Salary: £100k + Equity options
Office Location: Central London
Working Pattern: Remote-first
Hawkwood are currently partnering with a VC-backed wellbeing start-up to hire a Talent Acquisition Lead! With over 50 employees globally and a remote-first culture, our client is building out their People and Talent function to support the next phase of growth. 📈
This is an exciting period of change for the business, and they are seeking a Talent Acquisition Leader who is passionate about fostering a high-performance culture. In addition to hands-on hiring, this role offers a unique opportunity to work closely with the Senior Leadership Team to shape the People strategy and lead key People projects. Reporting directly to the C-Suite, you will play a crucial role in defining both the Talent and People agenda.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Talent Acquisition Lead who thrives in being hands-on but also seeks to broaden their skillset into the People space. 🌱
The Role:
Talent Acquisition:
- Own the end-to-end hiring process for roles across the business, including Senior Leadership roles.
- Develop talent pipelines through sourcing, community engagement and referral generation.
- Finding and engage active/passive candidates through various channels.
- Lead in delivering the best recruitment process and candidate experience.
- Partner with senior stakeholders, helping them to understand the value of good Talent and People practices.
- Build and maintain an exceptional employer brand, enhancing the business reputation in the market.
People:
- Lead the ongoing development and refinement of the business EVP.
- Embed the values into hiring, performance management, and employee development processes.
- Champion initiatives that support remote working practices.
- Lead workforce planning and ensure hiring priorities align with business needs.
- Facilitate discussions with department heads to proactively manage talent gaps and forecast future requirements.
You will be a good fit if you have:
- Experience in managing the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle from engagement to offer.
- Evidence of successfully recruiting talent into a start-up with a high bar.
- A data-driven approach to capacity planning and workload management.
- Comfortable flexing between a strategic People and Talent role and being hands-on role across both day-to-day recruitment, people projects and BAU.
- Experience in shaping and fostering a high-performance, feedback-driven culture.
- Experience working within a start-up/VC-backed technology company.
We recognise how challenging this current job market is for candidates, and Hawkwood are therefore striving to provide the best candidate experience we can.
If you are interested in this opportunity, we kindly request that you apply via this LinkedIn advert, as opposed to sending us an email or LinkedIn direct message. We are eager to ensure that each candidate application is considered fairly, and receives a consistent experience. Unfortunately, we cannot ensure this standard if you enquire about a role via email or LinkedIn message, as it falls outside of our established process.
