Junior Talent Acquisition Specialist in Kendal

Job title: Junior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Working location: Kendal (hybrid)

Working Hours: Monday- Friday, 8 am- 4 pm

Salary: up to £32,000 per annum, depending on experience

About us:

Join one of Europe’s fastest‑growing nutrition success stories.

Kendal Nutricare creates world‑class nutrition for every stage of life — from Kendamil infant and toddler formula to Kendalife adult nutrition. We’re a family‑owned, purpose‑driven business with big global ambitions.

In 2025, we were ranked the UK’s fastest‑growing food and drink company, with Kendamil now one of the fastest‑growing baby brands in the world, the No. 1 Organic formula in both the UK and the USA, and available in 40+ countries (and counting).

As the only British infant formula manufacturer, we’re proud to produce our award‑winning products here in the UK using British full‑cream milk, with no palm oil or unnecessary additives — trusted by families worldwide.

We’re on an exciting path – join us!

The role:

We are looking for a motivated and proactive Junior Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our expanding team. This is a hands‑on recruitment role, ideally suited to someone with experience in talent acquisition or recruitment, either within an in‑house environment or a recruitment agency.

What you’ll be doing:

• Assist the Global Talent Acquisition Partner with end-to-end recruitment activities for a variety of positions across the business.
• Work with hiring managers and the Global Talent Acquisition Partner to understand hiring needs and support effective recruitment strategies.
• Draft, review, and advertise job vacancies across appropriate channels.
• Proactively source candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, networking, referrals, and talent mapping activities.
• Screen applications and conduct initial candidate interviews.
• Coordinate interviews and provide a seamless recruitment experience for candidates and hiring teams.
• Maintain regular communication with candidates throughout the recruitment process.
• Support offer management, salary benchmarking, and onboarding activities.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for future hiring needs.
• Track recruitment metrics and provide regular updates to the Global Talent Acquisition Partner and stakeholders.
• Ensure recruitment activities are carried out in line with right-to-work, fair recruitment and equality requirements, and company policies.
• Support employer branding initiatives and promote the organisation as an employer of choice.
• Attend careers fairs, networking events, and recruitment campaigns where required.

What you’ll need:

• Proven, hands‑on recruitment or talent acquisition experience (in‑house or agency), covering the full recruitment lifecycle from sourcing through to offer.
• Experience supporting multiple vacancies simultaneously.
• Experience working to recruitment performance measures such as time-to-hire and cost-per-hire.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills.
• Experience using applicant tracking systems (ATS) and recruitment platforms.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Desirable

• Experience recruiting within manufacturing, FMCG, engineering, technical, or commercial environments.
• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Knowledge of recruitment‑related legislation (such as right to work and equality in hiring) and best recruitment practices.
• Experience supporting employer branding initiatives

We offer to all our employees:

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• A pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance at 2 x basic salary*
• Free parking*
• Subsidised breakfast
• Free gym membership*
• Health Cash Plan
• Bereavement leave
• Company events
• Health & wellbeing programme