Talent Acquisition Partner

Kaluza Ltd.; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Scheme

Discretionary Bonus Scheme

Private Medical Insurance + Virtual GP

Life Assurance

Access to Furthr - a Climate Action 1:

Job summary

Kaluza Ltd. is seeking a Talent Partner to join our Talent Acquisition team in London or Bristol. You will partner with Technology & Product, keep DEI at the heart of hiring, and guide candidates through a transparent process from first call to pre-boarding.

You’ll own the candidate experience, build strong stakeholder relationships, use data to align hiring, and contribute to employer branding and process improvements. Fluency in French is required.

Qualifications

• In-house Talent Partner experience in a high growth tech startup/scale-up.
• Experience in full-cycle recruitment from briefing roles to offers and contracts.
• Experience using data to drive decision making.
• Ability to build relationships, influence and challenge stakeholders to deliver effective talent processes.
• Experience in DEI best practices in hiring processes.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships across the business to understand team needs and attract the right talent.
• Partner with Technology & Product teams, with some support for Commercial teams.
• Source and attract candidates across multiple channels and platforms.
• Guide candidates through the process with timely, honest feedback.
• Own the full candidate experience from first call to offer and pre-boarding, working with People Operations.
• Maintain diverse pipelines and shortlists.
• Advise hiring managers on inclusive, best-practice interviewing.
• Use data to keep hiring managers aligned through the process.
• Contribute to employer branding, process improvements, or exploring new tools.

Skills

Fluent French

Stakeholder management

Full-cycle recruitment

Data-driven decisions

DEI hiring practices

In-house Talent Partner

Tools

Greenhouse

Workday

Job description

We’re looking for a Talent Partner to join Kaluza’s Talent Acquisition team in London or Bristol! You’ll sit at the heart of our hiring, building relationships across the business to understand what each team needs, then finding the right people to help drive our zero carbon mission - with diversity, equity and inclusion built into everything you do. You’ll mainly partner with Technology & Product, plus some work with Commercial teams. Responsibilities will include -

• Build relationships across the business to understand what each team needs, then find the right people to help drive our zero carbon mission
• Keep diversity, equity and inclusion at the heart of how you hire
• Mainly partner with Technology & Product, with some support for Commercial teams
• Source and attract candidates across multiple channels and platforms
• Guide candidates through our process as a trusted advisor, giving timely, honest feedback at every step
• Own the full candidate experience, from first call through to offer and pre-boarding, working closely with People Operations
• Keep pipelines and shortlists diverse throughout
• Build strong stakeholder relationships to really understand each team’s needs, and screen candidates for both skill and motivation
• Advise hiring managers on inclusive, best-practice interviewing
• Use data to keep hiring managers aligned through the process
• Get involved in wider projects - employer branding, process improvements, community partnerships, or exploring new tools to keep evolving how we hire
• You’ll be fluent French speaker
• Background as an in-house Talent Partner in a high growth tech start up or scale up
• Experience in full-cycle recruitment, from briefing roles and understanding requirements through to delivering offers and contracts
• Experience in using data to drive decision making
• The ability to build relationships, influence and challenge stakeholders to deliver effective talent processes
• Experience in DE&I best practices in hiring processes

What will set you apart

• A passion for delivering exceptional candidate experiences
• The ability to iterate and adapt in fast-paced, rapidly changing environments
• A flair for creative solutions to interesting problems
• Knowledge of Greenhouse and/or Workday

This role can be based in London or Bristol and requires existing right to work in the UK. At this time, we are not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

We are committed to building a diverse, global team and our sponsorship policy is evaluated on a role‑by‑role basis. We encourage you to keep an eye on our careers site to stay informed about future opportunities where we are able to offer visa sponsorship. Kaluza is the Energy Intelligence Platform, turning energy complexity into seamless coordination. We help energy companies overcome today’s challenges while accelerating the shift to a clean, electrified future. Our platform orchestrates millions of real-time decisions across homes, devices, markets and grids. By combining predictive algorithms with human‑centred design, Kaluza makes clean energy dependable, affordable and adaptive to everyday life. With teams across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, and a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation in Japan, we power leading companies including OVO, AGL and ENGIE, as well as innovators like Volvo and Volkswagen.

We offer flexible working, with an expectation of 3 days a week in the office. This gives us the best of both: real time together to collaborate and build relationships, with the flexibility to work in the way that suits you best the rest of the week. Kaluza Values Here at Kaluza we have five core values that guide us as a business: Play to win, Solve the real problem, Build trust every day, Own the outcome, Go further together.

Perks

• Pension Scheme
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance + Virtual GP
• Life Assurance
• Access to Furthr - a Climate Action app
• Free Mortgage Advice and Eye Tests
• Perks at Work - access to thousands of retail discounts
• 5% Flex Fund - to spend on the benefits you want most
• 26 days holiday
• Progressive Leave Policy - With no qualifying service periods, including 26 weeks full pay if you have a new addition to your family
• Personal Learning Budget - Upskill, learn and grow!
• Home Office Budget
• And more!

We want the best people We’re keen to meet people from all walks of life - our view is that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We want to build teams which represent a variety of experiences, perspectives and skills, and we recognise talent on the basis of merit and potential.