At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the recruitment process for nursery roles, ensuring a top-notch experience for candidates and hiring managers.
- Company: Join Bright Horizons, a Great Place to Work with a focus on wellbeing and flexibility.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, discounted childcare, and a range of wellbeing resources.
- Other info: Be part of a mission to change the future for children and families across the UK.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by helping to hire exceptional talent for children's education and care.
- Qualifications: Proven recruitment experience, strong communication skills, and a goal-driven mindset.
The predicted salary is between 33000 - 40000 £ per year.
Role: Talent Acquisition Partner - FTC
Contract Length: Fixed Term Contract – 12 months
Location: Remote with occasional travel to Bright Horizons nurseries and offices when required. Our HO is in Northampton.
Salary: £DOE – from £33k
Closing Date for this role: 19th June 2026 unless the right candidate is hired before
This role is to deliver an end-to-end recruitment service for our operational nursery setting roles in Cambridge. Working in partnership with the operational and wider Talent Acquisition teams to hire the greatest talent potential for Bright Horizons, you will ensure that recruitment is strategically focussed, while delivering an excellent candidate and hiring manager experience by driving effective stakeholder relationships. The focus is on strategic direct resourcing, talent pipelining and driving employer brand awareness as well as managing the end-to-end resourcing process from brief to attraction to onboarding.
Why Bright Horizons?
We’ve been voted Great Place to Work every year since 2006, as well as being awarded the newly created Great Place for Wellbeing and Great Place for Women 2025. Our support functions enable our nurseries to deliver the best possible care and education to over 10,000 children across the UK. Through this support, our nurseries can deliver excellence – with 98% of our 300+ portfolio being rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. We’re on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing.
What We Can Offer You
- Flexible working and holiday entitlements
- Discounted childcare in one of our nurseries
- Quarterly Employee Appreciation Weeks
- Annual gala award evening
- Fantastic range of discounts on high street retailers, grocery stores, cinema tickets, holidays and more
- Wide range of wellbeing resources, supporting our teams for the ups and downs of daily life
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Deliver an end to end 360 recruitment service for Bright Horizons nursery settings
- Work closely with stakeholders to deliver first class, end to end resourcing solutions, ensuring a high-touch candidate, and hiring manager experience that continually exceeds expectations
- Deliver direct sourcing through the effective use of LinkedIn Recruiter, CV Databases, Job boards, campaigns, social media and your network, and headhunting techniques
- Work in partnership with the business to identify content to drive out across our careers social channels which supports talent attraction and employer brand engagement
- Manage all vacancies and candidates through effective management of the applicant tracking system (Workday) ensuring it is consistently up to date and candidates/hiring managers are managed through all stages correctly
- Deliver weekly MI on recruiting activity
- Champion the use of RAF (Recommend a Friend) through stakeholders
- Act as an ambassador of Bright Horizons, looking for constant opportunities to promote the employer brand, living the heart principles of Bright Horizons, and demonstrating passion for delivery of an outstanding recruitment service to the business.
- Take ownership and accountability for meeting all recruiting needs of our nursery settings being relentless in your quest to deliver exceptional talent to Bright Horizons
- Understanding of market intelligence and trends
- Identify opportunities to attend industry events to promote opportunities at Bright Horizons and to broaden your specialist knowledge
- Regularly assess recruitment activities to ensure their effectiveness and success at achieving desired outcomes and ROI
Essential Experience:
- A proven and successful track record in the role of a Recruiter.
- Experience working within high volume recruitment.
- A strong communicator who can effectively and confidently communicate both written and verbally to all levels
- Working towards and exceeding targets whilst prioritising workload to ensure the demands of the business are met
- Ability to prioritise workload and work collaboratively with colleagues at all levels
- Goal-driven, with a solid understanding of recruiting metrics and methods for achieving positive results
Experience Desirable:
- Knowledge of the Workday system
- Previous experience within internal recruitment function
- Experience of working in the childcare sector
Bright Horizons is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, which will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants. If you share our passion, values, and have most of the skills listed, we encourage you to apply – as you may be just what we are looking for!
We look forward to receiving your application!
If you experience any problems, please email europe.recruitment@brighthorizons.com and we will be happy to help.
Talent Acquisition Partner employer: MP Training and Recruitment
Bright Horizons is an exceptional employer, recognised as a Great Place to Work since 2006, offering a supportive and flexible work culture that prioritises employee wellbeing and work-life balance. With opportunities for professional growth and a commitment to delivering outstanding care and education, employees benefit from flexible working arrangements, discounted childcare, and a range of wellbeing resources, making it an ideal environment for those passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and families.
Contact Details:
MP Training and Recruitment Recruitment Team
