Talent Acquisition Consultant 12-month FTC

LV=; Bournemouth; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days' holiday

Annual bonus

Cycle to work scheme

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme

Job summary

LV= is seeking a Talent Acquisition Consultant to lead end-to-end recruitment across the business, partnering with hiring managers and the People team to design effective sourcing and assessment approaches.

You will manage high-volume vacancies, build talent pipelines, and ensure a seamless candidate experience, reflecting LV= values and standards. Hybrid working with Bournemouth office attendance 2 days per week.

Qualifications

• Customer-focused and able to deliver a high-quality candidate experience.
• Strong stakeholder management with ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Experience recruiting in a corporate environment, ideally regulated sectors.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruitment campaigns and build talent pools.
• Collaborate with People team and stakeholders on assessment approaches.
• Source using a range of tools and third-party partners as needed.
• Maintain recruitment process accuracy and MI for campaigns.
• Support strategic People initiatives and data-driven hiring.

Skills

Customer-focused

Stakeholder management

Results delivery under deadlines

High-volume recruitment

Sourcing strategy

Tools

ATS

Recruitment platforms

MS Office

Job description

About The Role

Join LV= as a Talent Acquisition Consultant where you'll play a key role in attracting top talent for a variety of roles across the business. Partnering with hiring managers, you'll understand workforce needs, develop effective hiring strategies, and manage the full lifecycle recruitment process from brief to offer.

A leading UK life and pensions mutual insurer with a proud history dating back to 1843, we exist to help people live financially confident lives - protecting their income while they work and maximising it when they stop. Today, over one million members and customers trust us to look after their futures, families and finances.

Joining us means becoming part of a team that puts our members, customers and advisers at the heart of everything we do.

We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues can thrive. We are proud to have built a workplace where our colleagues feel welcomed, respected, supported and valued - reflected in our recognition as one of the Financial Times UK's Best Employers in 2025 and 2026.

We celebrate individuality and believe our differences make us stronger, so bring your true self and help shape the future of LV=.

A great opportunity to join a team of experienced recruiters, you'll deliver a seamless candidate experience that reflects LV= values, providing expert recruitment support while building strong relationships with key stakeholders.

We offer hybrid working with office attendance required 2 days a week at our Bournemouth office.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment campaigns, attracting appropriately skilled talent in line with business requirements and to support wider talent acquisition strategies.
• Proactively source and build talent pools for key roles and skills areas.
• Collaborate with the People team and key stakeholders to design effective assessment and selection approaches that support talent acquisition outcomes.
• Use a range of attraction tools and sourcing methods to identify talent, working with third-party partners where required.
• Contribute towards the development of the Employee Value Proposition approach within critical talent areas.
• Ensure accuracy and integrity for job adverts, role profiles and across the end-to-end recruitment process.
• Champion Recruitment, People and ATS system processes with key hiring managers, whilst maintaining and updating daily to ensure MI accuracy.
• Support the wider People team in delivering strategic initiatives and projects.
• Own your defined business area, to include providing MI and data to support recruitment campaigns and strategies.

About You

• Customer-focused, committed to delivering a high-quality candidate experience
• Strong stakeholder management with the ability to deliver results to tight deadlines
• Proven corporate recruitment experience, ideally within a regulated sector
• Ability to manage high-volume vacancies across multiple disciplines
• Proactive, collaborative approach with a focus on quality and results
• Experience using ATS, recruitment platformsand sourcing tools
• Previous experience of developing talent pipelines through proactive sourcing, networking and recruitment tools
• Good working knowledge of MS Office and strong administration skillsAbility to deliver results to tight deadlines
• A positive, can-do mindset is essential as you'll be responsible for attracting the talent that drives our business forward. If you're passionate about relationship building, shaping hiring strategies, and delivering exceptional service, we'd love to hear from you.

Rewards & Benefits

At LV= Life and Pensions, you'll go above and beyond to do the right thing for our customers. We'll reward your hard work with an attractive, competitive salary and benefits package, which includes:

• 26 days' holiday - increasing after two years of service to 28 days
• The opportunity to buy or sell up to five days of holiday
• An annual bonus scheme based on company and personal performance
• Flexible benefits, including a cycle to work scheme, personal accident insurance, critical illness cover, private medical insurance, and dental insurance
• Competitive pension scheme - LV= Life and Pensions will double-match the amount you pay, up to 14%
• Group Life Assurance of four times your basic pay to your dependents (you'll have the option to increase this to 8 x cover)
• Group Income Protection, if you enrol into the pension scheme and reach 5 years of service
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) service for support when you need it
• Virtual GP service
• Shared parental leave
• Up to 20% discount on our life products for you and your immediate family.

If you are offered this role as an internal secondment, your base band benefits will not change.

Please note that we are unable to offer Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship for this role. Therefore, you must ensure that you are eligible to work in the UK without our sponsorship for your application to be considered.

About Us

We're proud of our inclusive culture at LV= and, as an equal-opportunity employer, we continually work to remove unconscious bias from our recruitment process. We value our colleagues for what they bring to our team regardless of any protected status or characteristics they may have. Talk to us about flexible working as part of your application; if it's right for you, our members and customers, and our business, then we'll do everything we can to make it happen.

Go on, bring your true self to LV=.