Talent Partner

Nudge Education Limited; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Nudge Education Limited is recruiting a Talent Partner to manage end-to-end candidate experience from attraction to onboarding, ensuring safeguarding and compliant vetting prior to deployment. You will oversee a regional pipeline and drive rapid placement of practitioners while maintaining high standards of safety and evidence.

This role requires close collaboration with stakeholders and robust candidate communications. Location: Head office, hybrid (3 days in-office, 2 days working from home).

Qualifications

• Strong organisational and time-management skills are essential to manage multiple candidates and deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with stakeholders, candidates, and safeguarding officials.
• Solid understanding of Safer Recruitment and Keeping Children Safe in Education frameworks is desirable.
• Experience in recruitment, resourcing or talent acquisition, preferably in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage job adverts aligned with operational needs and safeguarding expectations.
• Conduct structured screening interviews focusing on suitability for regulated environments.
• Manage offer processes ensuring compliance clearance is obtained prior to offers.
• Maintain clear and proactive communication with candidates throughout the recruitment journey.
• Organise recruitment events to support hiring while upholding Safer Recruitment standards.
• Ensure candidates progress through the ATS in a controlled, compliant manner.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Safeguarding knowledge

ATS experience

Education

Degree-level qualification

Tools

ATS experience

Job description

Nudge Education is a national intervention service for children that are chronically disengaged from education.

We are hopeful that the tailored and bespoke interventions that we design and deliver will help to re-engage thousands of children across the country in the coming years.

We are seeking a dynamic and motivated Talent Partner to join our Talent Acquisition Team.

The Role:

To manage a positive end-to-end candidate experience from initial attraction through to onboarding, ensuring candidates are supported at every stage while driving the consistent growth of a high-quality, fully compliant practitioner network. The role holds direct responsibility for safeguarding standards within recruitment activity and ensuring all candidates are safely and appropriately vetted before deployment into student interventions.

The role oversees a regional pipeline of candidates, with the primary objective of placing practitioners quickly and effectively while maintaining full adherence to Safer Recruitment and statutory compliance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and manage job adverts aligned with operational needs and safeguarding expectations
• Conduct structured screening interviews with a strong focus on suitability for regulated environments
• Manage offer processes ensuring no offer is made without confirmed compliance clearance
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with candidates throughout the recruitment journey
• Organise recruitment events to support hiring needs while reinforcing Safer Recruitment standards
• Ensure candidates progress through the ATS in a controlled and compliant manner
• Work with stakeholders to align recruitment activity with demand and operational priorities
• Ensure all candidates complete induction and mandatory training prior to deployment
• Maintain the Single Central Record accurately and in line with audit requirements
• Gather and verify all relevant training records, qualifications, and supporting documentation prior to deployment
• Arrange and book CPI training where required, ensuring completion prior to assignment into interventions

Compliance and vetting responsibilities

• Coordinate and verify all pre-employment checks including DBS, Right to Work, identity and references
• Complete detailed CV analysis including full employment chronology and gap validation
• Maintain and update the Single Central Record to ensure it is inspection ready at all times
• Collect and verify supporting documentation such as qualifications, insurance and relevant certificates
• Support and document risk assessment processes where disclosures or concerns arise
• Complete DfE and barred list checks where applicable and ensure outcomes are recorded appropriately

Person Specification

• Skills and abilities: Strong organisational and time management skills are required, along with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. The role requires excellent communication skills and a high level of attention to detail, particularly in relation to safeguarding and compliance documentation.
• Knowledge: An understanding of Safer Recruitment principles is essential, along with awareness of safeguarding frameworks such as Keeping Children Safe in Education. Familiarity with the UK education sector or regulated environments is desirable.
• Education and training: A degree-level qualification or equivalent experience is desirable. A commitment to completing Safer Recruitment and safeguarding training is essential.
• Experience: Previous experience in recruitment, resourcing or talent acquisition is required, ideally within a high-volume environment. Experience working within education, healthcare or other regulated sectors is desirable, particularly where safeguarding and compliance responsibilities were central to the role.

You can find the job description here with more details on the role.

Job Details:

• Location: Head office, hybrid working (3 days office based, 2 working from home)
• Hours of Work: Core office hours, Monday-Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm
• Salary: £30,000
• Closing Date: Monday 28th September