Talent Acquisition Consultant (Hybrid)

cord ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment consultancy seeks a Talent Acquisition Consultant / Partner to drive the end-to-end recruitment process across EMEA. The successful candidate will partner with business leaders to build robust talent pipelines and ensure a positive candidate experience. This role requires strong recruitment expertise, stakeholder management skills, and proficiency in using ATS and digital platforms for hiring. The ideal applicant is energetic and flexible, capable of thriving in a fast-paced environment, and committed to influencing best practices in recruitment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in delivering full life-cycle, in-house recruitment.
• Multi-country recruitment experience in EMEA with compliance awareness.
• Strong prioritization and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to understand business needs and attract candidates.
• Define and execute sourcing strategies for various roles.
• Manage and enhance candidate experience reflecting company culture.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Customer service

Stakeholder management

Interviewing

Negotiation skills

Time management

Organizational skills

Research/sourcing skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)

Job description

The Talent Acquisition Consultant / Partner is responsible for driving the end-to-end recruitment process for assigned openings, building a robust talent pipeline, and ensuring a positive candidate experience. This role acts as a trusted advisor to business leaders, shaping and executing recruitment strategies, and promoting Insulet as an employer of choice. The Consultant / Partner leverages market insights, data, and innovative sourcing to attract top talent across multiple countries, ensuring compliance and best practice in all activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with key stakeholders (business leaders, hiring managers, HR colleagues) to understand business needs and translate them into compelling narratives that attract top-tier candidates in highly competitive and international markets.
• Define and execute sourcing strategies based on required skills, roles, and locations, including direct sourcing, pipelining, networking, and vendor management.
• Provide recruitment research, competitive intelligence, and analysis, using internal and external market data and talent intelligence to influence decision-making.
• Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of high-quality candidates for leadership and specialist roles, using blended recruitment methodologies.
• Effectively lead hiring initiatives for new market entry, departmental builds, and restructures.
• Manage and enhance the candidate experience, ensuring all interactions reflect Insulet’s brand and culture.
• Ensure ATS is always up to date to capture metrics for all recruiting activities, using data to monitor performance and take appropriate action.
• Contribute to regional and global projects to transform the hiring experience.
• Conduct external benchmarking and talent mapping to understand the competitive recruiting landscape and influence best practices.
• Utilise social media and digital platforms to market roles, attract talent, and build online communities of target candidates.
• Ensure compliance with local employment laws, regulations, and best practices across EMEA and other relevant regions.

Skills & Competencies

• Demonstrable experience and success in delivering full life-cycle, in-house recruitment, ideally gained in life sciences
• Multi-country recruitment experience in EMEA, with strong awareness of recruitment markets, compliance, and regulations.
• Experienced in using talent insights and market intelligence to influence decision-making.
• Customer service focused and collaborative team worker, well organised, able to work autonomously and at speed.
• Ability to consistently deliver results and effectively manage multiple projects and candidates
• Energetic, flexible and proactive; a team member who can positively and productively impact strategic and tactical initiatives
• Strong prioritization skills, able to make decisions and anticipate future needs in a fast-paced and changing environment
• Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills and the ability to effectively interface with leaders
• Excellent research/sourcing skills, including Boolean, LinkedIn, and alternative search techniques.
• Effective relationship builder with excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Strong interviewing, negotiation, and offer management skills.
• Results-oriented self-starter with demonstrated time management and execution skills.
• Strong organisational skills with strong attention to detail, systems, and processes.
• Demonstrated expertise utilising Microsoft Office, Internet recruiting tools, and Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS).
• Role model and positive representative of the Company and Human Resources team.

Core Skills: Hiring, Brand, ATS, Social Media, Customer serviceOther Skills: Stakeholder Management, InterviewingSeniority: Senior, Lead