Talent Acquisition Lead — End-to-End Recruitment

Southwark; Greater London; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Southwark Council is transforming how recruitment is delivered, with a strong focus on quality, consistency, workforce planning and reducing agency spend. The Resourcing team leads attraction and internal talent pipelines to support long-term organisational success.

This hands-on role manages recruitment activity end-to-end, partnering with hiring managers to shape campaigns, attract and assess candidates, and ensure a fair, high-quality approach across the council.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering end-to-end recruitment and advising managers
• Experience designing and delivering attraction campaigns
• Ability to manage multiple campaigns and meet deadlines
• Comfort using recruitment data and insights to improve performance
• Strong stakeholder management and collaborative working

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment campaigns from vacancy to offer
• Design recruitment approaches with advertising, assessment and selection methods
• Lead attraction activity including writing adverts and direct sourcing
• Support redeployment and internal candidates
• Provide advice and ensure accurate data, compliance and positive candidate experience

Skills

End-to-end recruitment

Attraction campaigns

Campaign management

Data-driven recruitment

Stakeholder management

Job description

Southwark Council is transforming how recruitment is delivered, with a strong focus on quality, consistency, workforce planning and reducing agency spend. The Resourcing team leads attraction and internal talent pipelines to support long-term organisational success.

This hands-on role manages recruitment activity end-to-end, partnering with hiring managers to shape campaigns, attract and assess candidates, and ensure a fair, high-quality approach across the council.