Recruitment Business Partner

Company: TP
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Location: Gateshead
Job Description:

As a Recruitment Business Partner, you’ll own the end-to-end recruitment journey for operational roles across your campaign area, ensuring Teleperformance is consistently seen as an employer of choice. You’ll play a critical role in attracting, engaging, and hiring large numbers of top-quality agents and support roles to support our fast-growing operations as well as driving social value sourcing initiatives.

You’ll act as a trusted advisor and business partner, collaborating closely with stakeholders across Operations, HR, Training, and Workforce Management to deliver recruitment strategies that meet both business and client needs. Your focus: fast, efficient, and high-quality recruitment. You’ll support the growth and management of our offshore teams to ensure they work to the required standard.

The role requires you to be on site a minimum of 3 days per week.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

  • Lead the full lifecycle recruitment process for large-scale operational hires, from role briefing and sourcing to offer and onboarding.
  • Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements and create strategies that attract large volumes of qualified candidates quickly.
  • Source candidates proactively across multiple channels including job boards, social media, professional networks, schools, and referrals. Work in partnership with the Recruitment Delivery Manager and/or Sourcing Manager.
  • Screen, interview when required, and assess candidates to ensure the right fit for each role, while maintaining efficiency to meet high-volume targets.
  • Coordinate pre‑employment checks (backgrounds, references, etc.) to ensure compliance and smooth onboarding for all.
  • Maintain accurate recruitment data in the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and provide regular reporting on recruitment metrics and KPIs.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external recruitment partners to ensure recruitment goals are met.
  • Deliver a world‑class candidate experience, acting as a brand ambassador at every touchpoint.
  • Continuously improve recruitment processes, tools, and strategies to drive efficiency, quality, and scalability.
  • Be a partner to your segment of the business, supporting strategy and high‑quality recruitment for your assigned clients.
  • Support offshore resource development and upskilling.
  • Drive and grow our social value standing, providing insight and analysis to diversify pipelines and maintain good data.

What You’ll Bring – Essential Criteria

  • Proven experience delivering high-volume recruitment as the lead recruiter, in a BPO or fast-paced operational environment.
  • Experience managing recruitment for operational roles at scale (agents, customer service, or call centre positions).
  • Experienced in leading a team of recruiters or recruitment administrators as part of a recruitment function.
  • Experienced in recruiting social value candidates and/or working in social value employment.
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment, managing competing priorities while maintaining quality.
  • Knowledge of UK employment law and recruitment compliance practices is strongly preferred.
  • Proficiency in ATS platforms (e.g., iCIMS, JobTrain, Taleo, SAP) and Microsoft Office tools.
  • Excellent problem-solving, organisation, and time-management skills.

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Posted: March 20th, 2026