Talent Acquisition Partner 6 Month FTC

The PureGym Group is a global gym business with a community of more than 700 gyms and over 2 million members. At PureGym, everything we do comes back to one simple idea: helping you feel good. We're proud of our people and have a strong focus on internal progression. Championing diversity, we are committed to providing an excellent employee experience and workplace culture. Our gyms are friendly, supportive, and judgement‑free spaces where everybody can come in, work out and leave Feeling PureGym Good. We are proud to be certified by Top Employers Institute.

We offer:

• Free nationwide gym membership for you + 1
• A truly flexible working culture
• Life insurance x4
• Company pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave, plus 1 personal day
• Option to purchase additional holiday (up to 5 days)
• Great learning & development resources
• Enhanced maternity pay, paternity and adoption leave

The Role:

Location: Hybrid – London Office
Type: Fulltime
Contract type: 6 month fixed term contract

We are looking for a Talent Acquisition Partner to join the People Team on a 6 month fixed term contract basis! The Talent Acquisition Partner is responsible for driving direct, efficient hiring activity for Head office departments, across all of our markets; UK, US, Switzerland and Denmark. They drive maximum results across quality, cost and time to hire metrics and build effective working relationships with hiring managers at all levels.

Responsibilities:

• Acts as the central point of contact for all recruitment for central functions across all markets; UK, US, Switzerland and Denmark.
• Drives efficient and pro‑active hiring of talent across a variety of technical roles using direct hiring methods, such as LinkedIn and other relevant job boards.
• Oversees the end-to-end recruitment process, offering continued insight around ways of working and best practice, ensuring candidate experience is at the heart of all activity.
• Leads on pipelining activity, driving a healthy flow of high-quality candidates, ensuring communication to this community is targeted, relevant and in line with company values.
• Monitors and feeds into key performance metrics, helping the business better understand effective sources of hiring, referrals and networking etc.
• Provides coaching and support for hiring managers where appropriate, ensuring optimal selection of candidates for available positions and quick turnaround times of leads to interview and offer.
• Responsible for data integrity in relation to TA reporting.
• Troubleshoots problems that arise in connection with the recruiting and hiring process and ensures pro‑active intervention for hard‑to‑fill positions, taking the lead with local campaigns, headhunting and events as appropriate.
• Seeks to drive convergence and efficiency in TA processes in all Markets.
• Ensure inclusive hiring processes are run in line with the Inclusion strategy and approach.
• Work in partnership with internal People Team to support wider initiatives.
• Support and upskill hiring managers in conducting interviews and best hiring practices.

The Person:

• Highly motivated self-starter able to work efficiently at a fast pace with conflicting priorities.
• Track record of being pro‑active and thinking creatively in sourcing leads for ‘dry‑spot’ areas of talent as well as coaching managers in this area.
• Results-focused, works with purpose to fill roles efficiently, while ensuring correct processes are followed and quality of candidate experience.
• Highly organised with the ability to successfully manage a busy workload.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Ability to manage upwards.
• Ability to work from the London office 2+ days/week.
• Comfortable working a flexible working day/week to support hiring in all markets.

Qualifications & Skills:

• The successful candidate will have a strong track record of personal end to end delivery of roles across a head office function, in a fast‑paced environment (ideally a combination of agency and in‑house).
• Strong relationship building skills to ensure close business partnerships are developed and trends/pain points are identified early on.
• Experience of in‑house recruitment processes, with knowledge of relevant legislation.
• Excellent administration skills and particular attention to detail/accuracy.
• ATS experience in Dayforce, Talentsoft, Recruitee, Paylocity beneficial.
• Ability to work from the office 2+ days / week.

PureGym is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our company mantra is ‘Everybody Welcome’ and we are dedicated to promoting a diverse and inclusive place to work. From a hiring standpoint, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to ensuring that our PureGym colleagues reflect the diversity of the nation as well as our millions of gym members we serve.

Please note: Qualifications and Skills represent the essential criteria for the role, which need to be met to be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme. Volume of eligible applications may impact everyone being able to be offered an interview. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the advert may be withdrawn at any time. Early application is encouraged.