EMEA Recruiter

The Carlyle Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Carlyle Group in London is seeking a Strategic Recruiter to lead full-cycle recruiting across EMEA and Japan. You will partner with Hiring Managers and HRBPs to design staffing strategies, manage visas, and ensure compelling candidate experience.

Responsibilities include sourcing, interviewing, assessments, offers, and maintaining compliant processes, with a focus on diversity and global collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (preferably HR or related field).
• Minimum of 6 years full-cycle recruiting experience (junior to managerial roles).
• Proven success sourcing hard-to-fill candidates via LinkedIn/databases and AI tools (e.g., candidate matching algorithms, resume screening AI).
• Experience across UK & EMTIA jurisdictions highly desirable.
• Financial Services background a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage recruitment of temporary staff, consultants, senior advisors, interns and permanent employees at all levels across EMEA and Japan.
• Develop and implement staffing strategies including ATS, job boards, web searches, networking, industry-specific sources, and traditional recruitment methods.
• Draft job descriptions ensuring inclusive wording and alignment with position requirements and competencies; source candidates; screen resumes; interview; assess; reference checks; offers.
• Oversee visa process, ensure Home Office compliance and manage UK LLP membership hiring process.
• Partner with hiring managers and HRBPs to provide progress updates; train interviewing skills; build diverse pipelines; collaborate with HR functions on packages.

Skills

ATS proficiency

Candidate sourcing

Interviewing

Candidate assessment

Offer negotiation

Stakeholder management

Compliance awareness

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

LinkedIn

AI recruitment tools

Resume screening AI

ATS systems

Job description

The Recruiter will be a critical member of the EMEA Human Capital Management team and will be responsible for proactively managing the full-life cycle recruiting process at all levels across EMEA and Japan. The ideal hire will have previous experience in staffing strategy, strategic sourcing, interviewing, candidate assessment, preparing and negotiating employment offers with candidates, ensuring a positive candidate experience while aligning with company guidelines, compensation frameworks and stakeholder management.

Strategic Recruitment Management

• Manage recruitment of temporary staff, consultants, senior advisors, interns and permanent employees at all levels across EMEA and Japan.
• Work collaboratively with Hiring Manager and HR Business Partners to develop and implement effective, comprehensive, multi-layered staffing strategies including ATS, job boards, web searches, networking, industry-specific sources, and traditional recruitment methods.
• Understand the business, the strategic direction of the Department, and the specifics surrounding the search; partner with hiring manager to assess and identify staffing needs.

Selection & Candidate Management

• Assist with drafting job descriptions ensuring inclusive wording and alignment with position requirements and competencies.
• Source candidates, screen resumes, interview candidates (by phone and in person), conduct assessments, reference/background checks, provide hiring recommendations; challenge/influence decision making; develop and make employment offers.
• Identify best in class search firms and negotiate competitive agreements; develop position-specific screening questionnaires.
• Manage candidates throughout the interview process; ensure candidate care, negotiate and close selected candidates.

Operational & Compliance

• Utilize ATS to track candidate flows and manage employee records, generating reports and running queries.
• Prepare contracts and relevant paperwork for offer packs; manage UK LLP membership hiring process.
• Oversee and manage the visa process, taking responsibility for ensuring that all required documentation for each visa holder is complete, accurate, and fully compliant with Home Office requirements.
• Contact point for Internal Mobility; work with HR Administration team for new hire inductions; present HR section of new hire induction.

Stakeholder & Development

• Partner with hiring manager to ensure familiarity with recruitment process; provide ongoing recruitment progress updates.
• Deliver interviewing skills training to hiring managers; recommend appropriate testing with HRBP and hiring managers.
• Build and maintain a diverse candidate pipeline; build relationships with global/local HR colleagues, functional managers, D&I partners.
• Remain informed of talent shifts; challenge status quo; work in partnership with HRBP and comp team on packages.

Other

• Any other recruitment administration as required (e.g., ad hoc sourcing support, candidate database maintenance, job posting management).
• Support HRBPs as required (e.g., market salary benchmarking, candidate pipeline reviews, hiring process optimization projects).
• Fulfill reporting requests from the Global Head of Talent Acquisition / Executive Office / stakeholders in a timely and accurate manner, ensuring data integrity and responsiveness to leadership needs in partnership with HRBPs
• Contribute to recruitment policy updates and compliance audits.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree (preferably HR or related field).
• Minimum of 6 years full-cycle recruiting experience (junior to managerial roles).
• Proven success sourcing hard-to-fill candidates via LinkedIn/databases and AI tools (e.g., candidate matching algorithms, resume screening AI).
• Experience across UK & EMEA jurisdictions highly desirable.
• Financial Services background a plus.

Technical Skills

• Proficient in ATS systems, job boards, internet sourcing tools and AI-powered recruitment platforms.
• Strong knowledge of recruitment best practices and selection techniques.

Key Competencies

• Demonstrated ability to meet/exceed recruitment targets consistently.
• Translate business needs into effective talent strategies.
• Coach/influence hiring managers throughout process.
• Excellent analytical, planning, execution, and problem-solving skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail (contract drafting).
• Flexible team player comfortable with diverse tasks.

Due to the high volume of candidates, please be advised that only candidates selected to interview will be contacted by Carlyle.