Talent Acquisition Lead 

• Annual Salary: £35K-£39K DOE 
• Location: Croydon
• Job Type: Full-time

We are seeking a Talent Acquisition Lead to lead the full spectrum of talent acquisition, resourcing, and workforce planning activities across the business. This pivotal role will transform recruitment from a reactive, transactional process to a proactive, strategic function. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring our organisation attracts, selects, and retains high-quality staff aligned with our curriculum delivery, learner growth, and strategic priorities.

Day-to-day of the role:

• Strategic Recruitment Leadership:
  • Lead all recruitment, resourcing, and workforce planning activities, ensuring alignment with curriculum delivery needs, learner growth, and strategic priorities.
  • Shift recruitment from transactional hiring to proactive talent acquisition.
• Talent Acquisition & Resourcing:
  • Manage end-to-end recruitment processes for academic, support, and leadership roles.
  • Develop job postings that are inclusive and tailored to the business.
  • Oversee shortlisting, interviewing, and selection processes, ensuring high-quality practices.
  • Train and support hiring managers in effective recruitment practices.
  • Ensure compliance with safer recruitment and safeguarding standards.
• Workforce Planning:
  • Develop and maintain a comprehensive workforce plan that considers curriculum growth, funding changes, learner numbers, and skills shortages.
  • Analyse trends in vacancies, turnover, and hard-to-fill roles to support strategic staffing decisions.
• Employer Branding & Attraction:
  • Enhance the company's employer brand to improve recruitment and retention.
  • Promote the company as an employer of choice within their sector.
  • Build relationships with sector bodies, job centres, and professional networks.
• Early Careers & Talent Pipelines:
  • Lead initiatives for campus recruitment and early careers, focusing on building talent pipelines for critical roles.
  • Support pathways from industry to education, enhancing routes into further education teaching.
• Data & Reporting:
  • Monitor key recruitment metrics such as time to hire, cost per hire, and quality of hire.
  • Provide data-driven insights to senior leadership to inform planning and decision-making.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Proven experience in recruitment or resourcing, ideally within the education or public sector.
• Expertise in workforce planning and data-driven decision-making.
• Level 5 CIPD qualification 
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• A deep understanding of the further education context, including safeguarding and equality legislation.

If this role is of interest, please apply today.