Recruitment Business Partner

Starr Underwriting; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the insurance sector seeks a Recruitment Business Partner in London. This role involves managing the full recruitment process to attract top talent, building relationships with hiring managers, and enhancing employer branding. Ideal candidates are experienced insurance recruiters skilled in stakeholder management and diversity practices.

Qualifications

• Experienced in-house or RPO recruiter in the insurance industry.
• Proficient with recruitment tools.
• Strong stakeholder management and inclusion practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full-cycle recruitment process including job postings and candidate screenings.
• Build and maintain relationships with external recruitment partners and agencies.
• Promote employer branding and represent the company at recruitment events.

Skills

In-house recruiting

Talent sourcing

Candidate assessment

Stakeholder management

Diversity and Inclusion

Education

Experience in insurance recruitment

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)

Job description

Recruitment Business Partner

Department: Recruitment

Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time

Location: London

Reporting To: Jonathan Mickiewicz

Description

Are you an organised and proactive Recruitment professional ready to support a dynamic global team? Join us as an Recruitment Business Partner and play a key role ensuring we attract and hire the best talent in the market. Working within the Talent Acquisition team, you will lead on recruiting a variety of roles across the organisation. You will proactively engage with active and passive talent, partner with hiring managers to assess needs and drive an inclusive assessment and selection process.

This position offers a diverse scope of responsibilities, providing an excellent opportunity to work in a fast paced, PE backed Insurer while contributing to meaningful TA projects that reinforce our company values and culture.

About the role

• Full-Cycle Recruitment: Manage the end-to-end recruitment process including defining needs with hiring managers, creating job descriptions and postings, sourcing candidates, screening, managing the selection process, and handling offers.
• Talent Sourcing & Pipelines: Proactively source candidates and build talent pipelines using diverse channels like LinkedIn Recruiter, direct job postings, graduate hiring programs, and specialist recruitment agencies.
• Candidate Assessment: Conduct effective initial candidate screening and assessment via phone/video to ensure high-quality shortlists are presented to hiring managers.
• Partnership Management: Build and maintain relationships with external recruitment partners, D&I organizations (e.g., The Brokerage, Bright Networks), job boards, and specialist agencies to support talent attraction and specific hiring needs (interns, graduates, specialist roles).
• Employer Branding & Representation: Promote CFC's employer brand by representing the company at recruitment events and through external partnerships.
• Process Improvement & D&I: Collaborate with the talent acquisition team to ensure inclusive hiring practices are central to our process. Contribute to refining recruitment policies, systems, and processes to optimize efficiency and candidate experience.

About you

• An experienced insurance recruiter adept at working effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Significant inhouse or RPO recruitment experience, ideally in the insurance industry
• Ideally a good understanding of specialty underwriting lines, with the ability to confidently engage and assess candidate suitability.
• Proficient with recruitment tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter and Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS).

Core Values

Love what you do:
We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.

Challenge everything:
We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to makes things better.

Have fun, be good:
Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.