Talent Acquisition Specialist

Morgan Mckinley (Crawley); Lingfield; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan McKinley is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist in Lingfield on a fixed-term contract. The role is hybrid (3 days in the office) with a 37-hour week and a salary of £35,500 per year.

You will manage end-to-end recruitment, build relationships with hiring managers, and source high-quality candidates through multiple channels. This is a fast-paced, relationship-driven role focused on delivering an outstanding candidate experience.

Qualifications

• Has prior experience in internal Talent Acquisition or recruitment, ideally in a highly regulated environment.
• Confident managing multiple vacancies and competing priorities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Able to reduce reliance on recruitment agencies.
• Enjoys sourcing and engaging talent in a competitive market.
• Passionate about delivering an outstanding candidate experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process from briefing through to offer and onboarding.
• Build strong relationships with hiring managers and key stakeholders.
• Develop effective sourcing strategies to attract high-quality candidates.
• Proactively source talent through LinkedIn, job boards and other recruitment channels.
• Manage candidate pipelines and ensure a positive candidate experience throughout.
• Provide recruitment market insights and advice to hiring managers.
• Support continuous improvement across recruitment processes and practices.
• Help embed new structures, roles and ways of working while maintaining business performance.
• Ensure people practices align with legal, statutory and internal governance requirements.
• Provide pragmatic, commercially balanced advice on people-related decisions.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Sourcing

Candidate experience

End-to-end recruitment

Relationship building

Internal Talent Acquisition

Tools

LinkedIn recruiting

Job boards

Job description

Job Title: Talent Acquisition Specialist

Location: Lingfield

Salary: £35,500

Hours: Full-time, 37hrs a week, hybrid (3 days office)

Are you a passionate Talent Acquisition professional who enjoys building relationships, delivering an exceptional candidate experience and finding the right talent for the right opportunities? We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Talent Acquisition Specialist to join a team in Lingfield on an 18-month fixed-term contract.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys working in partnership with hiring managers and is passionate about delivering a high-quality end-to-end recruitment service.

Talent Acquisition Specialist responsibilities:

• Managing the end-to-end recruitment process, from briefing through to offer and onboarding.
• Building strong relationships with hiring managers and key stakeholders.
• Developing effective sourcing strategies to attract high-quality candidates.
• Proactively sourcing talent through LinkedIn, job boards and other recruitment channels.
• Managing candidate pipelines and ensuring a positive candidate experience throughout.
• Providing recruitment market insights and advice to hiring managers.
• Support continuous improvement across recruitment processes and practices.
• Help embed new structures, roles and ways of working while maintaining business performance.
• Ensure people practices align with legal, statutory and internal governance requirements.
• Provide pragmatic, commercially balanced advice on people-related decisions.

Talent Acquisition Specialist will have / be:

• Has previous experience within an internal Talent Acquisition or recruitment role in ideally highly regulated environment
• Is confident managing multiple vacancies and competing priorities.
• Has excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Can demonstrate reducing reliance of using agency.
• Enjoys sourcing and engaging with talent in a competitive market.
• Has a genuine passion for delivering an outstanding candidate experience