Senior Talent Specialist

Department: Operations, Talent & Support

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Manchester, UK

Description

About us

We're Transform.

Transform is a fresh alternative to Big Consulting. As an end-to-end transformation partner, we define, design, build and operate systems that solve our clients’ toughest challenges and seize their biggest opportunities. That often means combining strategy, data, AI, technology, and change management. Sometimes we manage and operate the systems we create; other times, we hand it over for the client to run – standing by to make improvements when things change. It all comes down to making an impact: improving lives, supporting citizens, streamlining workflows, and making the world a better place. We specialise in public sector and public-facing organisations—from government agencies and local authorities to energy, utilities, transportation and healthcare. We also work for some of the world’s most dynamic brands across automotive, retail, financial services, and consumer goods. We work closely (often on site) with our clients; to deliver impact you are keen to help us build the workforce of the future, we should talk.

We’re all in! That's what gets us out of bed every day. We hope you feel the same.

The role

We are looking for a new in-house Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to join us.

You will be joining an experienced team, led by the Head of Talent & Workforce Planning. You’ll work across all areas of Transform and be responsible for both permanent & freelance hiring across roles in our Technology, Research & Service Design, Data & AI, Product & Delivery and Consulting practices. Our critical markets are trade, education, health, justice, energy, transport & local government.

Our people are integral to our success, and your role is as the ambassador for our brand in a highly competitive market. Hiring diverse, curious, enterprising talent that want to make a difference. This is a great opportunity for a Senior TAS to deliver on our talent strategy and ensure we are first choice for talent across a variety of digital, data, consulting and technology areas.

We are looking for someone who knows the market in which we operate and understands how building a network and a talent pipeline is so critical to being able to meet the day-to-day challenges of a fast-paced growing consultancy.

Key Responsibilities

Manage full end to end recruitment lifecycles. Working with hiring managers and practices to determine scope of role and hiring strategy
Building a talent pipeline and direct candidate sourcing
Build relationships across the associate (freelance) network to increase more direct sourcing. Building associate engagement to improve time to hire from associate pool
Building and maintaining positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Manage & maintain our recruitment ATS system, Pinpoint
Conduct market research – Provide data on market trends to include, but not limited to; salary and day rates, candidate availability, emerging risks and opportunities
Contribute to project led activities such as employer value proposition
Be data driven – use data such as DE&I stats to propose and promote positive activities to ensure we continue to attract a diverse workforce
Attend and organise events such as tech hiring events, hackathons, and university partnerships to proactively engage with top-tier talent to continuously enable strong pipeline management
Network and build relationships to ensure access to a diverse market of talent for current and future business needs

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Experience working in a fast-paced high volume in house recruitment role, with experience working closely with hiring managers and wider leadership teams, to define requirements, recruitment process and then deliver on positive outcomes
Experienced in end-to-end processes both permanent and freelance hiring
Experienced at managing competing priorities with multiple roles (volume), managing to end to end recruitment lifecycle
Have experience scoping and managing hiring strategies with key stakeholders
Adaptable to changing needs and priorities, able to work in a fast-paced environment
You will need to have experience working across a minimum of three of the technical disciplines (Development, DevOps and Data roles) and non-technical disciplines (Service Design, User Research, UX Design, Consulting and Delivery roles)
Experience pipelining and talent pooling
Proactive and passionate about what you do
Highly tuned stakeholder management
Ability to build strong relationships with a diverse group of people at all levels in the organisation
Ability to write compelling job ads to ensure the right candidate attraction
Manage hiring stats and work to targets such as time to hire, quality and use the data to make recommendations for continuous improvement
Strong oral and written communication skills
You’ll have a growth mindset
You are AI curious and ready to embrace opportunities

Desirable Skills/Experiences:

Experience working within the consultancy industry
Experience with public sector clients
Understanding of how to translate a SoW into a compelling proposition to attract the right skills

Our culture and benefits

Our culture is built on:

We raise the bar
We look out for each other
We embrace our differences
We shape a changing world
We’re all in

Our benefits include:

Holiday entitlement, 28 days with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days (note that 3 days are held for Christmas holidays)
Day off (on or in the week of) your birthday
Pension eligibility, up to 5% matched contributions
Private healthcare
Life assurance
Enhanced maternity and enhanced paternity and shared parental leave
Cycle to work schemes
Gym & retail discounts
Regular social events/activities
A range of other benefits from our flexible benefits package

At Transform, you can expect meaningful work, with real impact and the space to grow as people as well as a professional.

You’ll work alongside curious, authentic experts who care deeply about doing the right thing, for our clients and for each other with no egos, no blame, and no standing on the sidelines.

We’re all in on creating an environment where people feel supported, included and trusted to do their best work. In return, we ask for curiosity, honesty and a willingness to lean into learning, quality, teamwork, and to making change that truly lasts.

We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all, and we actively seek applications from all ethnicities, orientations, beliefs, gender identities + those with neurodiverse traits and disabilities. We want you to have the best opportunity to show us who you are and what you can do. Please do let us know if you need any adjustments now or at any point in the recruitment process.

If this sounds like you, please get in touch to discuss in more detail.

Use of AI in CV and Interviews
We value authenticity and transparency in our hiring process. To ensure fairness and accuracy in assessing your skills and experience, we ask that you refrain from using AI-assisted tools to generate answers during the application process or within interviews.

We are looking for genuine insights into your abilities, experiences, and personality. Any misrepresentation through AI-generated content may impact our ability to make an informed decision.

We look forward to getting to know the real you!

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