Recruiter - Early Careers (Graduates) in London

This means hiring high-quality interns and graduates who are energised by AI and motivated by the pace, ownership, and exposure that comes with a founder-led business. Early careers is a core pipeline into the roles that matter most at OakNorth. This role is about building that pipeline — with a clear focus on quality, retention, and long-term impact, not just hiring volume.

You will design and run OakNorth’s global early careers programme — spanning internships and graduate hiring across London, New York, Gurgaon, Bangalore, and Manchester. Embedded within the wider Talent function, you’ll connect early careers to experienced hiring, workforce planning, and long-term talent development. You’ll define it — building a programme that is structured, scalable, and aligned to real business demand.

• A clear, scalable internship and graduate programme designed
• Internships established as the primary feeder into high-quality hires
• Measurable quality of hire: strong conversion, retention, and early performance.
• Own a two-track early careers programme: internships, Apprenticeships, Insight week and a 1-year graduate scheme
• Set clear standards and success metrics from entry through to post-programme performance
• Build internships as the primary feeder into graduate hiring
• Track performance, conversion rates, and long-term outcomes

Talent & business alignment:

• Translate business hiring needs into structured early careers pipelines across Finance & Legal
• Continuously improve pipeline quality using data and insight
• Connect Talent, People Partners, L&D, and business leadership
• Develop a compelling early careers narrative against banks, Big Tech, and startups
• Partner with Talent and Marketing to ensure consistent messaging
• Assess for potential, not polish
• Define and track quality of hire (performance, progression, retention)
• Partner with local teams to adapt programmes to each market
• Operate as part of the core Talent team
• Align early careers with experienced hiring and broader people strategy
• Influence hiring plans and talent investment decisions
• Provide clear, data-led insights on pipeline quality and ROI

You will build reliable, high-quality feeder pipelines into critical junior roles across the business, including Debt Finance, Engineering, Product, Finance, Legal and Operations. Build a clear pathway from intern → graduate → junior role, particularly for hiring where consistency, quality, and retention are critical. Apply data and insight to continuously improve hiring quality. Engage with AI-curious and high-potential talent communities.

A recruiter with 4+ years in early careers / campus recruiting:

• Track record of building programmes end-to-end
• Experience operating within a broader Talent function
• Strong instinct for quality over volume
• Experience measuring outcomes (performance, retention, conversion)
• Data-driven and outcome-focused
• Focused on long-term talent value, not short-term hiring

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.