Talent Acquisition Specialist in Crewe

## Talent Acquisition SpecialistApply: Crewe: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: October 14, 2026 (6 days left to apply): JR033250**Talent Acquisition Specialist – Arriva UK Train** **12 month FTC** **Location:** *This is a hybrid position, with your base location aligned to the most suitable office based on your home address. The role will involve travel and, at times, overnight stays.* **About us** Are you an organised, solutions‐focused recruiter who enjoys working across a **broad and varied role portfolio**? We’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist to support recruitment across our UK Trains businesses - including Arriva TrainCare, ARTS, RTS Infrastructure and Grand Central. This role is ideal for someone who is confident managing end‐to‐end recruitment across a wide range of disciplines: from unskilled and skilled operational roles, to engineering, technical, professional services and other business‐critical vacancies. If you enjoy building strong partnerships, delivering a great candidate experience and adapting your approach to different types of hiring needs, we’d love to hear from you. **What you’ll be doing** **System & Process Governance** * Manage job requisition workflows in our ATS - Workday.* Ensure accurate governance, compliance and real‐time status updates.* Maintain strong data integrity across all recruitment activity. **Vacancy Management** * Advertise roles across internal and external platforms, including LinkedIn Recruiter.* Work closely with hiring managers to craft compelling, accurate job adverts tailored to each discipline. **Candidate Screening & Management** * Review CVs and conduct initial screening where appropriate.* Coordinate interviews and manage candidate communication throughout the process.* Maintain compliant, accurate candidate records.* Monitor application progress and support candidate system access when needed. **Direct Sourcing & Talent Pipelining** * Use a range of sourcing tools, talent pools, job boards and networks.* Build and nurture pipelines across diverse role types and future workforce requirements.* Engage passive talent to support long‐term attraction and strategic hiring. **What you’ll bring** * Proven experience recruiting across a **range of role types** (e.g., operational, technical, engineering, corporate, professional).* Ability to adapt sourcing and engagement strategies based on the role discipline and its complexity.* Experience with Workday or similar ATS platforms.* Excellent organisational skills and strong attention to detail.* Confident communicator with polished written and verbal communication.* Ability to manage multiple vacancies at different stages with ease. ***Rail experience is desirable but not essential.*** **Benefits** * 33 days paid annual leave inclusive of Bank Holidays.* Arriva Workplace Pension Plan (AWPP)* Access to ‘The Village’ – Arriva’s Reward Gateway offering discounts shopping, days out and more.* Holiday Purchase Scheme* Eyecare Vouchers **Who you’ll work with** You’ll partner closely with operational leaders, engineering teams, HR colleagues, training teams and candidates across the UK Trains portfolio - helping to secure the talent needed to keep our services running smoothly. If you’re motivated by delivering a seamless candidate journey and enjoy recruiting across a truly diverse role landscape, we’d love to hear from you. #J-18808-Ljbffr