Talent acquisition partner in data centres

Era4 develops, owns and operates AI infrastructure across the UK, powered by renewable energy. Converting legacy industrial and energy sites into modern data-centre facilities, Era4 is combining brownfield regeneration opportunities with cleaner, efficient, scalable compute capacity for healthcare, research, finance, enterprise, and public-sector organisations Role Summary We’re looking for a proactive Talent Acquisition Partner to help us identify and attract specialist talent as we continue to grow.

• Manage a varied portfolio of vacancies, taking ownership from initial hiring brief through to offer and onboarding handover.
• Work closely with hiring managers and leadership to understand requirements, define candidate profiles and agree the right approach to each search.
• Translate specialist and technical requirements into targeted sourcing strategies, identifying the companies, sectors and talent pools most relevant to each role.
• Proactively source and approach talent through direct outreach and headhunting, engaging candidates rather than relying solely on applications.
• Develop talent pipelines for both live vacancies and anticipated hiring needs, supporting Era4’s current projects and future growth.
• Screen and assess candidates beyond the CV, understanding their experience, technical exposure, achievements and individual contribution.
• Own the candidate experience, keeping people engaged and recruitment processes moving effectively from first contact through to hire.
• Manage ATS and requisition activity while providing hiring managers with clear updates on pipelines, search progress, market insight and recruitment challenges.

• Proven experience recruiting specialist, technical or hard-to-fill roles within data centres, mission-critical infrastructure operations or closely related technical environments.
• Demonstrable headhunting and direct sourcing capability, with experience proactively identifying, approaching and engaging passive candidates.
• Confidence turning complex technical requirements into focused search strategies and talent pipelines.
• Experience managing multiple vacancies simultaneously, maintaining pace and attention to detail.
• Proven stakeholder management experience, with the confidence to work directly with hiring managers and senior leaders to understand and refine requirements.
• Ability to assess candidates beyond job titles, understanding their technical exposure, achievements and individual contribution.
• Confident communicator who can engage specialist candidates and clearly articulate complex opportunities.
• Experience using an ATS and sourcing tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, maintaining accurate candidate and requisition information.

• We work on a hybrid basis, with 1–2 days per week in our central London office.
• You’ll be joining a mission-driven start-up building critical national infrastructure, where operational excellence directly enables growth.
• This role offers high visibility with leadership, real autonomy and the chance to shape how a next-generation company operates at scale.