Internal Recruitment Manager

Astroscale UK is bringing in an Internal Recruitment Manager to support our ongoing growth and evolution. You will be accountable for delivering end‑to‑end resourcing and recruitment that enables the organisation to attract, engage and appoint high‑quality talent aligned to business priorities. Working in close partnership with leaders and hiring managers, the role ensures workforce needs are clearly understood, appropriately scoped and met through the most effective resourcing solutions, whether permanent, contract or alternative models. The role combines proactive sourcing, robust process management and stakeholder collaboration to deliver timely, compliant and cost‑effective hiring outcomes, while continuously improving recruitment capability, tools and data quality across the organisation. You’ll also shape and own the candidate journey and employer brand, ensuring every interaction reflects the organisation’s values. Working alongside the Head of Talent and wider HR team, you’ll contribute to strategic planning, budget input, hiring manager upskilling and continuous improvement, supporting the maturity of talent acquisition as a core organisational capability.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the wider business to understand requirements, including considering skills gaps, development opportunities, and best fit (e.g. Permanent, contractors, outsourcing, internal mobility) as well as the alignment of the request to organisational goals and budgets.
• Advertise vacancies in suitable locations, leverage personal network, and proactive sourcing methods to fill existing positions and talent pool for longer term business needs.
• Ensure useful feedback is gathered from hiring managers and stakeholders to progress recruitment.
• Maintain up to date information on internal systems, and ensure ongoing compliance to data protection and other legislations.
• Primary phone screening, and pre-qualification, of candidates.
• Provide updates to candidates (including interview scheduling, feedback and rejections), and external suppliers, leveraging technology wherever possible.
• Support Head of Talent with Preferred Supplier Reviews.
• Manage the offer process, including approval, negotiation and initial paperwork.
• Define, promote, and deliver internal recruitment processes, supporting development goals for employees.
• Own the candidate journey, and ensure an excellence candidate experience is delivered for all applicants through effective communication.
• Work closely with Head of Talent and MarComms team to ensure our EVP is authentic and use it to align our language both internally and externally.
• Explore and propose other ways to increase our visibility/presence as an employer and drive associated action plans.
• Support outreach activities alongside wider team, and other colleagues, in line with organisational needs.
• Support the upskilling of hiring managers to interview and builds the relevant tools.
• Support Talent team, and wider HR Team, on topics as relevant.

Essential Skills

• At least 5 years of hands-on candidate sourcing experience, in a complex engineering or technology environment (agency or in house).
• Good technical knowledge base, with a willingness to learn more.
• Strong organisational and administration skills.
• Good understanding of recruitment practices and UK employment law.
• Ability to handle a dynamic workload.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong team player, able to work on their own initiative in assigned areas.
• Enthusiasm for the space industry, and the Astroscale mission.

Desirable skills

• Degree or professional qualification in relevant field.
• Prior experience working within or alongside the space industry, ideally in the UK or Europe.
• Broader HR skillset (for example; Learning and Development, HR Operations, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging).

Benefits

• Competitive base salary.
• Opportunity to work with a highly talented, diverse & dynamic international team with cutting edge technology.
• Flexible working around core hours in a friendly and supportive environment.
• Optional 9/75 working pattern.
• Hybrid working available (dependent on individual role requirements).
• 25 days holiday (increasing yearly up to a maximum of 28 days) + 8 days Bank Holiday.
• Life insurance and long-term sick pay.
• Private healthcare (taxable benefit).
• Relocation allowance considered (Visa sponsorship for employees considered).
• State of the art office and cleanroom facility.
• Regular social events.

Location

Astroscale UK (Harwell).

About Astroscale

Founded in 2013, Astroscale is the global leader in on-orbit servicing, dedicated to the secure and sustainable development of space for the benefit of future generations. We provide trusted and value-added solutions for government and commercial clients from their geography of choice, to drive the long-term, circular space economy. Astroscale is also collaborating with government and commercial stakeholders to develop norms, regulations, and incentives that promote the sustainable growth of space. Since our first successful launch in March 2021, Astroscale has proven rendezvous and proximity operations technologies in orbit during the ELSA-d and ADRAS-J missions, establishing the company as a leader in on-orbit servicing. Astroscale spacecraft have been selected for pioneering missions with JAXA, the U.S. Space Force, the European Space Agency, the UK Space Agency, and Eutelsat OneWeb. As more satellite operators adopt on-orbit servicing to routinely inspect, service and remove, the potential of a circular space economy — and a future of no waste in space — is being unlocked.

At Astroscale we pride ourselves on our inclusive culture. Our essential criteria are based solely on the requirements necessary to perform the role. If any criteria could present a barrier, we are open to discussing reasonable adjustments and are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. Astroscale is also open to supporting job share arrangements, to further our flexible working offering.

Note to recruitment agencies: Astroscale operates a preferred Supplier List, and we do not accept unsolicited agency approaches. Please do not forward candidate CVs or details in response to this advert, or to any Astroscale employee.