Group Head of Talent Acquisition (FTC)

Department: People

Location: London (Vadella) - Hybrid

Description

Vadella is a growing group, and bringing the right people in is central to where we're going next. This role owns recruitment delivery across all our operating companies. You'll be responsible for a group hiring target, delivered personally and through the TA Coordinator team you lead.

The people we hire across the Vadella Group are mostly skilled field and technical specialists, from asbestos surveyors and water hygiene engineers to building safety roles such as Principal Designers. We also hire into the commercial and support teams that keep each operating company running.

The best candidates for these roles often aren't actively looking and won't be found on the usual job sites. We need someone who is genuinely creative about where and how we reach the right people. It's a hands-on role. You'll recruit for these positions yourself as well as leading a team to do so.

This is a remote role, with some travel required. You'll spend time with our operating companies, particularly as you settle into the role, and occasionally join the Vadella team at our London head office.

Why join us
You'll be building talent acquisition across a growing group, not inheriting someone else's process. You'll work directly with our Chief People Officer and the Managing Directors of each operating company, so your work will be visible and you'll see the difference it makes. This is a 12 month fixed-term contract opportunity (FTC).

What you'll be doing

Delivering the hiring plan

• Own the group hiring plan end to end and deliver against it, working directly with Managing Directors and hiring managers across our operating companies.
• Recruit for your own roles, with a focus on field and technical specialists.
• Keep hiring moving at pace, from brief through to offer and start date.
  

Finding the right people

• Find and attract candidates beyond the usual channels, including local communities, referrals, training routes and ex-forces networks.
• Build talent pools ahead of need rather than starting from scratch every time a role opens.
• Bring market insight to the table on salary, availability and what candidates in these markets care about.
  

Partnering with our operating companies

• Build strong relationships with Managing Directors and hiring managers, and challenge constructively when a brief, process or offer won't land.
• Help hiring managers interview well and make good decisions quickly.
• Make sure every candidate has a positive experience of us, whether they're hired or not.
  

Leading the TA team

• Line manage and develop the TA Coordinator team, set clear priorities and hold the team to high standards.
  

Strategy and insight

• Work with the Chief People Officer to shape our talent acquisition strategy as the group grows.
• Use hiring data to track progress, spot opportunities early and give leaders a clear view of where things stand.
• Feed into our employer brand work with the People Experience team, so what we say to candidates reflects what it's actually like to work here.
  
  

What success looks like in your first year

Roles across the group are being filled at pace, and our Managing Directors trust the process. We're reaching candidates we couldn't reach before. Leaders have a clear, reliable view of hiring. The TA Coordinator team is running well without needing you in every detail.

About you

• Strong recruitment experience, in-house or agency, including leading or coaching others.
• A track record of recruiting field-based, technical or skilled trade roles in candidate-short markets.
• Real examples of creative sourcing that went beyond job boards and paid off.
• Confidence working with senior leaders, including holding hiring managers to account.
• Comfortable using data to manage a pipeline and report on progress.

Desirable

• Experience in compliance, testing and inspection, building services, facilities management or construction.
• Experience working across multiple sites or companies, ideally in a growing or acquisitive business.
• Involvement in employer brand or setting up recruitment processes from scratch.
  

You'll be someone who gets things done and doesn't wait to be told. You're as comfortable picking up the phone to a candidate as you are sitting down with a Managing Director. You'll want to build something, and you'll enjoy seeing the difference it makes.

This role is powered by Vadella - a growing group of specialist compliance businesses in fire safety, water hygiene, asbestos, HVAC and health & safety, giving you the backing and opportunities of a bigger group.


We assess every application on its merits and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.