Recruitment Business Partner (FTC) in Cambridge

Location: Cambridge, UK (this role will be office based a minimum of 3 days per week)

Salary: £45,000 – £50,000 p.a. - Full-time equivalent, dependent on experience

Basis: Fixed-term contract (14 months), Full-time, part-time, or flexible

Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the UK

The role involves partnering with hiring managers and managing the end-to-end recruitment process, from the attraction of candidates to the induction of new colleagues. You will support recruitment in all markets in which we employ people, including India, Ireland, Kenya, the UK and US.

Responsibilities:

• Working with hiring managers, providing training, coaching, and support throughout the recruitment process and ensuring that they follow our Recruitment Playbook and other relevant policies.
• Making sure that job descriptions are accurate and engaging to help us attract the best candidates, as well as being responsible for positive candidate experience.
• Advertising roles to maximise applications from high quality candidates, including ensuring that job boards are fully utilised.
• Responsible for the applicant tracking system (ATS) and making sure it is up to date at all times.
• Screening applications and shortlisting candidates for manager review.
• Developing and implementing ideas to increase the proportion of eligible candidates and reduce applications from ineligible candidates.
• Ensure we always recruit colleagues with the correct right to work and perform background checks for candidates before the offer stage.
• Support the onboarding processes, ensuring all new colleagues receive the best onboarding and feel welcomed into the organisation.
• Support the Foundation's apprenticeship programme, working with managers to develop opportunities for apprentice roles.
• Collect benchmarking data for roles to ensure we remain competitive.
• Manage relationships with external recruitment companies as required.

Experience and personal attributes:

• Minimum of 5 years experience in a recruitment role, ideally in the education, technology, or not-for-profit sectors.
• Experience recruiting in a number of different countries, ideally including India, Kenya, the UK and US.
• Experience with screening candidates for hiring manager review, including dealing with very high volumes of candidates.
• Able to understand the requirements for a diverse range of roles.
• Experience of coaching hiring managers, including on the design of job roles and recruitment processes.
• Experience of developing work based assessments that support better hiring decisions.
• Experience of working with an applicant tracking system (we currently use workable).
• A commitment to the mission and values of the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
• A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, with experience of helping organisations recruit diverse teams and creating inclusive working environments.

Benefits:

• Paid time off: In addition to public holidays, full-time employees in the UK receive 25 days of paid annual leave initially, rising to 30 days after five years service, plus 3 additional days of paid leave for the company-wide closure at the end of each year.
• Pension: We provide an 8% employer contribution on top of your minimum 4% employee contribution.
• Private healthcare: We provide comprehensive private healthcare for all employees through Vitality Plus.
• Flexible working: We have clear policies to provide flexibility over when and where you work, helping you balance work responsibilities with the rest of your life.
• Support for parents and carers: We provide generous family leave and flexibility for parents and carers.
• Life assurance and income protection: We provide life assurance and income protection schemes to provide peace of mind for you and your family.
• Investing in learning and development: We invest in your growth and development, including through access to learning resources and training, with dedicated time for all employees.
• Travel to work: Through our Cycle-to-Work and Season Ticket Loan schemes we support cost effective and sustainable travel to work.

Timetable for applications:

• Closing date: 05 October 9am
• Phone screen: Week commencing 12 October 2026
• First interview: Week commencing 19 October 2026
• Second interview: Week commencing 26 October 2026

Our recruitment process is inclusive, and we want people to feel respected, valued, and able to do their best work. We are committed to building teams that bring together people with a broad range of backgrounds, skills, and perspectives.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Everyone appointed to a role at the Foundation will be required to undergo a background check to confirm that you are a suitable person to work with children.