Talent Acquisition Consultant

ARAG plc; Caerphilly; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

ARAG plc is seeking a talent acquisition professional to join the team on a 6‑month fixed-term contract, with the option for part-time hours. You will partner with hiring managers to understand needs, create hiring strategies, and build talent pipelines across a range of roles.

The role emphasizes direct candidate sourcing, screening, and a compliant, high-quality recruitment offering. You will manage stakeholder relationships and guide interview processes, with a focus on speed and accuracy in

Qualifications

• Experience recruiting high-volume vacancies in a regulated or corporate environment.
• Experience using applicant tracking systems or online recruitment platforms.
• Knowledge of recruitment best practices, processes, policies and applicable legislation.
• Strong direct sourcing and proactive candidate-pool identification skills.
• Ability to work at pace while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent time-management, multitasking and deadline-driven abilities.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruitment process from role approval to onboarding.
• Enhance talent attraction and delivery by identifying and driving recruitment initiatives.
• Develop direct delivery campaigns adaptable for all business areas.
• Provide a credible point of contact for candidates and third-party suppliers.
• Guide stakeholders on attraction campaigns and candidate communications.
• Collaborate with the wider business to ensure a compliant candidate experience.

Skills

High-volume recruitment

Direct sourcing

Stakeholder management

Fast-paced environment

Attention to detail

Tools

Applicant Tracking System

Online recruitment systems

Job description

Arag Legal Services are recruiting for a brand new role within the ever busy Talent Acquisition Team, initially on a 6 month fixed term contract. We are open to part time hours for this role. Working as a key part of the recruitment team, you will partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs and create appropriate hiring strategies to help attract and secure quality talent. You will hold responsibility for sourcing and screening suitable candidates for a diverse range of roles through a direct sourcing model. This role will also be responsible for building talent pipelines, market mapping, and working collaboratively with the wider business to provide up to date industry knowledge and expertise. The successful candidate will ensure the candidate management process is effective, compliant and timely, whilst also being responsible for screening, managing and guiding candidates, from introduction to placement. It is critical that you will provide a high quality recruitment offering which is flexible, inclusive and focused on business need, and expertly delivered with enthusiasm and professionalism. Responsibilities include:

• Manage the full recruitment process from role approval to onboarding
• Enhance talent attraction and recruitment performance by identifying and driving through approaches and initiatives
• Develop direct delivery recruitment campaigns that are flexible for all areas of the business
• Provide a credible, approachable and highly knowledgeable point of contact for candidates and third party suppliers in regards to the recruitment requirements across the business.
• Work in consultation with stakeholders to provide advice, guidance and expert execution of attraction campaigns, proactively managing responses.

Ensure a seamless and swift recruitment process with appropriate involvement from the Hiring Manager, to include:

• Identification of appropriate routes to market
• Screen and assess applications of all levels ensuring a fair, transparent and appropriate process
• Creating job advertisements and marketing material in line with brand guidelines
• Helping to coach and develop hiring managers to ensure that they deliver a consistent and compliant candidate experience
• Educating the wider business where necessary on D&I initiatives and Employment Law
• Arranging interviews and assessments as required
• Delivery of candidate feedback

Essential

• Previous experience of recruiting high volume vacancies within a regulated or corporate environment is essential either in house or agency.
• Previous experience of using applicant tracking systems or online recruitment systems
• Experience and knowledge of recruitment best practice, process, policy and awareness of the appropriate legislation
• Strong experience of direct candidate attraction and proactive candidate sourcing techniques to include identification of passive talent pools
• Ability to work at pace whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to manage own time effectively, prioritising tasks when required, multitasking and meeting deadlines
• Strong stakeholder management skills

Desirable

• Experience recruiting within a regulated environment (Legal, Financial Services or Insurance)
• Previous experience of talent mapping and headhunting
• Experience or exposure to the use of assessment tools and techniques such as competency based interviewing, psychometric testing, assessment centre facilitation

ARAG UK helps businesses and individuals gain access to justice, and it's our founding principle to enable everybody, not just those that can afford it, to assert their legal rights. Thousands of businesses and individuals defend or pursue legal action each year safe in the knowledge that ARAG UK are paying their legal bills.

Our businesses include a legal expenses insurance company and a law firm with many opportunities in both areas. We have historically focussed on delivering legal services to customers solely via our Legal Expenses Insurance products, which provides a steady workload of litigated cases in areas such as; Personal Injury Litigation & Dispute Management Employment Business & Commercial We believe these are exciting times for ARAG Law as part of the wider ARAG UK, and we are looking for likeminded individuals who share our ambition to make our high quality legal solutions accessible and affordable. You can expect to join an organisation that will challenge and develop you to progress your career in ways that traditional law firms cannot. We are also committed to supporting continued professional development and promote both internal Training Contracts and alternative routes to qualification (SQE/CILEX). By giving you every opportunity to develop yourself professionally and personally, we also pride ourselves on having an open, inclusive and high energy culture that encourages a fun working environment and places our customers at the very heart of everything we do. If you are keen to become part of our exciting future then we would love to hear from you. In addition to the very genuine development opportunities we provide we also offer a generous reward and benefits package.