Strategic Talent Acquisition Specialist — Data-Driven Hiring

National Physical Laboratory (NPL); Teddington; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is seeking a passionate Talent Acquisition Specialist to own end-to-end recruitment across multiple business areas, partnering with stakeholders to attract and secure top talent. You'll shape innovative sourcing strategies, drive candidate experience and build strong pipelines in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

This role offers the chance to influence hiring strategy at a national science leader.

Qualifications

• Extensive end-to-end recruitment experience across in-house and agency environments.
• Proven ability to fill complex or hard-to-fill roles.
• Experience managing 20+ roles simultaneously.
• Leads improvement projects with measurable outcomes.
• Uses data and market insights to guide hiring decisions.
• Delivers specialist talent in competitive markets.
• Skilled in guiding senior stakeholders on recruitment best practices.
• Experience negotiating offers with multiple parties.
• Builds proactive talent pipelines for niche skill sets.
• Able to balance competing priorities while maintaining delivery quality.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruitment across multiple business areas.
• Deliver talent solutions in competitive markets.
• Develop sourcing strategies to uncover hard-to-find talent.
• Influence senior stakeholders with market insight and data.
• Navigate tight hiring timelines with confidence.
• Lead challenging offer negotiations with stakeholders.
• Create long-term talent attraction and pipelines for niche skills.
• Drive continuous improvement of recruitment practices.
• Advise hiring managers on best practices and market trends.
• Shape organisation capability to attract and retain critical talent.

Skills

End-to-end recruitment

Stakeholder management

Talent acquisition strategy

Data-driven recruitment

Offer negotiations

Pipeline development

Hard-to-fill markets

Multi-role portfolio management

Recruitment process improvement

Ambiguity tolerance

Job description

National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is seeking a passionate Talent Acquisition Specialist to own end-to-end recruitment across multiple business areas, partnering with stakeholders to attract and secure top talent. You'll shape innovative sourcing strategies, drive candidate experience and build strong pipelines in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

This role offers the chance to influence hiring strategy at a national science leader.