Talent Acquisition Partner

Travelers Canada; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits scheme

Life assurance policy

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Simply Business is seeking a Talent Acquisition Partner for a 6-month fixed term contract. You will own the full hiring journey, sourcing and screening candidates while representing Simply Business with external networks to build diverse talent pools and deliver an inclusive interview experience.

The role focuses on end-to-end recruitment, strong stakeholder collaboration, and delivering a positive candidate experience through proactive communication and brand advocacy.

Qualifications

• Ability to build strong working relationships within the organisation and external networks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Experience negotiating with candidates.
• Working in a compliance environment.

Responsibilities

• Sourcing top talent through direct channels, including personal networks and social media.
• Screening candidates against role requirements and core values.
• Brand ambassadorship across industry networks and talent communities.
• End-to-end ownership of the recruitment lifecycle from briefs to interviews and offers.
• Deliver clear, timely, professional candidate communications to ensure a positive journey.

Skills

Relationship building

Communication

Negotiation

Compliance awareness

Education

Experience in-house recruiting or agency

Job description

Who Are We?

We insure small businesses and enable big dreams – not just for our customers, but for our people and communities too. With over 1,000,000 active insurance policies, we protect builders, bakers, landlords and more than 1,200 other trades. We’re a technology company as well as one that sells insurance. That means we build, we fail, we learn and we improve. Through our global social impact strategy, called 'The Big Dreams Project’, we're working to help 10,000 small businesses start or grow by 2030. Why not check out our advert on YouTube: Simply Business TV advert 2024: 'Simply the Best'.

Job Category Human Resources Position Type Fixed Term Contract Target Openings 1

What Is the Opportunity?

Are you ready to shape the future of our team? As a Talent Acquisition Partner, you’ll take full ownership of the hiring journey—sourcing, screening, and hiring standout candidates. You’ll serve as an ambassador for Simply Business, using your relationship-building skills to cultivate diverse talent pools and deliver an inspiring, inclusive hiring experience. This is a 6 month Fixed Term Contract.

• Proactive Sourcing: Identify and engage top talent using direct channels, including your personal network, job platforms, and social media.
• Talent Screening: Evaluate candidates against role requirements and core values to ensure a strong mutual fit.
• Brand Ambassadorship: Represent Simply Business across industry networks and talent communities to champion our culture and values.
• End-to-End Ownership: Manage the recruitment lifecycle—from taking hiring briefs with managers to scheduling interviews, facilitating feedback sessions, and negotiating offers.
• Candidate Experience: Deliver clear, timely, and professional communication to ensure a positive candidate journey at every step.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Ability to build strong working relationships within the organisation and external networks
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Experience negotiating with candidates
• Working in a compliance environment

What is a Must Have?

• Extensive commercial experience working as an in-house recruiter or have a recruitment agency background
• Strong people and communication skills - ability to interact with a variety of people at different levels with different styles

What are the benefits of working at Simply Business:

• we offer a great work-life balance where workloads are manageable and everyone has the flexibility to work hybrid on top of the 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), we offer the option to buy five more days of holiday with your flexible benefits our flexible parental leave allows you to approach an important time how you want - with six months full pay to the primary caregiver and four weeks full pay if you're the secondary caregiver our life event leave is an extra days leave every two years for those big moments in your life like moving house or your birthday.
• And our long-serving employees get a two week paid sabbatical after five years of service, then four weeks off after ten years of service private medical insurance through BUPA, that covers any pre-existing condition is a core benefit.
• Plus a health cash plan that covers your everyday medical expenses we offer a competitive salary based on your experience and the current market.
• Plus the potential to earn an annual bonus based on performance access to tools to support your personal development on our dedicated learning platform.
• As well as support for your mental health with access to counselling we match what you put into your pension up to five per cent.
• And pass on a tax‑free sum that's four times your basic salary with our life assurance policy, with the option to increase it to ten times through our flexible benefit scheme
• our salary sacrifice car scheme gives you the option to buy a brand new, fully insured, and maintained car for a convenient fixed monthly amount taken from your gross salary (after 6 months service)
• our flexible benefits scheme gives you an allocated amount to use each year on benefits like critical illness cover, dental insurance, travel insurance, or a gym membership

Ready to join us and drive our success as a high-performing team?

Employment Practices

Simply Business is committed to providing equality and opportunities for all employees and candidates considering a career with us. We offer a workplace where colleagues are treated with respect and dignity. We don’t (and won’t) discriminate either directly or indirectly on the grounds of race, colour, religion, belief, political opinion, disability, nationality, ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation or relationship status at any stage of the hiring process or during the course of your employment.

Thank you for your interest in a career at Simply Business!

The Candidate Home page will allow you to check the status of your application(s) and receive important updates and materials. To explore career opportunities and learn more about Simply Business, check out our US career page or our UK career page.

At Simply Business, we insure small businesses and enable big dreams. Not just for our customers, but for our people, our communities and our environment. We believe a world-class company culture is crucial to achieving our business goals as we make insurance more accessible to small business owners. We’re building a better way to buy small business insurance, and we’re using technology to get the job done. That includes developing cutting‑edge data gathering and analysis capabilities; living and breathing testing and experimentation; and harnessing the many benefits of AI and other emerging technologies. We’re a values‑led business. Our people all have a part to play in building a culture that lives these values: learning, empowerment, authenticity, pioneering, and simplicity.