Salary £60,000 - £65,000 plus bonus and benefits
Are you a research-driven talent professional with a background in Executive Search and experience mapping talent within commodity trading or energy markets?
Our client, a highly regarded international trading organisation, is seeking a Talent Sourcing & Research Specialist to join their growing Talent Acquisition team. This is a unique opportunity to move in-house while continuing to utilise your executive research, talent mapping and market intelligence expertise within a fast-paced and specialist trading environment.
The Opportunity
Working closely with the Talent Acquisition Lead, you will play a pivotal role in identifying, engaging and building relationships with exceptional talent across trading, origination, technology, risk and corporate functions throughout Europe.
This role would particularly suit someone currently working as a Researcher, Senior Researcher, Talent Intelligence Specialist, Mapping Consultant or Executive Search Associate within an executive search firm, ideally supporting commodity trading, energy trading, financial markets or related sectors.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct detailed talent mapping, competitor analysis and market research across European trading markets.
- Identify and engage high-calibre passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search techniques and specialist industry networks.
- Build and maintain talent pipelines for current and future hiring requirements.
- Produce market intelligence reports, candidate shortlists and competitor insights to support strategic hiring decisions.
- Partner with hiring managers and internal stakeholders to understand talent needs and advise on market conditions.
- Track talent trends, compensation data and competitor hiring activity.
- Deliver an exceptional candidate experience through professional engagement and relationship management.
- Maintain accurate candidate and market intelligence data within talent systems and CRM platforms.
About You
We're keen to speak with professionals who can demonstrate:
- Previous experience within Executive Search, Talent Intelligence, Recruitment Research or Talent Mapping.
- Exposure to commodity trading, energy trading, financial trading, commodities, power, gas or related specialist markets.
- Strong experience identifying and attracting hard-to-find passive candidates.
- Advanced LinkedIn Recruiter and Boolean search expertise.
- Excellent research, analytical and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience producing market maps, competitor analysis and talent intelligence reports.
- The ability to manage multiple complex searches simultaneously.
Highly Desirable
- Experience supporting commodity trading houses, energy traders, hedge funds or financial services clients.
- International search exposure across Europe.
- Knowledge of trading, origination, quantitative, technology or risk professional markets.
- Experience using talent intelligence and AI-enabled sourcing tools.
What's on Offer
- Opportunity to join a leading international trading business at an exciting stage of growth.
- Highly visible role working directly with senior stakeholders.
- Genuine strategic involvement in talent attraction and workforce planning.
- Exposure to niche and commercially critical hiring projects.
- Collaborative and high-performing Talent Acquisition team.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
If you're currently an Executive Search Researcher or Talent Intelligence professional looking to take your research expertise in-house whilst remaining close to the commodity trading market, we'd love to hear from you.
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