Talent Aquitsition Specialist

Broadgate; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Broadgate in London is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist to lead end-to-end recruitment on a 6-month contract. You will partner with Hiring Managers to provide market intelligence, shape hiring strategy, and manage candidate pipelines from role briefing through to offer and onboarding.

The role requires strong sourcing, stakeholder management, and experience with LinkedIn Recruiter and ATS tools to drive an excellent candidate experience and employer branding.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in talent acquisition across professional services or financial sectors.
• Direct sourcing and passive candidate engagement through headhunting and search.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments across seniority levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment across the business from briefing to offer and onboarding.
• Partner with Hiring Managers and senior leaders with market intelligence and hiring strategy.
• Identify, engage, and attract high-calibre passive talent through targeted sourcing.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Executive search

Head hunting

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS usage

Recruitment marketing

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS

Job description

Talent Acquisition Specialist – London (6-Month Contract)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment delivery across the business, managing assignments from role briefing through to offer, onboarding, and post-placement engagement.
• Act as a trusted recruitment partner to Hiring Managers and senior leaders, providing market intelligence, talent insights, hiring strategy, and advice on candidate attraction.
• Proactively identify, engage, and attract high-calibre passive talent through headhunting, direct sourcing, networking, referrals, competitor mapping, and targeted search methodologies.
• Build, develop, and maintain talent pipelines for current and future hiring requirements across key business areas and specialist skill sets.
• Conduct market mapping exercises to identify talent pools, competitor landscapes, succession pipelines, and emerging talent trends.
• Utilise LinkedIn Recruiter, databases, social platforms, events, and professional networks to engage hard-to-find candidates and generate talent leads.
• Qualify candidates through detailed screening, competency-based assessment, and motivational interviewing to ensure strong cultural and technical alignment.
• Manage and optimise the ATS, ensuring accurate candidate tracking, reporting, process compliance, and an excellent user experience.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate journey, maintaining proactive communication and acting as an ambassador for the employer brand throughout the hiring process.
• Drive recruitment marketing initiatives, including targeted talent campaigns, employer brand promotion, social media engagement, and networking activity.
• Leverage AI-powered sourcing and recruitment tools to identify talent, generate market insights, automate administrative activity, and improve hiring outcomes.
• Build and maintain relationships with external recruitment partners, ensuring service quality, commercial value, and compliance with internal processes.
• Support wider talent initiatives including succession planning, talent pooling, employee referral programmes, diversity hiring, and recruitment process improvement.
• Travel regularly across office locations to build stakeholder relationships, support hiring activity, attend recruitment events, conduct face-to-face meetings, and represent the business within local talent markets.

Required Skill Set

• Proven experience in talent acquisition, executive search, recruitment consultancy, resourcing, or headhunting within professional services, financial services, accountancy, or similar sectors.
• Strong track record of directly sourcing and securing passive candidates through headhunting and proactive search methodologies.
• Demonstrable experience managing multiple assignments simultaneously across varying levels of seniority and technical specialisms.
• Expertise in LinkedIn Recruiter, talent mapping, candidate identification, and market intelligence gathering.
• Ability to influence, challenge, and advise senior stakeholders on hiring strategy, talent availability, and market conditions.
• Strong interviewing and candidate assessment skills, with the ability to identify both technical capability and cultural fit.
• Experience using ATS systems, recruitment technology, and sourcing tools in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Skill Set

• Experience working within an in-house executive search, talent attraction, or strategic resourcing function.
• Knowledge of professional services career pathways, qualifications, and industry talent markets.
• Experience supporting senior, niche, or hard-to-fill appointments through targeted search methodologies.

Soft Skills & Cultural Fit

• Commercially minded talent professional with a consultative and relationship-driven approach.
• Naturally curious and proactive, with the confidence to engage passive candidates and build meaningful networks.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver against ambitious hiring targets.
• Exceptional communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
• Candidate-centric mindset with a passion for delivering an outstanding recruitment experience.
• Resilient, adaptable, and motivated by identifying and securing top talent.
• Collaborative team player aligned to the organisation's values and people-first culture.

Individual Conduct

• Uphold the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and ethical recruitment practice.
• Demonstrate accountability, transparency, and discretion in all hiring decisions and stakeholder interactions.
• Adhere to company policies, governance frameworks, and compliance standards.
• Champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and fair hiring principles.
• Act as an ambassador for the organisation's values, culture, and employer brand both internally and externally.