Talent Sourcer

Octavius Infrastructure; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Healthcare

Pension

Life Assurance

25 days annual leave

Birthday day off

Hybrid working

Job summary

Octavius Infrastructure is seeking a curious Talent Sourcer to join our high-performing Talent Team. You’ll focus on finding, engaging and building relationships with great people before a vacancy exists, helping shape the future workforce.

You’ll work alongside Talent Partners, building pipelines, leveraging AI-enabled tools, and promoting Octavius as an employer of choice. This hybrid role offers growth, mentorship, and opportunities to influence recruitment practices.

Qualifications

• Experience in talent sourcing or recruitment
• Ability to engage both active and passive candidates
• Proven ability to build and maintain talent pools
• Familiarity with sourcing channels and AI-enabled tools
• Commitment to diversity and inclusive sourcing

Responsibilities

• Research talent markets and map skillsets across sectors.
• Identify and engage active and passive candidates through sourcing channels.
• Build and maintain talent pools for current and future roles.
• Produce longlists to support hiring across the business.
• Use LinkedIn, job boards, networking platforms and AI-enabled tools to uncover talent.
• Support diversity, equity and inclusion through inclusive sourcing strategies.
• Provide market insights on talent availability and competitors.
• Promote Octavius as an employer of choice through candidate engagement campaigns.
• Maintain accurate candidate records in the ATS.
• Explore new technologies and AI-driven recruitment methods.

Skills

Talent sourcing

Candidate engagement

Relationship building

Diversity & inclusion

Problem solving

Tech-savviness

Sourcing strategy

Communication

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

AI recruitment tools

ATS

Job description

Octavius are looking to recruit a Talent Sourcer

At Octavius, our people are the foundation of everything we achieve. As we continue to grow, we're looking for a talented and curious Talent Sourcer to join our high-performing Talent Team.

This is an opportunity to help identify Octavius' future talent, building pipelines, uncovering hard-to-find candidates and supporting hiring in talent-short markets.

Working alongside experienced Talent Partners and Talent Co-ordinators, you'll learn a key part of the People function while helping shape the future workforce of our business.

Whether you're a recruiter, graduate, apprentice, returner to work, or simply someone with a passion for people and talent, this role offers an excellent opportunity to build a career in a forward-thinking Talent team.

This isn't a traditional recruitment role. It's an opportunity to become a talent intelligence specialist, helping Octavius understand where talent exists, how to engage it and how to build sustainable pipelines for the future.

You’ll be working on…. (what your role and responsibility is)

As a Talent Sourcer, you'll focus on finding, engaging and building relationships with great people before a vacancy even exists.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Researching talent markets and mapping key skillsets across our sectors.
• Identifying and engaging active and passive candidates through a range of sourcing channels.
• Building and maintaining talent pools for current and future hiring needs.
• Producing quality candidate longlists to support hiring across the business.
• Using LinkedIn, job boards, networking platforms and AI-enabled tools to uncover hard-to-find talent.
• Supporting diversity, equity and inclusion objectives through inclusive sourcing strategies.
• Providing market insight on talent availability, skills shortages and competitor activity.
• Promoting Octavius as an employer of choice through candidate engagement and attraction campaigns.
• Maintaining accurate candidate records within our ATS and talent systems.
• Exploring new technologies, sourcing techniques and AI-driven efficiencies to strengthen our direct hiring capability.

You’ll receive…. (because we value you)

You’ll join a supportive, ambitious and innovative Talent Team that is passionate about delivering great hiring outcomes.

We offer a competitive rewards package, Private Healthcare, Pension, Life Assurance, 25 days Annual Leave and a day off for your birthday.

You’ll also benefit from hybrid working (two days per week in one of our offices in Winchester, Swindon, London, Reigate, Dartford, Hatfield or Manchester and three days from home), enhanced Paternity and Maternity benefits, and excellent opportunities for personal and professional development.

We believe in investing in people and helping them reach their potential. You’ll receive:

• The opportunity to learn a key part of the People and Talent function.
• Support and mentoring from experienced Talent professionals.
• Training in sourcing methodologies, technology and AI-enabled recruitment practices.
• The chance to influence how Octavius attracts and hires talent.
• A collaborative environment where ideas are welcomed and encouraged.
• A role with genuine impact on the future growth of the business.

About you…. (what you are skilled at)

You will have experience in either:

• Recruitment agency environments.
• In-house Talent Acquisition or Recruitment.
• Talent research or candidate sourcing.

You’ll bring… (your wealth of experience & qualifications)

• A genuine interest in people and recruitment.
• Curiosity and a passion for research and problem solving.
• The ability to build strong relationships and engage with people.
• Confidence using technology and an interest in AI and digital tools.Experience using recruitment platforms such as LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Strong organisation and attention to detail.
• A collaborative and team-focused approach.
• A commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Alignment with the Octavius values of Caring, Integrity, Quality, Openness and Progressive Thinking.

If you’re looking for a role where you can learn, grow and make a real difference whilst helping us find the talent that will shape the future of Octavius, we’d love to hear from you.

Please note that, due to current UK immigration requirements, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application and throughout their employment with Octavius.

Inclusion and diversity are important to us, we are an equal opportunities employer and value difference. We want and will continue to build an inclusive environment where our people thrive. We firmly believe constantly striving to build a truly diverse workforce is what makes us a strong business and will enable us to continue to solve important problems and deliver unrivalled value to both our customers and clients. If you need any specialist support throughout your application, we will work with you where we can to support your journey with us.