Talent Attraction Advisor

Use your recruitment expertise to support lives, not targets.

At Samaritans, we believe that no one should face their struggles alone. As Talent Attraction Advisor, you’ll play a key role in helping us attract, recruit, and onboard incredible people - both staff and volunteers, who are vital to our mission of reducing the number of lives lost to suicide.

You’ll support managers and candidates, in the delivery of inclusive and professional end-to-end recruitment campaigns, working collaboratively with hiring managers, volunteer leaders, and internal teams to ensure a seamless and engaging experience for all candidates. You\'ll bring passion for people and a good understanding of best practice recruitment principles to ensure positive experiences of all those that use our services, ensuring equity, diversity and inclusion are embedded at every stage.

Contract terms:

• Initially a 12month fixed term contract

•£34,000 - £37,000 per annum with Benefits

• Full time hours are 35 hours per week, but we are passionate about flexible working, talk to us about your preferences.

•Hybrid working: Linked to our Ewell (Surrey) office with a blend of home working and access to work from our offices in Ewell and London Bridge.

•In-person working: Meeting in person and working collaboratively are things we value. We work in person around 2 days or more per month.

What you’ll do:

• Manage multiple, end-to-end recruitment campaigns, providing expert advice and guidance to hiring managers
  
• Craft compelling job adverts and ensure visibility across diverse platforms and audiences
  
• Deliver exceptional candidate experiences - keeping communication clear, timely and respectful
  
• Support volunteer recruitment and onboarding, particularly for service expansion initiatives
  
• Champion inclusive recruitment practices and ensure legal compliance across the UK and Ireland
  
• Lead projects to enhance our recruitment experience - developing our people value proposition, refining induction, and enabling internal talent mobility
  
• Collaborate across teams to ensure smooth onboarding and induction, particularly with Employee Experience and Samaritans Training School
  
• Maintain and update recruitment platforms and communication channels, using data and insights to inform continuous improvement

What you’ll bring:

• Experience managing multiple recruitment campaigns in a fast-paced environment
  
• Sound knowledge of inclusive recruitment practices and employment legislation
  
• Confident in using applicant tracking systems (ATS) and working with recruitment data
  
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  
• Ability to advise, influence and build trust at all levels
  
• Organised, detail-oriented and passionate about candidate experience
  
• A team mindset and a proactive, solutions-focused attitude
  
• CIPD or Volunteer Management qualifications (desirable but not essential)
• Previous charity or not-for-profit experience (desirable)
• A compassionate nature and a positive can-do attitude

At Samaritans, you’ll be part of a people-first organisation deeply committed to inclusion, compassion and learning. You’ll contribute to a team where your voice matters, your expertise makes a difference, and your work helps save lives.

We welcome applications from individuals with lived experience and encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. We are committed to creating an environment where all our people feel seen, heard and supported.

You’ll join a values-led organisation with a powerful mission and a collaborative culture. We offer flexible hybrid working, excellent benefits, and the chance to make a tangible difference in suicide prevention across the UK and Ireland.

For further information about Samaritans, including our charity structure, values, employee benefits, and application process, please read ourrecruitment brochure available here . You can also visit our careers website to access this.

We recognise the enormous benefits and the social justice imperatives of ensuring diversity at every level of our organisation. Samaritans is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are. To ensure Samaritans is representative of those we support and who support us, we particularly welcome applications from disabled, racialised minority and LGBTQ+ candidates, as these people are under-represented at Samaritans.

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H elp us shape a recruitment journey where everyone feels they belong.

To apply, please complete the application questions and submit your CV with a brief supporting statement. We kindly ask that you don’t rely on AI tools for your application answers, or to generate interview answers. We want to see your own unique ideas and writing skills. We want your application to stand out from the rest and showcase your own strengths.

Due to the timeframes for this role, we’re only able to consider candidates who can start within one month of offer.

Applications close: 9am on Wednesday 06August

Hybrid: Homeworking and Surrey office working