. We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. We are looking for someone talented, innovative and ambitious to join our team as a Talent Acquisition Specialist. The role focuses on creative, cost-effective candidate sourcing to identify the right candidate for the right role, with a passion for creating a more diverse organisation. You will source high-quality candidates through a variety of channels and work predominantly with the Research and Innovation directorate, which supports scientists and clinicians in realising patient and population benefits from their research.

What will I be doing?

• Deliver effective hiring in-line with Resourcing KPIs (cost, quality and time); proactively mitigating any risk where KPIs are not being met
• Build strong relationships with hiring managers, advising on all stages of the recruitment process — attraction, candidate management, selection and offer for roles up to middle management level
• Work in partnership with the Talent Acquisition Partners to deliver directorate-specific resourcing plans, focusing on improvements across key areas and ensuring targets and SLAs are met
• Advocate inclusive and cost-effective hiring by sourcing candidates through a variety of recruiting channels
• Use MI to review the effectiveness of different attraction and sourcing channels

What skills are you looking for?

• Experience delivering multiple, concurrent, end-to-end recruitment processes (life sciences sector experience is advantageous but not essential)
• Proven experience within an in-house or outsourced resourcing function, managing a high volume of vacancies
• Strong stakeholder management skills with demonstrable experience influencing and advising hiring managers
• Experience sourcing passive candidates directly to build a talent pipeline
• Experience managing recruitment agency relationships
• Experience in competency-based interviewing and other selection techniques
• Understanding of HR regulations and legislative requirements around interviewing and selection
• Experience of using an ATS system

What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. In return, we offer a generous benefits package, opportunities for career and personal development, and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well. Our benefits include a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on travel and technology, gym membership, and more. We support a flexible working culture to accommodate life outside of work. Our work—from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy—will change the world. It’s exciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications, but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Please complete the work history section of the online application form so we can assess you quickly, fairly and objectively. For more information on this opportunity, please visit our website or contact us at (please ensure you use the proper contact channel as listed).

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