Talent Sourcer

Macmillan Cancer Support; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Macmillan Cancer Support in London is seeking a proactive Talent Acquisition Partner to lead diverse sourcing for senior and director-level roles. You will partner with People & Culture, build inclusive candidate pipelines and use data to shape recruitment strategy across the charity.

This hybrid role requires excellent organisation, advanced ATS skills and the ability to manage multiple vacancies while championing an equitable candidate experience.

Qualifications

• Experience in a sourcing-focused talent acquisition role delivering diverse shortlists across multiple vacancies.
• Strong capability with sourcing tools and techniques such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Cord, Boolean search, market mapping and talent identification.
• Experience supporting internal mobility and skills-based talent solutions.
• Genuine enthusiasm for engaging active and passive candidates and building long-term talent pipelines.
• Excellent organisation, efficiency and attention to detail, with the ability to manage simultaneous screenings, priorities and projects while maintaining quality.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Senior Talent Acquisition Partners and People & Culture Partners to understand workforce plans and representation gaps.
• Build and mobilise diverse internal and external talent pools for vacancies, including senior roles.
• Use workforce data to identify skills gaps and opportunities for skills-based movement.
• Lead sourcing across platforms, networks, and events to create broad candidate pipelines.
• Review pipeline data and ROI, adapting sourcing activity and informing future strategy.
• Support delivery of representation targets and inclusive candidate experiences.
• Own the candidate experience from outreach to interviews and screening calls.
• Engage passive talent through conversations, open days and events.
• Plan and lead talent campaigns with Senior Talent Acquisition Partner oversight.
• Maintain accurate ATS records and live talent pools aligned to workforce plans.
• Stay close to market trends and share insights across People & Culture.
• Develop annual recruitment activity calendar aligned to organisation goals.
• Collaborate on TA projects including process consistency and automation.

Skills

Sourcing

Stakeholder engagement

Data-driven decisions

Employer branding

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Cord

Boolean search

Market mapping

Talent identification

Job description

Full-time: 34.5 hours a week - we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours

Location: Hybrid between home and our London office (office attendance required once per week with occasional UK-wide travel). Please note there may be a requirement for occasional weekend working to attend talent-related events on behalf of Macmillan.

About us

At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.

You’ll work closely with People & Culture Partners, Senior Talent Acquisition Partners and the wider Organisational Effectiveness team to turn workforce insights, plans and representation gaps into effective talent solutions. You’ll build and mobilise diverse internal and external talent pipelines aligned to Macmillan’s future skills needs, support skills-based mobility, strengthen our employer brand and deliver an inclusive, well-coordinated candidate experience.

About the role

You will:

• Partner with Senior Talent Acquisition Partners, People & Culture Partners and the wider Organisational Effectiveness team to understand directorate and organisational workforce plans, skills needs and representation gaps.
• Build and mobilise diverse internal and external talent pools for open and upcoming vacancies, particularly critical, specialist and senior roles.
• Use workforce and mobility data to identify skills gaps and opportunities for skills-based movement across Macmillan.
• Lead sourcing across multiple platforms, tools, networks, social media and events to create broad, high-quality and representative candidate pipelines.
• Review pipeline data, channel engagement and return on investment, adapting sourcing activity and sharing insights to inform future strategy and investment.
• Support delivery and tracking of Macmillan’s representation and diversity targets, advocating for an inclusive and diverse workforce.
• Own the candidate experience from first outreach through to the later stages, leading screening calls and coordinating interviews with candidates and hiring teams.
• Proactively engage passive talent through conversations, open days and virtual or in-person events, acting as a consistent point of contact.
• Plan and lead emerging-talent and volume recruitment campaigns, including pipelining, assessment, selection, tracking and conversion, with Senior Talent Acquisition Partner oversight.
• Maintain accurate ATS records and live, engaged talent pools aligned to workforce plans.
• Stay close to candidate, competitor and industry trends, sharing market intelligence and best practice across People & Culture.
• Develop an annual calendar of recruitment activity aligned to organisational goals for communities, representation and skills.
• Collaborate on Talent Acquisition projects, including process consistency, internal mobility, optimisation and automation.

About you

You bring:

• Demonstrable experience in a sourcing-focused talent acquisition role, consistently delivering diverse, high-quality shortlists across multiple vacancies, including roles up to director level.
• Strong capability with sourcing tools and techniques such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Cord, Boolean search, market mapping and talent identification.
• Experience supporting internal mobility and skills-based talent solutions.
• A genuine enthusiasm for engaging active and passive candidates and building long-term talent pipelines.
• Excellent organisation, efficiency and attention to detail, with the ability to manage simultaneous screenings, priorities and projects while maintaining quality.
• Strong data literacy and experience using evidence and insight to influence decisions and improve sourcing activity.
• Advanced ATS capability, including administration, maintenance, scheduling, talent-pool management and reporting.
• A track record of delivering attraction and assessment strategies, including entry-level and volume recruitment.
• Adaptability, collaboration and a “one team” mindset, with the flexibility to move between roles, tasks and projects.
• Skill in using social media, networking and events to promote an employer brand and actively engage talent.
• Agency or recruitment-technology experience would be helpful, but is not essential.

What you’ll achieve

• Diverse, engaged internal and external talent pipelines aligned to Macmillan’s workforce plans, critical roles and future skills needs.
• Stronger representation, an inclusive candidate experience and faster access to high-quality talent.
• Evidence-led sourcing, attraction and assessment activity with clearer insight into channel performance and return on investment.
• A meaningful contribution to internal mobility, emerging talent and Macmillan’s wider Talent Acquisition strategy and change roadmap.

Recruitment process

First interview dates: Online interviews will take place on the weeks commencing 23rd or 30th November (exact dates TBC)

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.

We are an organisation that is committed to setting candidates up for success. So we can support you to be at your best during the application or selection process, please contact Macmillan TA Team [e-mail] for advice, or a conversation on reasonable adjustments.

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.