Talent Acquisition Advisor — Hybrid UK Retail Hiring

Costa Coffee; St Albans; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Share Investment Plan (SIP)

Annual discretionary bonus

Smart pension (10% match)

Costa Financial Support Fund

50% discount in Costa stores

Job summary

Costa Coffee is seeking a Talent Acquisition Advisor for a 12-month FTC to drive fast, compliant, candidate-focused hiring across UK stores. You will support high-volume recruitment, manage hard-to-fill locations, and optimize Dayforce and related TA processes.

You’ll collaborate with partners, ensure right-to-work and GDPR compliance, and build strong relationships to attract candidates. This role blends home working with in-person collaboration in our St Albans centre.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting candidates and hiring managers in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent organisation and communication skills with the confidence to manage competing priorities, targets and service levels.
• Understanding of recruitment compliance and governance, including right to work and GDPR.
• Experience using an applicant tracking system; knowledge of job boards and candidate attraction channels is useful but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Keep recruitment guides, processes and system information accurate, while helping Store Managers build confidence in best-practice hiring.
• Build effective relationships with partners including the DWP and media providers to improve visibility and attraction in priority locations.
• Coordinate Dayforce testing and maintain the TA testing tracker, working with People Systems to identify and resolve issues.
• Guide candidates and hiring managers through the recruitment process, supporting offers and delivering against agreed service levels.
• Own recruitment activity for hard-to-fill stores, monitoring applications, directly sourcing candidates and keeping hiring managers updated.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Organisation

Communication

GDPR

Stakeholder management

Team collaboration

Tools

Applicant Tracking System (ATS)

Job description

Costa Coffee is seeking a Talent Acquisition Advisor for a 12-month FTC to drive fast, compliant, candidate-focused hiring across UK stores. You will support high-volume recruitment, manage hard-to-fill locations, and optimize Dayforce and related TA processes.

You’ll collaborate with partners, ensure right-to-work and GDPR compliance, and build strong relationships to attract candidates. This role blends home working with in-person collaboration in our St Albans centre.