Talent Candidate Sourcing Partner | S2 | P&C | Unity Place, Milton Keynes

Santander USA; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment team at Santander UK is looking for a passionate Talent Candidate Sourcing Partner to enhance their talent acquisition strategies. This pivotal role focuses on managing the candidate experience while bringing innovative sourcing techniques to attract top talent. Join us to make a significant impact on talent experiences across various functions.

Benefits

Annual cash allowance of £500

Discretionary performance-related annual bonus

8% pension contribution from employer

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Free digital health services access

Company-funded death-in-service benefit

Employee discount platform access

Participation in share plans

Charitable giving support

Staff versions of Santander products with no fees

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Talent Sourcing and recruiting.
• Expertise in leveraging multiple sourcing channels.
• Ability to track and analyse sourcing metrics.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end candidate processes.
• Engage with high quality candidates.
• Conduct market research and talent mapping.

Skills

Talent Sourcing

Recruitment

Candidate Engagement

Market Research

Job description

Talent Candidate Sourcing Partner | S2 | P&C | Unity Place, Milton Keynes

Country: United Kingdom

Interested in part-time, job-share or flexible working? We want to talk to you!

Join our community:

Are you passionate about creating market-leading talent experiences? We’re building a brand-new in-house Talent Acquisition team at Santander UK, and we’re looking for passionate recruitment experts to help us internalise and elevate our hiring experience. This is your opportunity to drive change, shape our recruitment processes, and contribute to building the workforce of the future.

Here, your expertise won’t just fill roles—it will shape careers, influence business growth, this is a unique opportunity to join at a pivotal time, shaping the future of talent, driving value beyond hiring and contributing to a market leading employee experience from the top down.

The Talent Sourcing Partner is responsible for proactively identifying and engaging for talent for critical roles and by managing the end-to-end candidate process to ensure effective candidate experience. The role will be aligned to a specific division across key talent experience areas i.e. STEM, Specialist, Volume, etc.

What you’ll bring:

These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:

• Proven experience in Talent Sourcing, recruiting or talent acquisition, with a strong track record of identifying and engaging high quality candidates across various functions

• Expertise in leveraging multiple sourcing channels, including LinkedIn, job boards, social media platforms, networking events, Boolean searches etc

• Experience in conducting market research, talent mapping, and competitor analysis to understand talent availability and industry trends

• Talent engagement skills – the ability to craft compelling outreach that attract passive candidates and build strong talent pipelines

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Proven ability to establish and maintain relationships with candidates, recruitment partners, and internal stakeholders

• Ability to track and analyse sourcing metrics (e.g. Time to source, response rates) to optimise strategies and report on key sourcing outcomes

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with an emphasis on clear, engaging candidate interactions

• Experience of employer branding, actively promoting the employer brand in interactions with internal and external candidates.

What else you need to know:

This role is based in Unity Place – Milton Keynes.

We want our people to thrive at work and home and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

If you apply for this role in this location, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location.

We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

Inclusion

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you.

As well asasalary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs.

• (Starting salary of £36,150 plusa) £500annual cash allowance to spend on our great range of benefits.

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.

• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.

• 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 28 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.

• Free access to a range of digital health services, including GP.

• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.

• 24/7 access to an online employee discount platformincluding retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more.

• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing inour shareplans.

• Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships.

• As a Santander UK employee, you can request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services

What to do next:-

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through email, or face to face. You can contact us at [e-mail].