Talent Acquisition Partner

Informed Solutions; Leeds; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Informed Solutions in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Partner to lead end-to-end recruitment across professional and technical roles. You will work with hiring managers, technical specialists and the Recruitment team to deliver a high-quality candidate experience and robust talent pipelines.

The role focuses on proactive sourcing, competency-based interviewing and data-driven recruitment improvements to help the business grow sustainably and attract top talent for

Qualifications

• Experience recruiting within an in-house environment.
• Proactive and hands-on Talent Partner thrives in fast-paced scaling environments.
• Proven track record delivering recruitment outcomes balancing strategic thinking with operational execution.
• Experience sourcing passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter and direct sourcing methods.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrate innovation in recruitment approaches and processes.
• Experience recruiting technical or specialist roles is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment across technical, consulting and business support vacancies.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs and develop effective recruitment strategies.
• Source, engage and build relationships with passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, networking and market mapping.
• Conduct competency-based interviews and candidate assessments.
• Manage candidate pipelines and ensure a positive recruitment experience throughout the hiring journey.
• Produce high-quality adverts and attraction campaigns.
• Support offer management and onboarding activities.

Skills

In-house recruitment

Talent partner

Stakeholder management

Proactive sourcing

Candidate experience

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

The Opportunity Join Informed Solutions and help us attract the talented people who deliver some of the UK's most impactful #tech4good digital transformation programmes. We're looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Partner who enjoys finding exceptional people, building strong relationships and creating an outstanding candidate experience. Working alongside hiring managers, technical specialists and our wider Recruitment team, you'll play a key role in helping us grow sustainably by identifying, engaging and securing talented professionals who share our values and passion for solving complex challenges. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys the pace of in-house recruitment, takes pride in delivering a high-quality recruitment experience and wants to influence how we attract talent in a growing organisation.

About Us

Founded in 1992, Informed Solutions is an internationally recognised digital transformation consultancy. We design and deliver innovative digital, data and technology solutions that enable organisations to modernise services, unlock insight from data and deliver better outcomes for citizens and customers. Our multi-Queen's Award-winning platforms and services support globally recognised organisations across sectors including: Civil Defence Healthcare Sustainable Environment Land and Asset Management Digital Democracy. Our work focuses on solving complex, real-world challenges where technology, data and human insight combine to deliver lasting impact.

About the Role

People are at the heart of everything we do. As our Talent Acquisition Partner, you'll partner with hiring managers across the business to deliver end-to-end recruitment for a range of professional, technical and consulting roles. You'll take ownership of vacancies from initial briefing through to offer, building strong relationships with stakeholders while providing expert guidance throughout the recruitment process. Alongside delivering recruitment, you'll proactively identify talent, build candidate pipelines, improve attraction strategies and contribute ideas that help us continuously improve how we recruit. Success in this role means delivering an exceptional recruitment experience for both candidates and hiring managers. You'll consistently attract high-quality talent, build trusted relationships with stakeholders, strengthen our talent pipelines and help improve the effectiveness of our recruitment function through insight, innovation and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities – Recruitment & Talent Attraction

You'll:

• Manage end-to-end recruitment across technical, consulting and business support vacancies.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs and develop effective recruitment strategies.
• Source, engage and build relationships with passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, networking and market mapping.
• Conduct competency-based interviews and candidate assessments.
• Manage candidate pipelines and ensure a positive recruitment experience throughout the hiring journey.
• Produce high-quality adverts and attraction campaigns.
• Support offer management and onboarding activities.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Build trusted relationships with hiring managers across the business.
• Provide advice on market conditions, candidate availability and attraction strategies.
• Challenge constructively where appropriate to improve recruitment outcomes.
• Maintain regular communication with stakeholders throughout recruitment campaigns.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes and candidate experience.
• Use recruitment data and insight to identify trends and recommend improvements.
• Support employer branding initiatives and recruitment marketing activity.
• Contribute to wider People Services projects where appropriate.

Collaboration

• Share market knowledge and recruitment best practice.
• Support colleagues during periods of high recruitment activity.
• Contribute positively to the continued development of the Recruitment function.

What We're Looking For

You'll have experience recruiting within an in-house environment, ideally within professional services, technology or another knowledge-led business. You'll be a proactive and hands‑on Talent Partner who thrives in a fast‑paced, scaling environment. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of delivering recruitment outcomes while balancing strategic thinking with operational execution.

You'll bring:

• Experience managing end-to-end recruitment within an evolving business environment.
• Highly proactive, taking ownership of challenges and driving solutions with minimal direction.
• Confidence sourcing passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter and other direct sourcing methods.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrate innovation in recruitment approaches, processes, sourcing strategies, stakeholder engagement.
• Experience recruiting technical or specialist roles would be advantageous.
• Excellent interviewing and asses