Talent Acquisition Specialist - London

Flight Centre Travel Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible/hybrid working

Discounted travel for family and peers

Career progression

Fun culture and events

Active Hour

Health cash plan

Job summary

Flight Centre Travel Group is seeking a proactive Talent Acquisition Specialist to recruit across the UK and Europe. You will manage end-to-end processes, partner with hiring managers, and build diverse pipelines while delivering excellent candidate experiences.

The role involves high-volume operational recruitment and specialist hiring across multiple brands, with a hybrid working model and access to employee benefits.

Qualifications

• Agency, in-house or RPO experience.
• Proven ability to manage multiple vacancies in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong direct sourcing and headhunting capabilities.
• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems.
• Stakeholder management with hiring managers.
• Recruit across multiple functions and seniorities.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Commercially aware with recruitment market insights.
• Creative approach to identifying talent.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment across UK and Europe from role briefing to offer and onboarding handover.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs and develop recruitment strategies.
• Source and engage high-quality candidates via LinkedIn Recruiter, databases and networks.
• Conduct talent mapping and market research to identify trends.
• Build diverse talent pipelines for current and future needs.
• Screen, interview and assess candidates to support quality hiring decisions.
• Present shortlisted candidates and guide managers through selection.
• Support high-volume campaigns and specialist vacancies across functions and levels.

Skills

Multi-role recruiting

High-volume sourcing

Candidate assessment

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Market insights

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Applicant Tracking Systems

Job description

Talent Acquisition Specialist - London

Job no: 533122
Brand: People and Culture
Work type: Full time, Hybrid
Location: London
Categories: People and Culture

About Flight Centre Travel Group

Flight Centre Travel Group is one of the world's largest travel companies with over 12,000 employees globally - who we call 'Flighties'. With over thirty brands under our family tree and headquarters in more than twenty countries, our roles are diverse and our opportunities are endless. When, we say we're a great place to work, we have the proof to back it up. Over the past 12 years we've been voted a 'Great Place to Work' including one of the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing and Best Workplaces for Women. Together, we live and breathe our number one philosophy, our people, and turn up each day driven by our purpose to open up the world for those who want to see. Put simply, we're a bunch of travel lovers looking for more travel lovers to join our family.

About the opportunity

We're looking for a proactive and commercially minded Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our People Experience team, supporting hiring across the UK and Europe. You'll play a key role in attracting top talent across multiple brands and business functions, managing everything from high-volume operational recruitment to specialist and technical hiring. Working closely with hiring managers, you'll act as a trusted advisor while driving exceptional candidate experiences and building strong talent pipelines. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced recruiter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys making a genuine impact on business growth.

What you'll do

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process across the UK and Europe, from role briefing through to offer acceptance and onboarding handover
• Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs, provide market insights and develop effective recruitment strategies
• Proactively source and engage high-quality candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, talent databases, networking and other sourcing channels
• Conduct talent mapping and competitor research to identify potential candidates and market trends
• Build and maintain diverse talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs
• Conduct candidate screening, interviewing and assessment activities to support quality hiring decisions
• Present qualified candidate shortlists and guide hiring managers through the selection process
• Support recruitment across a broad range of functions and seniority levels, balancing high-volume campaigns and specialist vacancies
• Manage a busy requisition workload, often supporting 20+ live vacancies simultaneously
• Ensure recruitment activity is delivered within agreed service levels and hiring timeframes
• Facilitate offer management, pre-employment screening and associated hiring administration
• Support workforce planning discussions and proactively identify future talent needsChampion an outstanding candidate experience throughout the recruitment journey
• Promote Flight Centre Travel Group as an employer of choice through every candidate interaction
• Represent the business at recruitment events, networking opportunities and talent initiatives
• Maintain accurate candidate and recruitment records within the Applicant Tracking System (PageUp)
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, GDPR requirements and internal recruitment policies
• Identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes, tools and ways of working
• Contribute to a safe, inclusive, and accessible work environment where all Flighties feel welcomed, respected, and supported to thrive.

What we're looking for

• Previous recruitment experience within an agency, in-house or RPO environment
• Proven experience managing multiple vacancies within a fast-paced environment
• Strong direct sourcing and headhunting capability, including engaging passive candidates
• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter
• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems
• Demonstrated stakeholder management experience with hiring managers
• Track record of recruiting across multiple functions and seniority levels
• Strong candidate assessment, interviewing and selection skills
• Excellent communication, relationship-building and influencing skills
• Commercially aware with the confidence to provide recruitment advice and market insights
• Resourceful and creative approach to identifying talent and solving recruitment challenges
• Experience recruiting sales and business development talent is advantageous
• Experience recruiting across multiple European markets is beneficial but not essential

Our award-winning work perks

• Flexible/hybrid working model - a mix of remote and office work.
• Discounted travel for family and friends - booked by our in-house travel team - as part of Flight Centre Travel Group, you have access to industry rates and discounts for you and your friends and family.
• Career progression - as part of Flight Centre Travel Group with a global brand network spanning 30+ brands and 20+ countries you are empowered to create clear career pathways and have access to the training and support needed to achieve your goals.
• Fun culture with industry-renowned social events (think monthly award nights, global conferences, end-of-financial year balls + more).
• Active Hour - an hour set aside each week to spend on your well-being.
• Bronze-level health cash plan - claim cash back against a range of medical services including dentistry, optical, and chiropractic.
• Plus so much more (company-matched charitable giving, excellent pension scheme, an active hour each week etc.)

Our number one philosophy is Our people. Flight Centre Travel Group's promise is to provide an environment with equality of respect, dignity and opportunity for all our employees. We value an inclusive and supportive workplace which reflects the diversity of our society.

We welcome accommodation requests to help make our hiring and onboarding experience as accessible as possible. Please advise us about accommodation needs at any point by contacting our Recruitment Team at [e-mail].

Applications close: 21 Oct 2026 GMT Daylight Time