Talent Acquisition Specialist

CBSbutler; Oxford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working hours

Collaborative team culture

Job summary

A professional services firm in Oxford is seeking a Talent Acquisition Advisor to manage the recruitment process for mid-level roles. In this hybrid role, you will collaborate closely with stakeholders to define hiring needs and deliver a first-class candidate experience. The ideal candidate has experience in talent acquisition, especially in professional services, and possesses strong organisational skills. A competitive salary, benefits package, and a supportive team culture are offered.

Qualifications

• Proven talent acquisition experience in an in-house role.
• Understanding of professional services hiring, including tax and audit.
• Experience interviewing candidates.
• Familiarity with job boards and LinkedIn recruiter.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle for various corporate roles.
• Define requirements and advise on hiring strategies with stakeholders.
• Screen, shortlist, and interview candidates.
• Support offer management and compliance/screening checks.

Skills

Talent acquisition experience

Strong understanding of professional services hiring

Interviewing skills

Proactive sourcing

Highly organised

Education

CIPD or CertIHR qualification

Tools

ATS (HiBob)

Job boards

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

We have a great opportunity for a Talent Acquisition Advisor who thrives on variety, partnership, and finding exceptional talent across multiple business areas.

You will join a thriving and growing business with offices across England and you will own and manage the end-to-end recruitment process for a broad range of mid-level vacancies across the firm's service lines.

You will be based in the firm's Oxford office, working on a hybrid basis. The company affords all employees with flexible working hours around their core hours.

As a key member of the Talent Acquisition team, you’ll partner closely with stakeholders to understand their hiring needs, shape recruitment strategies, and deliver a first-class candidate experience.

Travel to the company's offices across England will be required to ensure hiring managers are well supported throughout the hiring process.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle for part-qualified, newly qualified and mid-level corporate roles.
• Partner with hiring managers and stakeholders to define requirements, draft job specifications and advise on hiring strategies.
• Screen, shortlist, and interview candidates, ensuring a professional, inclusive and efficient experience for all applicants.
• Candidate sourcing and interviewing prospective candidates.
• Stakeholder and Hiring Manager support.
• Operations and process improvement expertise, becoming a subject matter expert on the firm's applicant tracking system.
• Work closely with the firm's internal corporate functions to ensure a smooth onboarding process.
• Support offer management and compliance/ screening checks.

About You

• You will have proven talent acquisition experience in an in house role ideally, ideally within an accountancy firm, law firm or professional services firm.
• Strong understanding of professional services hiring, ideally including tax, audit, accounting.
• You will have experience interviewing candidates.
• A relevant qualification such as CIPD or CertIHR would be beneficial
• Experience using an ATS, ideally HiBob would be ideal, as is the ability to produce management reporting on a frequent basis.
• Familiarity with using job boards and LinkedIn recruiter and technically minded, with an ability to pull together recruitment data insights
• Skilled in proactive sourcing, talent pipelining, and market mapping.
• Highly organised, resilient, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
• You should hold a full UK drivers license to support occasional travel between offices.

In return you can expect a competitive salary and benefits package and a truly supportive, collaborative team culture