Talent Acquisition Advisor in Preston

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More about your role

The role is a secondment opportunity for an internal or FTC for external applicants until April 2027. You will deliver a high-quality Talent Acquisition service to all colleagues, managers and potential recruits. As a member of a small team you will work multiple roles ranging from frontline roles through to senior managers. You will create a sourcing plan with managers and design and implement a recruitment marketing plan (writing a compelling advert, using our employer brand collateral to post on social media). You will then manage the role through to offer, supporting managers and applicants. The recruitment team have a good reputation across the business, and you will support this by finding the most talented employees on the market. You will also work collaboratively with colleagues across HR to ensure that we provide a best-in-class experience.

More about you

As a Talent Acquisition Advisor, you will provide expert recruitment support across the full hiring lifecycle, working closely with hiring managers to attract, assess and hire great people. You'll take ownership of recruitment campaigns, using direct sourcing, market insight and best practice to build strong talent pipelines and deliver successful outcomes. You'll manage multiple vacancies while ensuring a positive, inclusive candidate experience, and you'll guide hiring managers on effective assessment and selection methods. You will need superb IT skills, a very good knowledge of Microsoft packages and the ability to pick up new systems is a must - you will be switching between systems from Outlook to Teams to our ATS eArcu and often helping managers and applicants with system queries.

The benefits

• Competitive salary with annual review
• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
• Bonus scheme for colleagues at 2%
• 35 days holiday (including bank holidays) with option to buy or sell days
• Healthcare cashback plan for everyday medical costs - up to £500 savings per year
• Access to wellbeing support such as counselling and flu jabs
• Private GP and health support services available
• Access to a rewards platform with retail and lifestyle discounts
• Savings on groceries, travel, shopping and home products
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Access to professional qualifications and career progression
• Internal development programmes and learning support
• Recognition schemes such as Star Awards and Colleague Awards
• Strong focus on inclusion, wellbeing and Colleague engagement
• Free membership to PfP Leisure Centres

This is a Hybrid Role with a minimum of two days in our Preston Office; home working and some national travel may be required. As the UK's leading Social Enterprise, we understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.