Talent Acquisition Partner

Cambridge Healthcare Research; London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare insight company as a Talent Acquisition Partner, where you'll drive recruitment strategy and enhance the candidate experience. This role offers the chance to shape talent acquisition in a dynamic and impactful environment, with a salary ranging from £65,000 to £75,000 annual. You will work collaboratively to promote a culture of excellence and inclusion while managing diverse recruitment campaigns.

Benefits

Annual bonus

25 days holiday per year

Private healthcare

Contributory pension scheme

Personal fitness allowance

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Proven track record in sourcing and securing specialist roles within professional or B2B services.
• Experience in life sciences or healthcare sector highly desirable.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to align recruitment plans with business strategy.

Responsibilities

• Leading and managing recruitment campaigns from initial brief through to offer.
• Defining role requirements and advising on market conditions.
• Continuous improvement of recruitment processes and selection methods.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Strategic thinking

Data analytics

Tools

Applicant tracking systems

Advertising platforms

Job description

Are you looking for a role where you can drive talent acquisition strategy, lead recruitment delivery, and make a real impact? Do you have experience recruiting into professional or B2B services, consulting and/or research agency teams?

Join us and help build the teams that enable smarter, evidence-based decisions across the life sciences sector.

Who we are

At CHR, we give healthcare decision-makers the power of knowing. Founded in 2013 and now with a growing team of over 130 people, we provide critical insights, analysis and interpretation that guide pivotal decisions in the healthcare sector.

We combine research excellence with deep subject matter expertise across a range of therapy areas. Our people share a passion for helping the brightest ideas in healthcare reach the patients who need them most.

Our values shape our culture and everything we do:

• Collaboration – We build strong connections to achieve more together
• Excellence – We aim for greatness in everything we do
• Community – We deliver beyond work for our people, our clients, and wider society
• Courage – We embrace challenges as opportunities for growth
• Integrity – We always do the right thing

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Partner who wants to make an impact and is ready to take the lead on transforming how we attract and select talent that is going to help us scale and achieve our vision and mission. Life sciences or healthcare sector experience is highly desirable. This is a pivotal role in our People Team where you’ll act as both a strategic partner and a hands-on recruiter, driving proactive resourcing conversations, influencing hiring decisions and delivering an outstanding candidate experience.

You will lead recruitment across a range of specialist roles at all levels and manage our early careers campaigns. You will also lead on recruitment marketing and employer branding through to candidate sourcing, onboarding and continuous improvement of our recruitment processes. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who enjoys both operational delivery and shaping talent acquisition strategy and workforce planning in a growing business.

Working within a team of five, including our Chief People Officer, HR Manager, Talent Development Partner and People Coordinator, you’ll play a vital role in promoting CHR’s culture and values to prospective employees, helping us build high performing and diverse teams that deliver excellence for our clients.

What You Will Be Doing

• Leading and managing recruitment campaigns from initial brief through to offer, ensuring a high-quality candidate experience.
• Partnering with recruiting managers and senior leaders to define role requirements, advise on market conditions and build tailored hiring strategies.
• Sourcing candidates through direct outreach, online platforms [e.g., LinkedIn, Workable] and external partners.
• Continually improving our recruitment approach, including refining processes, selection methods, looking for ways to leverage technology to drive efficiency and developing hiring manager capability.
• Conducting initial screening and assessment interviews, ensuring consistency and fairness across every process.
• Challenging and influencing hiring decisions where needed, using market insight and data to guide conversations.
• Leading our early careers programme from outreach through to appointment.
• Transforming our recruitment analytics into trends and insights that inform decision making.
• Creating engaging job adverts, LinkedIn Life page and career website content that reflect our brand and values and bring our employee experience to life.
• Championing diversity and inclusion within hiring, ensuring fairness and equity at every stage of the hiring journey.

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Have a proven track record of sourcing and securing specialist roles through varied methods within a professional or B2B services, consulting and/or research agency. Life sciences or healthcare sector experience is highly desirable.
• Enjoy balancing strategic thinking with hands-on delivery and are passionate about shaping recruitment in a fast-paced, growing business.
• Bring excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the confidence to advise and influence stakeholders to make informed hiring decisions.
• Have a strong working knowledge of applicant tracking systems and advertising platforms and bring fresh ideas to enhance recruitment and selection approaches.
• Are skilled at transforming data into meaningful analytics and insights that support better hiring outcomes.
• Demonstrate strong commercial awareness and the ability to align recruitment plans with broader business strategy.
• Are proactive, organised, and able to manage multiple priorities while maintaining high standards of delivery.
• Work collaboratively, have a continuous improvement mindset, and are motivated by helping others thrive in their roles.
• Experience with psychometric assessment methods would be a bonus.

CHR's main office is in Shoreditch, London with our Research Centre of Excellence located in Birmingham. The role provides the opportunity to work within our hybrid working model. Due to the client facing nature of this role, we anticipate 2-3 days per week on-site in London. We offer a flexible and supportive atmosphere as well as a competitive salary and benefits package that includes:

• Base salary of £65,000–£75,000, depending on experience
• Annual bonus
• 25 days holiday per year (with an additional day per year of service, up to 30 days) plus all bank/public holidays and Christmas/New Year closure
• Private healthcare and life assurance
• Contributory pension scheme
• Personal fitness allowance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Opportunities to contribute to meaningful change within the healthcare industry

CHR for Society: We believe that a great business is not just about revenues and profits. It’s also about using our expertise and resources to have a positive impact on society and the environment. At CHR we are fully committed to driving positive change in the world – we want our employees to not only build fantastic careers, but also to know they can positively impact society along the way.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and make all employment decisions without regard to age, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.