Location: London hybrid (Finsbury Pavement) Reports to: Head of Talent Acquisition Type: Full-time, permanent
We're looking for a Talent Acquisition Lead to drive the growth of our London office by finding, engaging, and securing the best talent in our markets. This is a hands-on, high-impact role for someone who thrives on networking, proactive headhunting, and building genuine relationships with candidates long before a role ever opens. You'll own the end-to-end hiring experience for a range of roles - with a particular focus on 360 recruiters, recruitment managers, delivery recruiters, and embedded recruiters - while shaping how we attract and engage talent across the business.
This isn't a role for someone who waits for applications to land in an inbox. We need someone who is out in the market, building networks, mapping talent pools, and creating a pipeline of exceptional people before we need them.
Talent Attraction & Headhunting
Proactively source, network, and headhunt top-tier recruitment talent (360, management-level, delivery, and embedded recruiters) across our key markets
Build and maintain a strong personal network within the recruitment industry to create a consistent pipeline of passive talent
Develop and execute creative, proactive sourcing strategies rather than relying on inbound applications alone
Represent our employer brand externally, at events, on social platforms, and within recruitment communities - to raise our profile as an employer of choice
Recruitment Delivery
Own the full recruitment lifecycle for UK hiring, from role briefing through offer and onboarding
Partner closely with hiring managers and leadership across UK offices to understand growth plans and translate them into hiring strategies
Manage a high volume and high bar of hiring simultaneously, prioritizing effectively across multiple live roles
Candidate Experience
Deliver a best-in-class candidate experience at every touchpoint, ensuring candidates feel informed, valued, and engaged throughout the process
Act as a trusted advisor to candidates, providing honest, thoughtful guidance regardless of outcome
Continuously look for ways to improve and elevate the candidate journey
Systems & Process
Keep our CRM (Teamtailor) accurately and consistently updated - pipelines, candidate notes, statuses, and reporting
Use data and CRM insights to inform sourcing strategy, track pipeline health, and report on hiring progress
Contribute to continuous improvement of our TA processes, tools, and employer brand initiatives
Supporting Global Growth
Act as a strategic partner to the business, understanding the shape of UK & International office growth and building talent pipelines ahead of need
Provide market insight and intelligence (talent availability, competitor movement, salary benchmarking) to support hiring decisions
Proven experience as a recruiter or TA professional, ideally with a strong background in recruitment-to-recruitment (Rec2Rec) or staffing agency recruitment hiring
A genuine passion for and strength in networking and proactive headhunting — you build relationships before you need them, not after
Demonstrable experience hiring 360 recruiters, recruitment managers, delivery, and/or embedded recruiters
A track record of delivering a high-quality, candidate-first recruitment experience
Confident using an ATS/CRM (Teamtailor experience a strong plus) with excellent attention to data accuracy and hygiene
Strong stakeholder management skills, comfortable partnering with senior leaders across multiple offices
Highly organised, self-directed, and comfortable managing competing priorities in a fast-growing environment
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with genuine curiosity about people and markets
Strativ Group Perks:
No working hours
Base + bonus per hire
Unlimited holidays
24/7, 365 support: mental health, physical health, financial support, legal support, career coaching and more available through our partner app: Health Assured
Vitality Private Health cover after 6 months
Hybrid working
2x salary reviews per year
Enhanced parental leave – up to 9 months maternity and paternity
Monthly, quarterly and annual socials (expenses paid trips, meals, team days out etc)
Support from our Mission Control team (TA, L&D, Marketing, IT, HR, Finance, Contracts and Compliance…)
International travel opportunities
Branded merch
Run clubs, book clubs, culture squad and more!
