Talent acquisition delivery partner

We are looking for a highly organised, commercially aware and delivery-focused Talent Acquisition Delivery Partner to take ownership of recruitment across a portfolio of clients and repeatable hiring requirements. Operating within a Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)-style model, this role will focus on delivering high-quality talent at pace, managing recruitment demand and building strong relationships with internal stakeholders, clients and external recruitment partners.

• Take end-to-end ownership of recruitment delivery across an allocated portfolio of clients, accounts and recurring hiring requirements.
• Manage multiple recruitment campaigns simultaneously, ensuring agreed hiring requirements are delivered within demanding timescales.
• Work closely with Resource Management, Delivery Leads and internal stakeholders to understand recruitment demand, priorities, required skills and anticipated timelines.
• Translate recruitment requirements into clear, actionable sourcing and delivery plans.
• Proactively manage recruitment pipelines, identifying potential risks, bottlenecks and opportunities to accelerate hiring.
• Balance speed of delivery with candidate quality, ensuring shortlisted candidates meet the technical, professional and behavioural requirements of each role.
• Maintain clear visibility of recruitment activity, progress and anticipated delivery dates.
• Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with internal hiring managers, Resource Management, Delivery Leads and other key stakeholders.
• Develop effective working relationships with external clients where required, understanding their recruitment expectations, priorities and delivery requirements.
• Act as the primary recruitment contact for allocated accounts, providing timely updates, market insight and practical solutions to recruitment challenges.
• Manage stakeholder expectations confidently, particularly where recruitment timelines, candidate availability or market conditions present challenges.
• Work collaboratively across teams to ensure recruitment activity is aligned with agreed business priorities and client commitments.
• Build productive relationships with external recruitment partners, ensuring they deliver against agreed quality, service and commercial expectations.
• Develop and maintain talent pools across recurring and predictable skill areas, ensuring suitable candidates can be engaged quickly when demand arises.
• Build a strong understanding of the skills, experience and capabilities most frequently required across allocated accounts.
• Move recruitment towards a proactive, pipeline-led approach rather than relying solely on reactive advertising and agency support.
• Use direct sourcing, professional networks, referrals and recruitment platforms to identify and engage relevant talent.
• Build ongoing relationships with prospective candidates, maintaining engagement even where immediate opportunities are unavailable.
• Collaborate with the wider Talent Acquisition team to share candidate networks, market intelligence and sourcing strategies.
• Identify opportunities to improve direct hiring capability and progressively reduce dependency on external recruitment agencies.
• Manage relationships with approved recruitment agencies and talent supply partners to support short-term and specialist recruitment requirements.
• Ensure external partners understand role requirements, client expectations, delivery timescales and candidate quality standards.
• Monitor partner performance against agreed service expectations, including speed, quality, responsiveness and candidate suitability.
• Make informed decisions about when to utilise external partners versus direct sourcing, balancing urgency, quality and cost.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen the partner network while developing a more sustainable internal talent pipeline.

• Experience in a Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Business Partner or recruitment delivery role, ideally within an RPO, managed recruitment service, professional services or similarly fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to manage multiple vacancies, stakeholders and recruitment priorities simultaneously.
• Strong track record of delivering recruitment requirements within short and demanding timescales.
• Exceptional relationship management and communication skills, with the confidence to engage and influence internal stakeholders, external clients and recruitment partners.
• Experience of proactive candidate sourcing and developing talent pipelines rather than relying exclusively on agency recruitment.
• Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to maintain accurate recruitment records.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end recruitment processes, including sourcing, screening, shortlisting, interview coordination and offer management.
• Ability to prioritise effectively, manage competing demands and remain delivery-focused in a changing environment.
• Commercial awareness, including an understanding of recruitment costs, supplier performance and the importance of efficient recruitment delivery.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Будет плюсом: Experience recruiting across technology, digital transformation, delivery management, business analysis or related professional services disciplines; Experience supporting multiple client accounts or recurring, high-volume recruitment requirements; Familiarity with RPO-style recruitment delivery models and service-level performance measures; Experience using Workable or comparable applicant tracking and recruitment management systems; Experience developing direct sourcing strategies that improve candidate availability and reduce agency dependency; Understanding of recruitment requirements within consultancy or client delivery environments

• Training – All team members are offered a number of options in terms of personal development, whether it is technical led, business acumen or methodologies. We want you to grow with us and to help us achieve more
• Private medical cover for you and your spouse/partner, offered via Vitality
• Discretionary bonus based on a blend of personal and company performance
• Holiday – You will receive 25 Days holiday, plus 1 day for Birthday and 1 day for your work anniversary in addition to UK bank holidays
• Electric Vehicle leasing with salary sacrifice
• Contributed Pension Scheme
• Death in service cover