Talent Acquisition Lead

Talent Acquisition Lead

North London | 5 Days On-Site

Up to £50,000 + Benefits

Permanent Position

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Talent Acquisition Lead to join a growing multi-site business during a period of expansion. This newly created role offers the chance to build and shape the recruitment function while supporting workforce growth, new openings, and talent acquisition strategy across the UK.

The Role

This is a hands-on Talent Acquisition position with responsibility for delivering end-to-end recruitment, developing talent pipelines, improving hiring processes, enhancing employer branding, and driving recruitment system improvements.

You will work closely with key stakeholders across the business to ensure high-quality hiring outcomes while supporting future growth plans.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from vacancy briefing through to offer and onboarding.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines through direct sourcing, headhunting, networking and referrals.
• Partner with hiring managers to develop effective recruitment strategies and workforce plans.
• Improve recruitment processes, candidate experience and direct hiring capability.
• Support onboarding, probation management and new starter integration.
• Produce recruitment reports, metrics and hiring dashboards.
• Lead the implementation and optimisation of recruitment systems and ATS platforms.
• Support employer branding initiatives and recruitment marketing activities.
• Ensure compliance with Right to Work requirements and recruitment best practice.
• Manage relationships with recruitment agencies and external partners.

About You

• Previous experience in Talent Acquisition, Internal Recruitment or Recruitment.
• Strong experience managing end-to-end recruitment processes.
• Confident in direct sourcing, headhunting and talent mapping.
• Experience working within hospitality, restaurants, retail, leisure or other multi-site environments would be highly advantageous.
• Comfortable building relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience using ATS platforms and recruitment reporting tools.
• Strong organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of Skilled Worker sponsorship processes would be beneficial but is not essential.
• Additional language skills, particularly Mandarin Chinese or a European language (such as French, Spanish, Italian or German), would be advantageous.

Package & Benefits

Salary up to £50,000 DOE

28 days annual leave

Company pension scheme

Free on-site parking

Staff discounts

Skilled Worker visa sponsorship available

Opportunity to build and develop a Talent Acquisition function from the ground up

Join a growing organisation with ambitious expansion plans

If you're a proactive Talent Acquisition professional looking for an opportunity to make a real impact and shape recruitment strategy within a growing business, I'd love to hear from you.