HR & Talent Partner

EA First; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in the UK is looking for an experienced HR & Talent professional to join their expanding team. This exciting role is a blend of recruitment and HR responsibilities, emphasizing strategic engagement and employee development. Candidates should have proven recruitment experience, CIPD Level 5 or equivalent, and a strategic mindset. The position offers hybrid working in Cambridge, balancing office and remote work, providing an opportunity to influence talent strategies within a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience recruiting in Science, Operations, Technical, and Support roles.
• Understanding of employment legislation and relevant employment policies.
• Ability to design and implement training programs.

Responsibilities

• Recruitment strategies, sourcing, interviewing, and managing the offer process.
• Providing HR support and handling HR issues.
• Creating employee recognition programs to boost engagement and retention.
• Monitoring employee performance and managing relations issues.

Skills

Proven recruitment experience

Practical HR/ER experience

Strategic mindset

Hands-on operational capability

Integrated HR technologies

Data-driven decision making

Education

CIPD Level 5 or equivalent

Tools

HRIS

ATS

Job description

Looking for a newly created role that combines HR & Talent?

This super exciting opportunity is a crucial hire as this expanding business enters the next phase of growth, which includes a significant increase in headcount.

There are some key roles to fill across Science, Operations, Technical and Support roles, so experience recruiting in these areas would be beneficial.

This is absolutely a role you can make your own and will be a 50/50 split between talent and HR. You'll be joining a small, but busy HR function with this role requiring creativity, autonomy and new ideas!

Key areas include:

• Recruitment and hiring to include recruitment strategies, sourcing, interviewing and managing the offer process.
• HR including providing a full overview and support to the wider team on HR issues, including a good understanding of employment legislation and application along with relevant employment policies to be in place to meet the needs of the business.
• Employee development including designing and implementing training programs,
• Retention and engagement including creating and managing employee recognition and develop strategies to increase engagement and retention.
• Performance management monitoring employee performance, provide feedback and manage employee relations issues.
• Data analysis using the company HRIS to identify trends

We'd love to hear from you if you've got proven recruitment and practical HR/ER experience and have that strategic mindset with hands-on operational capability too!

You'll be skilled in using integrated HR technologies to streamline processes and support data-driven decisions and be confident using HRIS/ATS's.

CIPD Level 5 or equivalent and experience of doing international recruitment would be desirable.

Interviews take place early January.

Location:
Cambridge with hybrid working (2-3 days a week in the office)
Hours: Monday-Friday - Full time with flexibility over start/finish times
Salary: Negotiable

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