Talent Acquisition Specialist – Basingstoke

Castle Trust Group; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance-related bonus

Generous contributory pension scheme

Life assurance

25 days’ annual leave plus bank hols (

Volunteer day

Healthcare benefits

Rise EAP

Eye-test vouchers

Discounted gym membership

Season ticket travel loans

Job summary

Castle Trust Bank seeks a Talent Acquisition Specialist to own end-to-end recruitment across a growing portfolio. Based in our Basingstoke office with a hybrid model, you’ll partner with managers from brief to offer and onboarding.

You’ll drive direct sourcing, leverage AI and recruitment technology, enhance candidate experience, and strengthen our employer brand while maintaining accurate Workable records and metrics.

Qualifications

• Strong end-to-end Talent Acquisition or in-house recruitment experience.
• Experience managing multiple vacancies and stakeholders.
• Proactive direct sourcing and candidate engagement.
• Stakeholder management with confidence to advise hiring managers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Focus on candidate and hiring-manager experience.
• Proficient with Applicant Tracking Systems and recruitment technology.
• Interest in how AI and technology can improve recruitment.
• Curious, positive, improvement-focused mindset.
• Autonomous yet collaborative in a small team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a proactive, high-quality end-to-end recruitment service across your portfolio.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand requirements and develop the right approach.
• Create engaging adverts and attraction campaigns.
• Proactively source and engage talent, reducing agency reliance.
• Screen candidates and manage interview and assessment processes.
• Deliver an excellent candidate experience throughout recruitment.
• Manage offers and onboarding, including pre-employment checks.
• Provide recruitment market insight to managers.
• Keep Workable up to date and support reporting.
• Explore AI, technology and new tools to improve processes.

Skills

End-to-end Talent Acquisition

In-house recruitment

Direct sourcing

Stakeholder management

Candidate experience

ATS experience

Workable

AI in recruitment

Team collaboration

Autonomous working

Tools

Workable

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our Talent Acquisition team at Castle Trust Bank.

It’s an exciting time to join us. We’re entering a new phase of growth and investment, creating a great opportunity to help bring in the people and capabilities that will support our ambitions.

This is much more than vacancy management. You’ll own your hiring portfolio from initial brief through to offer and onboarding, partnering with managers across the Bank and proactively finding great people.

We’re also continuing to evolve how we recruit, with a focus on direct sourcing, technology and AI, candidate experience, EVP and continuous improvement. You’ll have the autonomy to bring ideas, try new approaches and help shape how we attract and select talent.

The role is based from our Basingstoke office, working as part of our hybrid model, with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll deliver a proactive, high-quality end-to-end recruitment service across your own portfolio of vacancies, including:

• Partnering with hiring managers to understand requirements and develop the right recruitment approach.
• Creating engaging adverts and attraction campaigns.
• Proactively sourcing and engaging talent, strengthening our direct hiring capability and reducing agency reliance.
• Screening candidates and managing interview and assessment processes.
• Delivering a brilliant candidate experience throughout the recruitment journey.
• Managing offers and supporting a smooth transition through pre-employment screening and onboarding.
• Providing trusted recruitment advice and market insight to hiring managers.
• Keeping our ATS, Workable, accurate and up to date and supporting effective recruitment reporting.
• Exploring how AI, technology and new recruitment tools can improve our hiring processes.
• Contributing ideas and improvements across Talent Acquisition, while helping strengthen our employer brand.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone who genuinely loves recruitment and wants to make a difference. As a minimum, you’ll bring:

• Strong end-to-end Talent Acquisition or in-house recruitment experience.
• Experience managing multiple vacancies and stakeholders.
• A proactive approach to direct sourcing and candidate engagement.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to advise and influence hiring managers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A strong focus on candidate and hiring-manager experience.
• A diligent, process-orientated approach and confidence using Applicant Tracking Systems and recruitment technology.
• An interest in how AI and technology can improve recruitment.
• A curious, positive and improvement-focused mindset.
• The ability to work autonomously while being a collaborative member of a small team, adapting to changing priorities and, importantly, getting stuck in.

Experience within financial services or another regulated environment, and previous experience using Workable, would be useful but aren’t essential.

What’s in it for you

Alongside a competitive salary, dependent on experience, we offer:

• Annual performance-related bonus
• Generous contributory pension scheme through Hargreaves Lansdown
• Life assurance
• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days
• An additional paid volunteering day
• Healthcare benefits through Equipsme
• Access to BHFS Rise EAP
• Free eye-test vouchers
• Discounted gym membership
• Season ticket travel loans, where applicable

Castle Trust Bank is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all colleagues can thrive. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on merit.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the role, you will be offered an interview. If you require reasonable adjustments during the application process, please contact [e-mail]

Use of AI in recruitment: we use AI tools to support parts of our recruitment process. However, AI does not make hiring decisions on our behalf. All candidate assessments, judgements and employment decisions are made by people.