Senior Recruitment Advisor

At Grant Thornton we do things differently - looking to the future, driving ambitious growth and pioneering positive change in our industry. Providing audit, tax and advisory services, we empower clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. And we empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture and work life balance.

With over 5,000 people in the UK, and a presence in 150 global markets, we're on an ambitious journey, from great to exceptional, and we need the best people to help us achieve our potential.

Grant Thornton UK LLP is part of a global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms, made up of some 58,000 people in over 135 countries. We're a team of independent thinkers who put quality, inclusion and integrity first. All around the world we bring a different experience to our clients. A better experience. One that delivers the expertise they need in a way that goes beyond. Personal, proactive, and agile.

Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals. Our Experienced Hire Recruitment team sits within the wider Recruitment function and is recognised as a high‑performing, inclusive and innovative group that consistently delivers exceptional candidate and stakeholder experiences. We partner closely with our business areas to attract and secure top talent while ensuring every interaction reflects our commitment to quality and professionalism.

We focus on building trusted relationships, anticipating needs, and providing a seamless, supportive recruitment journey that enhances our reputation in the market and enables the business to achieve its strategic goals. We’re happy to talk flexible working, we’ll support you to balance your work and life.

As a Senior Recruitment Adviser within our team, you will:

• Create and deliver the recruitment strategy for each new vacancy within your designated business area, applying a direct sourcing mindset.
• Proactively create, build, and maintain talent communities and candidate networks.
• Take a full and comprehensive brief for each vacancy and gain a deep understanding of the relevant business area and team for which the hiring manager is recruiting.
• Coach hiring managers to be brand advocates and support them in developing excellent interview and selection processes.
• Work with hiring managers and colleagues within their business area to develop and maintain a large network of candidate referrals for potential future hires.
• Ensure all vacancies are advertised in line with brand guidelines and manage a variety of recruitment channels, including social media, to source best talent in the market.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience at every touchpoint, ensuring timely, transparent and human‑centred communication that reflects our employer brand and leaves every candidate, successful or not, with a positive impression of Grant Thornton.

Joining us as a Senior Recruitment Adviser, the minimum criteria you’ll need:

• Exposure and understanding of professional services/consulting organisations.
• Experience of delivering exceptional candidate and stakeholder experience and proven experience in end‑to‑end recruitment, with a strong focus on direct sourcing across multiple channels (LinkedIn recruiter, talent pools and market mapping).

It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box, we’ll help you develop along the way:

• Experience of dealing with multiple vacancies across Advisory service lines.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, with a track record of influencing, advising and managing expectations at pace.
• Consistent delivery of exceptional candidate experience, ensuring seamless, transparent and engaging process from initial outreach to onboarding.
• Demonstrates positive energy and genuine passion for recruitment, with a continuous improvement mindset, proactively seeking better ways of working, embracing change, and consistently raising the bar on quality, efficiency and candidate experience.
• Evidence of building, nurturing and activating talent communities, creating an always‑on pipeline of engaged candidates through proactive relationship management, market insight and consistent value‑adding engagement.

Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential. Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm.

Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance. The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society.

We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves.