Talent Acquisition Coordinator (6 months Fixed Term)

**Department:** People **Location:** Home based, UK (with occasional travel to our London office) **Reports to:** Talent Acquisition and Development Manager **Hours:** 37.5 per week **Salary:** (Depending on experience) **Role Overview** We are looking for a talented Talent Acquisition Coordinator to join our growing People Team on a 6-month fixed-term contract. This is a fantastic opportunity for a proactive and highly organised coordinator to support a wide range of recruitment activity across the business. You will play a key role in helping us scale by supporting hiring for our core business roles, adapting your focus based on organisational priorities. Working closely with the Talent Acquisition and Development Manager and the Talent Acquisition Coordinator, you'll be part of a dynamic, fast-paced environment where requirements can shift, and collaboration across the Talent team is key. If you thrive in a varied role, enjoy managing multiple processes at pace and are excited about helping candidates have a great experience, we’d love to hear from you. **Key responsibilities:** - **Recruitment support (early stages):** Support the Talent Acquisition and Development Manager by owning key early-stage recruitment tasks for assigned roles. - **Posting new roles:** Post and manage engaging job descriptions via our Applicant Tracking System. - **Candidate shortlisting and sourcing:** Perform initial CV reviews and shortlist direct applications. - **Virtual screening:** Conduct early-stage screening interviews via Google Meet and review one-way video interviews, to help identify high-calibre candidates for the next interview stage. - **Interview scheduling and coordination:** Manage scheduling for multiple interviews, acting as the primary point of contact for candidates and internal stakeholders to ensure a seamless experience. - **Candidate experience and pipeline management:** Manage the candidate pipeline within the Applicant Tracking System, ensuring all candidates receive timely communication and a positive, engaging experience from initial contact through all stages of the hiring process. - **Proactive talent pipelining:** Help build and nurture a talent pipeline for future roles, guided by the Talent Acquisition and Development Manager. - **System administration:** Maintain the Applicant Tracking System with accuracy, ensuring compliance and clean data for reporting and analytics. **Candidate Specification:** **Essential** - Demonstrable, hands-on experience in a dedicated recruitment or Talent Acquisition role. - Proven ability to manage high-volume coordination and administrative tasks. - Experience in supporting early-stage recruitment processes for standard roles. - Experience with CV shortlisting, conducting screening interviews, interview coordination and pipeline management. - Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced, scale-up environment. - A proactive, positive attitude toward change. - Solutions focussed problem solver with strong attention to detail. - Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to convey information clearly and effectively to candidates and senior stakeholders. - Solid working experience managing an Applicant Tracking System to process candidates efficiently. - Experience in or understanding of the tech space. - Experience using AI tools. **Desirable** - Experience or a strong understanding of the Apprenticeships landscape. **Company Benefits:** - Pension with 4% matched contributions, opportunity to opt into salary sacrifice scheme - 25 days holiday + Flexi bank holidays + 1 day off on your birthday - A day for volunteering - Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave - Health & Wellbeing allowance of up to £30 per month - Annual Summer and Xmas events - Company socials including everything from Cambridge College formals, pub nights to team building events - CPD Allowance alongside quarterly reflections to ring fence time for development and growth - Private medical…