Salary 30,000 – 35,000
Talent Acquisition Partner
Salary 30,000 to 35,000 depending on experience
Permanent
Hybrid Home & Folkestone
Saga is looking for a talented Talent Acquisition Partner to join our proactive in-house recruitment team. This is a fantastic opportunity to build your career in a business where no two days are the same. From technology, data and marketing to finance, travel, insurance and contact centres, youll recruit across a wide variety of functions and gain exposure to a dynamic plc operating in regulated markets.
Youll join a small, collaborative team that works in a consultative way with hiring managers, balancing commercial needs with an excellent candidate experience. Were looking for someone who enjoys pace, variety and partnership, and who brings recruitment expertise from either a 360 agency environment or a varied in-house team.
At Saga, youll have the tools, support and brand behind you to deliver successful hiring campaigns and make a visible impact. If youre passionate about people, sourcing great talent and shaping outstanding recruitment experiences, this could be your next exciting move.
We work in a hybrid way at Saga, combining home working with time in the office. For this role, the team is typically based in Folkestone for around 2 to 3 days each week.
Role Responsibility
In this role, youll partner with teams across the Saga Group to recruit for a broad range of positions at different levels, each with its own skill set, criteria and stakeholder group. Youll play a key role in delivering effective, inclusive and commercially minded recruitment support, with responsibilities including:
Advising stakeholders on recruitment best practice and shaping attraction strategies across multiple channels
Delivering diverse candidate shortlists that give hiring teams access to the strongest available talent
Using proactive sourcing techniques, including headhunting and CV searching, to fully map and engage the market
Screening CVs and applications fairly against role criteria, and providing evidence-based insights to support hiring decisions
Delivering an exceptional candidate experience throughout the end-to-end recruitment journey
Creating compelling adverts tailored to the target market while acting as an external ambassador for the Saga brand
Supporting interviews and assessment days when required
Following recruitment processes and principles to ensure applicant data is handled securely and accurately within the ATS
Managing offers and rejections professionally, ensuring candidates who attend interviews receive timely communication
The Ideal Candidate
Youll already have experience in recruitment and a strong understanding of the hiring market, with hands-on involvement across the full recruitment lifecycle including advertising, screening, interviewing, offers and onboarding.
Youll also be able to demonstrate the following strengths:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the confidence to engage stakeholders at all levels across a plc business
A collaborative approach and a genuine enthusiasm for working as part of a team
Credibility as a recruiter, with a consultative style and the ability to add value to recruitment campaigns
A tenacious, solution-focused mindset and a commitment to balancing the needs of hiring managers and candidates
Strong problem-solving and information-gathering skills
The ability to review CVs and applications fairly, in line with role requirements and competencies
A strong understanding of sourcing, with a track record of using creative and effective methods to identify quality candidates directly
Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage high-volume hiring or hard-to-fill roles effectively
Outstanding relationship-building skills, enabling productive partnerships with both hiring managers and candidates
Desirable:
Working knowledge of an ATS, ideally Tribepad
Confidence using LinkedIn Recruiter as part of your sourcing approach
Saga Values: Make it Happen, Do the Right Thing, Customer First, Excellence Every Day, Our People Make Us Special
Package Description
At Saga we recognise that our people make us special. We believe our colleagues deserve rewards for the excellence they demonstrate every single day, that’s why we have put together an amazing benefits package for all colleagues.
BENEFITS AVAILABLE FOR THIS ROLE:
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Option to purchase additional leave – 5 extra days
- Pension scheme matched up to 10%
- Company performance related annual bonus – Up to 5%
- Life assurance policy on joining us, 4 x salary
- Wellbeing programme
- Colleague discounts including family discounts on cruises, holidays and insurance
- Range of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companies
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Grandparents leave
- Income protection
- Access to Saga Academy, our bespoke learning platform
About the CompanyOver the past 70 years we have become the UK’s specialist provider of products and services to people aged over 50 in the UK. The Saga brand has become one of the most recognised and trusted brands amongst UK consumers in this demographic, recognised for its high quality products and exceptional standards of service. These include cruises and holidays, insurance, personal finance and the Saga Magazine.At Saga we are committed to treating all employees fairly and to offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement. We value diversity not just because it is the right thing to do, but because diverse teams perform better.Fair consideration is given to applications from all applicants, including those with disabilities and those over who are over 50 as we are champions of age inclusivity. We are an official Disability Confident Committed employer and ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible and we will make reasonable adjustments as required. For more information on our DEI policies please visit our Saga Careers page.Saga does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the Talent Acquisition Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other company location. Saga will not be responsible for any fees related to CVs received in this unsolicited manner.Job Reference: saga/TP/135599/3484…