Talent Acquisition Specialist

About us

We’reDayshape—an award-winning software scale-up with big ambitions and the momentum to match. Trusted by Big Four and many other top professional services firmsglobally, our AI-powered resource management platform is helping organisations to achieve extraordinary results.

AtDayshape, our purpose is to improve people\’s working lives, and our culture is an importantdriving force in helping us to do just that.We\’rea friendly, inclusive, and ambitious team—driven by our values and a shared commitment to success. Ifyou’reready to join a fast-growing, high-impact company that’s reimagining resource management, thenlet’stalk.

About the role

We’vegot lots of recruitment planned for this year, building on several years’ growth andwe’relooking for someone to help us find and attract the right people forDayshapeto achieve its ambition.

We’relooking for somebodywho’sgreat at building connections – both to attract candidates toDayshapeand to help make sure our hiring managers are engaged and getting the most out of hiring for their teams.

What you’ll do

The person in this role willbe responsible for:

• Ensuringwe’rebringing in the right people at the right time
• Ensuring all candidates have an excellent experience
• Conducting searches through channels like LinkedIn Recruiter to find the best candidates for our vacancies (including passive candidates)
• Identifyingand delivering on opportunities to improve diversity of candidates and inclusivity of the recruitment process
• Supporting hiring managers withourin-house recruitment cycle, including advice, training, and recruitment admin
• CV and phone screening candidates
• Providing feedback andidentifyingimprovement opportunitiesforourrecruitment processes and communications
• Managing relationships with external recruiters
• Monitoring, and improving recruitment KPIs
• Managing candidate offers and references
• Monitoring andmaintainingof the ATS

About you

• Experience in in-house recruitment across the full hiring cycle
• Knowledge of recruiting passive candidates -identifyingand engaging with top talent
• Experience using an ATS (we currently use Workable)
• Strong knowledge of Boolean, x-ray search
• Knowledge of sourcing tools
• Strong screening and/or interviewing skills
• Knowledgeable about recruitment-related compliance (e.g. right to work, Equality Act)
• A bias for action, with demonstrable experience proactively taking initiative to improve systems and processes
• Adaptable and able to prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Comfortable with owning the whole recruitment process, moving between administrative and strategic tasks asrequired
• Highly organised and detail-oriented (you almost never miss something!)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A strong relationship-builder, able to work collaboratively across departments, building trust and influence at all levels of the business
• Sound judgement – making assertive decisions about sensitive matters with compassion and discretion

Bonus points if you have

• Experience in a scaleup (or similar) environment
• Experience recruiting within a software company
• Experience in talent search for technical roles (e.g. software engineers)
• Familiarity with Workable specifically
• Experience managing relationships with external recruiters

What you’ll get

• Salary£30,000 – £35,000, dependent on experience
• At least £1,000 per year to spend on professional and personal development
• 33 days\’ holiday per year (including bank holidays), increasing by 1 day each year to a maximum of 40 days
• Paidfour weeksabbatical in your fifth anniversary year on top of your holiday entitlement
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Private medical insurance, including dental and vision benefits
• Income protection and death in service cover
• Matched 5% auto-enrolment workplace pension scheme
• Access to wellbeing offerings, such as our Employee Assistance Programme and a dedicated counselling service
• Volunteering time – up to 20 hours a yeartoparticipatein volunteer work
• RegularAll Hands meeting for inspiration and over-communication
• Time out of the working week for team socials each month, with a mix of in-person and virtual options: past events include hiking, family BBQs, boardgamesand at-home cocktail classes!
• Genuinely nice, smart people to work with, who are excited about growing our company

Working Details

This is a full-time role (37.5 hours per week). We typically work from 09:00 – 17:30 from Monday to Friday, though we can be flexible around this, so just let us know if you’re interested in alternative working arrangements.

We’re ideally looking for someone in/around Edinburgh, though we’re open to the possibility of this being a remote role (as long as you\’re in the UK). We\’re making the most of hybrid working, so you won\’t need to come into the office everyday (unless you want to!).

Join the team!

Equality of opportunity is more than just a responsibility: we believe it’s a huge advantage to welcome a variety of experiences and perspectives into the team. Diversity is a great asset and, as such, we strongly encourage applications from any background.

This is your opportunity to really influence our capacity to succeed by bringing in amazing people. Everyone here is growing personally as the company grows, so if that sounds like something you’d like to be part of, we’d love to see your application. The deadline for applications is 09:00 Friday 16th February 2026.

Please note that unfortunately we are unable to sponsor visas for this role. All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.