Proactive Talent Sourcer

AMS; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A global recruitment firm is seeking a Proactive Sourcer to identify and engage candidates across various sourcing streams. The role involves developing strategies based on market insights and engaging with candidates across multiple channels. Ideal candidates will have strong sourcing experience and the ability to build and maintain talent pools, all while working in a dynamic hybrid environment.

Benefits

Full training and support

Flexible working

Competitive reward and benefits package

Qualifications

• Proven and strong sourcing experience for skills-based sourcing.
• Experience in building and maintaining talent pools.
• Experience in preparing and presenting market insights.

Responsibilities

• Understand client demand plans and build talent pools.
• Develop persona-led sourcing strategies.
• Use sourcing tools to engage passive candidates.
• Collaborate with recruiters to convert candidates.

Skills

Sourcing experience

Building Talent Pools

Market insights presentation

Creative and innovative approach

Using sourcing tools and techniques

Job description

About Us

Contract type: Permanent, full time

Location: Belfast hybrid

Join our World of Talent.

Global, culturally diverse, inclusive, and innovative - welcome to AMS, where talent is our world. Over the last two decades, AMS has redefined the landscape of talent outsourcing and consulting. From pioneering the concept of RPO to continually revolutionising how organisations approach talent acquisition, AMS stands as a world leader in the industry.

Committed, engaged, and inspired, we feel a real sense of belonging, and all have one thing in common: a real passion for talent. Become part of this world and make a difference with us.

https://www.weareams.com/

The Role

Our role is your chance to make a real difference in other people's lives. Ready to take on this responsibility? Let's talk!

Working in close alignment with the recruiter, the Proactive Sourcer is responsible for identifying and engaging . The role operates across two core sourcing streams:

Live Requisition Support - sourcing high-quality candidates in response to live roles where inbound channels are insufficient.

Strategic Talent Community Build - sourcing talent aligned to forecasted hiring needs and predictive demand plans.

This role is future-focused and strategic, but also hands-on. Proactive Sourcers act as brand ambassadors, delivering personalised, insight-led engagement that builds trust and drives conversion. While the function is evolving toward greater tech and AI enablement, success today requires curiosity, critical thinking, and comfort working in a hybrid manual-tech sourcing environment.

Key Accountabilities

Things you will do:

• Understand client demand plans, workforce trends, and competitor hiring patterns to build forward-looking talent pools.
• Develop persona-led sourcing strategies tailored to talent motivations, behaviours, and career drivers.
• Use sourcing tools (e.g. LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS/CRM, niche platforms) to uncover and engage passive candidates.
• Engage with candidates authentically across email, phone, and social channels; represent opportunities with insight and relevance.
• Deliver consultative conversations with candidates to qualify interest, suitability, and alignment.
• Collaborate with Recruiters to convert pipeline talent into active processes and shortlist-ready candidates.
• Present talent with context, including insights on career fit, motivations, and market positioning.
• Create compelling applicant summaries that explain the rationale for putting the candidates forward for a specific live role.
• Track sourcing effectiveness and continuously refine strategies to improve quality and engagement.
• Share hiring insights with Recruiters to shape sourcing direction and influence hiring decisions.
• Re-engage talent pools for future hiring needs; maintain warm communities for repeatable success.

Skills & Experience

What you need to have to be successful:

Must haves

• Proven and strong sourcing experience (skills-based sourcing)
• Experience of building and maintaining Talent Pools, creating projects and building pipelines
• Experience of preparing and presenting market insights
• Pro-active, creative and innovative approach
• Experience of using Sourcing tools and techniques

Nice to haves

• Strong expertise in one sector

Other

Why AMS?

At AMS, we recognise the value of different perspectives and experiences in prompting innovation, sparking creativity, and solving problems.

We come from every walk of life, and our culture is open and inclusive. Our people enjoy flexibility, autonomy, and being trusted to work their way. We offer you career opportunities in every direction you want to explore. It's our world but you can do it your way.

We offer:

• Full training and support
• High value and challenging work
• A vibrant, diverse, and collaborative culture
• Flexible working
• A competitive reward and benefits package*
• The opportunity to embark on a recruitment career with one of the world's leading recruitment companies

* Details may vary slightly depending on your location, local labour law, etc.

Our culture of inclusion and belonging.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, and all aspects of employment are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon age, disability, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic.

If you require any accommodations or have any accessibility needs, please reach out via email [e-mail] or make a member of our Talent Acquisition team aware at any time.

Hit the Apply now button to get your journey started!

We take pride in being Disability Confident. This helps to ensure that you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long- term health conditions, or are neurodiverse. You will be shortlisted based on minimum criteria for the role and will be offered support and/or adjustments for the recruitment process if you wish.