Are you passionate about finding great people and shaping exceptional hiring experiences? Bromford Flagship LiveWest is looking for a talented Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our growing People directorate and play a pivotal role in securing the skills we need to help people and communities thrive.
Key Responsibilities:
As a Talent Acquisition Specialist you will:
- Partner with a defined HR Services workstream, developing expert knowledge of its roles, skills, and resourcing needs.
- Deliver end‑to‑end recruitment across your business area, ensuring campaigns are well‑designed, targeted, and reflective of our culture and values.
- Use labour market insights and internal workforce planning data to design attraction strategies that secure both immediate and long‑term talent.
- Advise and support hiring managers, helping shape effective role design, selection methods, and candidate assessment processes.
- Ensure a professional, efficient and engaging candidate experience, acting as an ambassador for Bromford Flagship as an employer of choice.
- Build and maintain talent pipelines, collaborating with the Academy and Culture & OD teams to ensure future skills requirements are planned for.
- Use recruitment data and feedback to evaluate performance, identify improvements, and strengthen our talent acquisition approach.
This is a varied and rewarding role for someone who thrives in a fast‑paced environment, enjoys partnering closely with managers, and is passionate about delivering excellent recruitment outcomes.
Why Join Bromford Flagship LiveWest:
Working at Bromford Flagship LiveWest means joining a purpose‑led, values‑driven organisation where your work has real impact. You’ll be part of a supportive team, have opportunities to develop your expertise, and contribute directly to shaping the workforce that enables our communities to thrive.
This role is being offered on a full time, permanent basis working 37 hours per week. Hybrid working is available for this role working 2 - 3 days per week in the office, dependent on business need.
We are open to applications from talented professionals based across our operating areas in the West and Midlands area - reflecting our geographically diverse organisation and flexible ways of working.
To be successful in your application for the role of Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will have the following role specific skills and experience:
- Proven experience in end‑to‑end recruitment, ideally across a range of specialist and operational roles.
- Strong relationship‑building skills, enabling effective partnerships with hiring managers and stakeholders.
- Knowledge of recruitment best practice, employment legislation, and modern attraction techniques.
- Confidence using recruitment systems, tools and data to track performance and drive improvements.
- Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage candidates at all levels.
- An understanding of specialist labour markets and the ability to apply targeted sourcing strategies.
- A full UK driving licence.
- GCSE‑level education.
- Desirable: CIPD or recruitment qualification (Level 3+).
Please note: This role is not eligible for CoS. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the role without requiring a CoS.
Our Reward and Benefits:
- Working Style: Hybrid working with 2 - 3 days in the office to support your work/life balance.
- Generous Annual Leave: Start with 26 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with length of service - and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days (pro rated for part time roles).
- Pension Contributions: Enjoy up to 9% employer contributions with our Defined Contribution scheme.
- Health Benefits and Perks: Access to a health care cash plan (worth up to £1,100 annually), virtual GP services, discounted gym memberships, and retail discounts including access to a Blue Light Card.
- Learning and Development: Invest in your future with ongoing personal and professional growth opportunities.
- Family Support: Policies designed to help you balance work and family life, including a new child payment.
- Wellbeing Matters: Prioritise your health with mental health support, enhanced sick pay, wellness campaigns, and free flu jabs.
- Smarter Travel: Save with our Cycle to Work and Car Benefit schemes.
- Giving Back: Up to four paid volunteering days a year to support our communities.
About Us:
We are Bromford Flagship LiveWest, a place-based affordable housing provider operating across the Southwest, West, Midlands and East of England. We serve more than 300,000 customers and manage over 120,000 homes, making us one of the UK’s largest and most ambitious providers of affordable homes. Our purpose is about more than housing - it’s about enabling people and communities to thrive.
We are proud of our people and the difference they make every day. With around 5,500 colleagues working across diverse locations, we support our customers through great services, innovative thinking and a commitment to place-based working.
What We Do:
At Bromford Flagship LiveWest we:
- deliver and maintain social and affordable housing;
- design and build thousands of new homes each year;
- invest in neighbourhoods, wellbeing and community outcomes;
- work collaboratively with partners to create places where people can truly thrive.
