Talent Acquisition Partner in Watford

Great businesses are built by great people — and we're looking for someone who knows how to find them. If you enjoy building relationships, creating exceptional candidate experiences and partnering with managers to hire top talent, keep reading. This is your opportunity to join a growing People Team and play a key role in shaping the future of our business.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process across a variety of roles, from vacancy briefing through to offer acceptance and onboarding.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand current and future hiring requirements and develop effective recruitment strategies.
• Provide market insight, talent mapping and recruitment advice to support informed hiring decisions.
• Create engaging job adverts and candidate attraction campaigns across multiple sourcing channels.
• Proactively source and engage passive candidates through direct search, networking and talent pooling activities.
• Screen, assess and shortlist candidates against role requirements, competencies and cultural fit.
• Coordinate and support interviews, assessment activities and selection processes.
• Ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment journey, maintaining regular communication and feedback.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill roles.
• Work with hiring managers to reduce time-to-hire and improve recruitment efficiency.
• Monitor recruitment performance metrics and provide regular reporting and insights to stakeholders.
• Promote the organisation's employer brand through recruitment campaigns, networking events, careers fairs and social media activity.
• Support early careers, graduate, apprenticeship and internship programmes where applicable.
• Ensure recruitment processes remain compliant with employment legislation, internal policies and diversity, equity and inclusion principles.
• Continuously review and improve recruitment processes, tools and systems to enhance effectiveness and candidate experience.
• Support onboarding activities to ensure a smooth transition from candidate to colleague.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent interviewing, assessment and candidate evaluation capabilities.
• Ability to influence and challenge hiring managers constructively.
• Strong sourcing and direct search skills across multiple recruitment channels.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of business priorities.
• Ability to manage multiple vacancies and competing priorities effectively.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills with high attention to detail.
• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and recruitment technology.
• Data-driven approach with the ability to analyse recruitment metrics and trends.
• Knowledge of recruitment best practice, employment legislation and inclusive hiring principles.
• Proactive, resilient and solutions-focused approach.
• Ability to build credibility and trust with candidates and stakeholders at all levels.
• Commitment to delivering an outstanding candidate and hiring manager experience.

Knowledge & Qualifications

• Previous in-house recruitment or talent acquisition experience.
• Experience managing end-to-end recruitment processes.
• Knowledge of recruitment best practice and UK employment legislation.
• Experience using an Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience recruiting within financial services.

Personal Attributes

• Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships at all levels of staff.
• Self-motivated and proactive.
• High level of organisation and able to meet deadlines.

Why Join Us?

At Enra Specialist Finance we’re growing fast and looking for ambitious people who want to be part of our exciting journey. We’ll give you the tools, training, and support you need to succeed, while offering clear opportunities to progress your career. Alongside this, we offer a strong benefits package, including private medical healthcare, 25 days’ annual leave, paid volunteering days, and a host of additional benefits. If you’re ready to build your career with a Specialist Lender and make an impact - click apply today!