Talent Acquisition Specialist

Chelmsford, Essex
Office Angels

Talent Acquisition Specialist
46,000 per annum
Chelmsford, Essex
Monday-Thursday: 8:30am-5pm Friday: 8:30am-4:30pm

We are supporting our client in hiring an experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist to play a key role in shaping their People Services function. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a forward thinking organisation where you’ll have real influence, variety, and ownership.

What you’ll be doing:

• Overseeing a small team within the recruitment division.
• Leading the full recruitment cycle – from attraction and selection to onboarding – and partnering with hiring managers to deliver inclusive, well structured hiring processes.
• Managing temporary staffing needs and maintaining strong relationships with external partners.
• Overseeing all pre-employment checks, including right to work, references, enhanced DBS, ID, qualifications and employment history.
• Delivering a smooth onboarding journey, including offers, contracts, equipment, system access and induction.
• Ensuring compliance with employment law, statutory regulations and Home Office Sponsor Licence requirements.
• Supporting mandatory training processes, including rollout, compliance tracking and record management.
• Acting as a positive ambassador for the organisation’s employer brand through events, social content and community engagement.
• Using data and analytics to monitor trends, support reporting and ensure compliance with public sector duties.
• Leading key recruitment initiatives such as graduate schemes and trainee programmes.
• Contributing to wider HR projects, policy development and continuous improvement activities.
• Promoting an inclusive and supportive culture and challenging discrimination at every level.
• Providing support and deputising for the Executive Director of People & Organisational Development when needed.
• Participating in CPD and ensuring ongoing professional development.
• Working closely with senior leaders to modernise People Services and support a high performing workforce.
• Acting as the deputy staff safeguarding lead, maintaining the Single Central Record and ensuring full compliance with safeguarding and employment legislation.
• Carrying out additional duties in line with the needs of the senior leadership team.

The ideal candidate:

• Experience in talent acquisition, ideally within a fast paced environment, ideally education.
• Experience managing a team ideal.
• A creative marketer with a focus on attracting and retaining talent.
• Have strong digital marketing skills – from content creation to campaign optimisation.
• Passionate about the candidate experience and building inclusive hiring journeys.
• Excellent communication and relationship building abilities.
• You will hold a L5 qualification either in Recruitment & Selection, CIPD or relevant digital qualification.
• Experience in working within the education sector or regulated organisation ideal but not essential

This role is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Office Angels is an employment agency and business. We are an equal-opportunities employer who puts expertise, energy and enthusiasm into improving everyone’s chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, abilities and more. By showcasing talents, skills and unique experiences in an inclusive environment, we help individuals thrive. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.

Office Angels acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Office Angels UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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