Interim Talent Acquisition Partner (12 month FTC) - Croydon, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Interim Talent Acquisition Partner (12 month FTC) — Croydon, England, United Kingdom

Janes enables militaries, governments, and defence companies to make critical decisions. Our expert-driven tradecraft, developed over 120 years, combined with human-machine teaming, delivers assured open-source intelligence across military capabilities and order of battle, equipment, events, countries, companies, and markets. Linking millions of assured data points, Janes data model creates a framework of interconnected open-source defence intelligence. This allows our customers to integrate all relevant data and connections into a single intelligence environment to deliver a more complete and accurate answer. Using Janes, our customers can use their scarce resource more effectively, to get to better decisions with higher confidence, more quickly.

JOB PURPOSE: We are looking for an Interim Talent Acquisition Partner to join our growing global HR team for a one year maternity cover. Reporting directly to the Chief People Officer, you will be critical in supporting the successful hiring requirements of the business predominantly across our global sales function. You will sit in the wider Talent Acquisition function with colleagues in both Bangalore and Croydon. The Talent Acquisition Manager will support with all recruiting activity from advertising vacancies, screening candidates, sourcing and pipelining candidates using LinkedIn, managing agencies and interview arranging, and supporting onboarding activities. This is a great opportunity to be part of a global growing business and within a fast paced and challenging environment. There will also be additional project work for the Talent Acquisition Manager to support and lead on.

Responsibilities

• Partner with sales and commercial leaders to understand hiring needs and define role requirements.
• Own the full recruitment lifecycle: from crafting compelling job adverts to sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer management.
• Build strong talent pipelines using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, networking, and creative outreach strategies.
• Manage relationships with external recruitment partners and ensure alignment with hiring goals.
• Coordinate interview logistics and ensure a seamless candidate experience.
• Collaborate with HR to support smooth onboarding of new hires.
• Contribute to continuous improvement projects across Talent Acquisition and HR. Provide market insights and data to inform hiring decisions and workforce planning.

Ideal skills and experience

• Significant experience in Talent Acquisition or Recruitment, with a strong focus on Sales hiring—ideally within a SaaS or tech-driven environment.
• Deep understanding of the sales recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, assessing, and closing candidates across roles such as Sales, Partnerships, and Pre-Sales.
• Strong sourcing capabilities using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, and proactive outreach.
• Demonstrated ability to assess sales competencies (e.g., quota attainment, negotiation, closing skills, and industry fit).
• Familiarity with sales team structures (e.g., hunter/farmer models) and compensation frameworks.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, global environment.
• 27 days of annual leave
• Healthy half (0.5 day leave every 6 months for wellbeing)
• Private medical insurance – BUPA
• Maternity (100% of basic salary for the first 26 weeks followed by Statutory Maternity Pay)
• Paternity (100% of basic salary for 6 weeks)
• Life cover
• Access to LinkedIn Learning
• Access to an on-site gym

Life at Janes

We believe Janes is a great place to work. Our values and leadership code drive everything we do, and we understand that the right behaviours and culture will always result in the best outcomes for our customers, our colleagues, our shareholders, and our business. We provide a supportive, stretching, and dynamic environment with the ability for you to grow rapidly, both personally and professionally. Janes is an inclusive and equal opportunities employer and encourages applications regardless of age, race, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or gender.

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