Talent Partner

Look Ahead Care, Support and Housing Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care and support provider in London is seeking a Talent Partner to deliver HR and recruitment support. You will manage administrative tasks and promote efficient service delivery while ensuring a positive team culture. The role offers a salary of £29,785.00 per annum with benefits including generous annual leave and training opportunities. Join a mission-driven organization that transforms lives.

Benefits

Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service

Free DBS

Exclusive discounts via Reward Gateway

Fully paid induction programme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Online wellbeing resources

Generous pension with life assurance

Qualifications

• Experience in recruitment or Learning and Development environments.
• Strong administrative and IT skills and experience.
• Confident in delivering training and attending recruitment events.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive customer-focused administrative support across Recruitment, HR, and Learning & Development.
• Drive process improvements and ensure efficient service delivery.

Skills

Organised

Responsive

Customer focused

Strong communicator

Detail-oriented

Team Player

Resilient under pressure

Administrative skills

IT skills

Excellent communication

Customer service

Tools

iTrent

Learning Pool

Job description

Overview

We're looking for a driven, proactive and resilient Talent Partner to join our People Team at our Head Office in Islington.

£29,785.00 per annum, working 35 hours per week. This is a fixed term contract until 1st April 2026.

Want to feel like you're in control of your career? You'll feel at home here. We offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. Our people are helping to transform lives every day.

Our benefits include:

• Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service
• Free DBS
• Exclusive discounts and cashback via Reward Gateway and opportunity to buy a Blue Light Card
• Fully paid induction programme and further training
• ILM courses and Apprenticeship Programmes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme for 24-7 confidential support
• Online wellbeing resources
• A generous pension - we will contribute up to 4% and life assurance cover up to £10,000 (T&Cs apply)
• Quarterly Staff Awards to reward & recognise our amazing staff's commitment and contribution

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

Responsibilities

As a Talent Partner you will provide proactive customer-focused administrative support across Recruitment, HR, and Learning & Development. You will drive process improvements and ensure efficient service delivery.

The starting salary for this role is £29,784.51, increasing to £30,784.51 after successfully passing probation. The shift pattern for this role is Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm, including hybrid working with a minimum of two days in the office.

This is a fixed term contract until 1st April 2026.

For a full job description, please visit our website.

What you’ll bring

About you:

• Organised, responsive, and customer focused
• Strong communicator with a collaborative mindset
• Detail-oriented, adaptable, and resilient under pressure
• Team Player who shares workload and learning with the team and builds a positive team culture
• Decisive and able to prioritise and manage multiple tasks
• Keen interest in HR and L&D career development

Essential:

• Experience in recruitment or Learning and Development environments
• Strong administrative and IT skills and experience
• Confident in delivering training and attending recruitment events
• Excellent communication and customer service

Desirable:

• Familiarity with iTrent and Learning Pool

About us

Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 100 services, providing support to thousands of customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness and complex needs, young people and care leavers and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:

• Excellence and innovation
• Caring and Compassionate
• Inclusive and Trusted
• We work in Partnership and are One-Team

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.