Recruitment Lead

Anglian Water Services Ltd; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water infrastructure company is seeking a Recruitment Manager to lead a team of Recruitment Coordinators. In this role, you will manage senior-level recruitment, enhance processes, and ensure a high-quality candidate experience. The ideal candidate should possess line management experience, excellent stakeholder management skills, and a passion for developing others. This is a great opportunity to make a significant impact on workforce planning while fostering a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working in recruitment, including senior-level roles.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and confidence working with senior leaders.
• Organised, data-driven, and comfortable managing competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Line manage and support a team of Recruitment Coordinators.
• Own end-to-end recruitment for senior and specialist roles.
• Champion safety, wellbeing and values.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decision making

Senior-level recruitment

Line management

Ability to influence

Education

Recruitment qualification

Job description

Overview

Line manage and support a team of Recruitment Coordinators, creating an inclusive, supportive and high-performing environment. Coach and develop team members across the full recruitment lifecycle, sharing best practice and encouraging continuous improvement.

Work closely with the Pan Alliance Recruitment Manager to set clear objectives aligned to Alliance priorities and values.

Responsibilities

• Be a trusted recruitment partner
• Manage a portfolio of roles across designated business areas, working closely with hiring managers and partner organisations
• Own end-to-end recruitment for senior and specialist roles, delivering a high‑touch candidate experience.
• Drive improvement and innovation: review recruitment processes and use data, insight and feedback to improve efficiency, quality and candidate experience.
• Contribute to recruitment projects that enhance delivery, strengthen employer brand and support long‑term capability.
• Deputise for the Pan Alliance Recruitment Manager when required, supporting reporting, partner engagement and team development.
• Champion safety, wellbeing and values: promote a strong health, safety and wellbeing culture in line with Anglian Water and Alliance expectations; role model our values of collaboration, trust, inclusivity and continuous learning.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working in recruitment (in‑house or agency), including senior‑level roles.
• Experience of directly sourcing senior level roles through a variety of techniques.
• Line management or mentoring experience, with a passion for developing others.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and confidence working with senior leaders.
• Ability to influence, challenge constructively and build trusted relationships.
• Organised, data‑driven and comfortable managing competing priorities.
• Experience improving recruitment processes and ways of working.
• Recruitment qualification (desirable).

Why Join Us

If you are passionate about people, collaboration and delivering a first‑class recruitment experience—this is an opportunity to make a real impact.

Ready to make a real impact? If you’re looking for a recruitment role where your partnership and stakeholder skills drive success across world‑class alliances, we want to hear from you.

Help build the future of water infrastructure by joining a team where partnership, collaboration, and talent strategy are at the heart of everything we do. Here within the Anglian Water alliances, we partner with 16 partner organisations to deliver a host of infrastructure and non‑infrastructure projects which contributes to delivering Anglian Water’s promise to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve through our commitment to Love Every Drop. Working within Asset Management Period (AMP) 8—our most ambitious investment cycle yet—we’re expanding our team to strengthen our ability to engage, align, and support partners in delivering the workforce for the future.