Talent Partner

Talent Partner
Location: Burgess Hill or York (hybrid)
Salary: £30,400 – £34,000 depending on experience
Hours: 35 hours per week, permanent

Shape how we hire, not just who we hire.

At Brainkind, we support people living with brain injury to rebuild their lives. That work depends on getting the right people into the right roles, at pace, across a complex, multi-site organisation. We’re looking for a Talent Partner to own a high-volume pipeline and make our hiring sharper, faster and fairer.

The role

You’ll run end-to-end recruitment for a live pipeline of vacancies across the charity. You’ll source, screen and hire directly, and partner with leaders and hiring managers to plan ahead instead of reacting. Where a role is hard to fill or business-critical, you’ll map the market and build the pipeline before the vacancy lands.

You’ll also fix what slows hiring down. That means streamlining our process, improving the hiring manager and candidate journey in Dayforce, and using data to show where candidates drop off and why. You’ll mentor our Talent Administrator and help run a recruitment operation that is compliant, consistent and well run.

What you’ll do

• Own a high-volume pipeline and give leaders clear sight of priorities and progress
• Source, screen and recruit across active vacancies, using LinkedIn, CV Library, Indeed and direct approaches
• Partner with hiring managers on workforce planning, forecasting and vacancy prioritisation
• Build talent maps and pipelines for hard-to-fill and critical roles
• Track time-to-hire, interview drop-off, offer acceptance and offer-to-start conversion, and act on what the numbers show
• Champion inclusive recruitment and monitor diversity across the hiring lifecycle
• Build reporting by role type, location and function to inform workforce decisions
• Shape our Dayforce recruitment module so it works for managers, candidates and our data

What you’ll bring

• In-house recruitment or talent acquisition experience, with accountability for a structured pipeline
• A track record on recruitment metrics: time-to-hire, offer acceptance, conversion
• Strong stakeholder, negotiation and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge hiring decisions
• Hands-on experience with recruitment systems and sourcing tools, and good Microsoft Office skills
• Experience of structured interviewing, inclusive selection or assessment tools
• A process-driven mindset and a drive to improve how things work
• Evidence of ongoing development in recruitment, talent or HR

It would help if you have a CIPD or recruitment qualification, experience of high-volume hiring, or a background in healthcare, social care or contingent workforce.

What we offer

• Salary of £30,400 – £37,400, depending on experience
• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days a year
• Simply Health plan to help cover routine healthcare costs
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Company pension and group life assurance
• Training and development to grow your career
• Eye voucher scheme
• Long service and staff awards
• Free parking

We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.