Talent Acquisition Specialist - 9 month FTC

Are you available immediately and looking for a varied Talent Acquisition role recruiting everything from entry level through to C-suite level vacancies across the UK, Ireland and Nordics?

If you're passionate about finding great talent, building strong stakeholder partnerships, and elevating recruitment standards across a global organisation-we'd love to hear from you.

Please note this is a 9-month fixed term contract, that's a hybrid opportunity based in / around Coventry/Midlands with flexibility on your base location, visibility on across sites and travel is an essential part of the role.

This is a full 360 internal recruitment role where you'll need to be able to hit the ground running, have confidence in your recruitment expertise and be proactive in your approach.

With a broad scope, your role will include:

• Acting as a trusted advisor to HR, business leaders and hiring managers


• Managing full lifecycle recruitment-from briefing and sourcing to interviews, assessments, compliance steps and offer management.


• Designing tailored hiring strategies for each vacancy


• Proactively sourcing candidates (active and passive) using social media, talent pools, market mapping, networking, and the ATS.


• Representing the company at careers events, job fairs and industry networking opportunities.


• Maintaining high-quality data in the ATS, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and effective reporting.


• Managing agency and supplier relationships, negotiating terms and ensuring service excellence.


• Leading a smooth feedback and offer process, working closely with hiring managers to ensure timely candidate communication.


• Championing a great candidate and hiring manager experience, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.


• Providing up-to-date market insights to hiring managers and HR partners to guide workforce decisions.


• Supporting TA projects across Europe, such as employer branding, ATS enhancements, interview training, ED&I initiatives and social media campaigns.

We're looking for proactive individual who can demonstrate:

• Strong end-to-end recruitment experience in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.


• A combination of agency and inhouse experience. (Desirable)


• Proven capability to manage recruitment from entry level to C-suite across multiple functions; strong experience within operations and engineering is highly desirable.


• Confidence using ATS platforms, sourcing tools and assessment methods.


• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and negotiation skills.


• Ability to prioritise, deliver at pace, and maintain a high-quality candidate experience.


• Professionalism, integrity, and a collaborative mindset.

Please also note:

• Travel: Full UK driving licence and own vehicle required for travel between sites.

This is a great opportunity and the process will be moving quickly - do reach out if you have any questions or would like more information!

Location:

Coventry (or potential to be based at other sites in/around the Midlands area)

Duration:

9-month fixed term contract

Hours :

Monday-Friday 37.5 hours per week with flexible start/finish times

Salary:

Negotiable

EA First Ltd are acting as an Employment Agency for this fixed term contract vacancy.

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