Freelance Talent Partner / Recruiter (c.£450 a day) in Cheltenham

The Company
Our client is a well funded tech startup that’s developing autonomous systems for a new front. With hugely impressive and record breaking backgrounds, the founding team is building a business and range of products that stand out.

The Role
The freelance/interim/FTC Talent Partner will design and structure the talent environment and lead the hiring activities ensuring the organisation can scale effectively while maintaining culture and high levels of performance. This is a ‘roll the sleeves up’ position focused on the definition and implementation of robust recruitment processes and tools and then hands-on recruiting.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the founders and chief of staff to define and prioritise hiring needs.
• Actively run end to end recruitment processes to fill critical technical roles, primarily engineering focused (hardware, software and radio frequency (RF)).
• Source passive candidates using various tools, data, and lateral thinking, managing active candidate pipelines to secure A player talent.
• Build and run structured and inclusive hiring/interview processes to maximise success rates and promote hiring best practices across the business.
• Manage the offer processes end to end – preparation of offers, delivery, negotiation and closure.
• Manage external recruitment agency/executive search relationships where necessary to fulfil niche headcount requirements.
• Drive a data-led approach to recruitment, presenting hiring metrics, pipeline health and insights to stakeholders to inform decisions and process improvements.
• Act as a consummate ambassador for the business, continuously improving the candidate experience and elevating the employer brand.

The Candidate

Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in end to end recruitment roles - on the agency side or inhouse – including some prior experience of hiring technical profiles (ideally hardware and software engineers).
• Experience in a startup/high-growth technology company in a talent acquisition/recruiter role is vital.
• Strong understanding of interviewing best practice.
• Deep knowledge of sourcing/ATS/recruitment technologies is vital.

Capability

• Able to be strategic (credible with and valuable to the founders and investors) but happy to be operational in a hands-on fashion most of the time.
• Strong judgement in hiring decisions, the implementation of frameworks and processes, and how best to represent the business.

Mindset

• Pragmatic, logical, low ego.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, innately adaptable, someone who relishes taking on a broad range of tasks.
• Self-motivated, happy to take the initiative.

Location/Logistics
Our client is situated in rural east Gloucestershire/the Cotswolds. We expect the Talent Partner to be in the office at least 2 days a week to build relationships with the team, understand the business, and interview candidates in person when needed. The Talent Partner could join on a contract or permanent basis. The role is likely to be 3 days a week at first, with the possibility of becoming 4 days a week as the business grows.