Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

CreateFuture; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

CreateFuture is searching for a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist who will lead hiring efforts for technical roles in a collaborative and supportive environment. The role involves developing sourcing strategies, mentoring junior staff, and promoting inclusive hiring within a rapidly growing digital consultancy that values its employees' contributions and well-being.

Benefits

35 days holiday

Comprehensive private medical insurance

Enhanced parental and adoption leave

Pension matched up to 5%

Qualifications

• Deep experience in technical sourcing and recruitment.
• Strong hands-on skills with advanced sourcing methods.
• Comfortable with modern ATS/CRM platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own the full-cycle hiring for specialist technical roles.
• Lead on sourcing using advanced search strategies.
• Mentor and coach junior team members.

Skills

Technical sourcing

Recruitment

Advanced sourcing methods

Collaboration

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

GitHub

Stack Overflow

Greenhouse

Job description

Who We Are

CreateFuture is fast becoming the UK’s most recognisable digital consultancy, with years of experience building digital products and services for major organisations whilst putting our people first. We have offices in the centre of Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, and London as well as remote employees located throughout the country.

We are a team of creators - whether that’s code, project plans, go to market strategies, culture initiatives, marketing campaigns, large language models or people policies. And together, with our clients, we create the future. This has seen us collaborate and partner across a multitude of industries and sectors, with the likes of PayPal, adidas, Natwest, FanDuel and Money Saving Expert, to name just a few.

Our reputation as a partner determined to deliver high-quality, robust and thoughtful products has enabled us to scale to over 500 people in the last couple of years, and it is our amazing people - along with the safe, supportive and friendly culture we have built - that makes CreateFuture a great place to work. Don’t just take our word for it though, we have been recognised by Best Workplaces UK multiple years in a row - across a number of categories - and our employee exit rate is astonishingly low.

Join us on our journey… Let’s create something awesome, together, today.

Help us find the talent that builds what’s next.

We’re looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our sourcing-led team and strengthen how we attract, engage, and hire top technical talent. You’ll play a key role in building high-performing teams across Engineering, Product, Design, Cloud, and Data.

This role goes beyond day-to-day hiring. You’ll shape and execute effective sourcing strategies, support and mentor others in the team, and help embed inclusive practices into everything we do.

What You'll Be Doing

• Own the full-cycle hiring for specialist technical roles — think Data Engineers, Cloud Engineers, Design, Product and Strategy.
• Lead from the front on sourcing — using advanced search strategies and tools to uncover and engage top passive talent.
• Partner with engineering and product leaders to shape hiring strategies that drive business impact.
• Mentor and coach junior team members — share sourcing know-how, boost team capability, and lead by example.
• Champion inclusive hiring practices and support our mission to build diverse, high-performing teams.
• Amplify our employer brand in the tech space through proactive talent engagement.
• Use data to drive decisions — track sourcing metrics and continuously refine your approach.
• Act as a trusted advisor - supporting TA Lead across hiring operations, stakeholder management, and team coordination.
  
  

We'd Love To Talk To You If

• Deep experience in technical sourcing and recruitment — ideally gained in a fast-paced recruitment agency or consultancy setting.
• Strong hands-on skills with advanced sourcing methods (Boolean, X-ray, talent mapping) and tools (e.g., LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Stack Overflow).
• Strong business acumen and confidence working with senior stakeholders
• Naturally collaborative, with a growth mindset and a passion for enabling others through knowledge sharing.
• Comfortable with modern ATS/CRM platforms (e.g., Greenhouse).
  
  

What We'll Offer You

At CreateFuture, we challenge ourselves to go beyond the obvious and we care deeply about our craft and customers. With us, you’ll have ambitious projects to sink your teeth into and plenty of opportunities to learn and grow. You’ll be part of our safe, supportive and friendly culture - that looks after you - and join our team of genuinely great people.

Our Benefits Include

• Total 35 days holiday (we have flexible bank holidays)
• Comprehensive private medical insurance
• Enhanced parental and adoption leave
• Pension - matched up to 5%
  
  

View our complete list of benefits here.

As this is a hybrid role, we’re looking for people within a commuting distance of our Edinburgh office and who are flexible to travel to client sites and CreateFuture regional offices. We are very flexible and trust you to manage your own schedule to balance face-to-face time with clients, colleagues and working from home.

We create and reinforce a culture that rewards employees’ impact, not just activity. We trust our employees to work autonomously and promote ownership across all levels.

Next Steps

Our Talent team aims to respond to all applications within a reasonable timeframe, regardless of whether or not we progress your application.

Our Interview Process

• 45-minute call with our Talent Acquisition Lead
• 1-hour competency-based interview
• 1-hour values-led interview
  
  

Our interview process is designed as an opportunity both for our interviewers to learn about your expertise, interests and motivations and for you to gain insights into the role, team and business as a whole, so throughout the process, you’ll meet a few people from our team as well as others from across the business to help you get a well-rounded view of the role and life at CreateFuture.

We believe that representative teams made up of people with different backgrounds, skills, and points of view help us build the best workplace possible, and enable us to create genuinely innovative, broadly useful products.