Talent Acquisition Advisor

Purpose of the Role

The Talent Acquisition Advisor is responsible for delivering end-to-end recruitment activity across Ishida Europe, ensuring the organisation attracts, engages and appoints high-calibre talent.

The role will lead operational recruitment activity, reduce reliance on recruitment agencies and support the future talent agenda through the development of early careers programmes, apprenticeships, graduate recruitment and education partnerships.

The postholder will act as a trusted recruitment advisor to hiring managers, delivering an excellent candidate experience whilst supporting Ishida's wider people and growth strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Recruitment Delivery

Manage end-to-end recruitment activity across all functions.

Partner with hiring managers to understand workforce requirements.

Conduct vacancy briefing meetings and create recruitment plans.

Draft and publish job adverts.

Source candidates directly through LinkedIn, job boards and networking.

Screen, shortlist and interview candidates.

Coordinate assessment and selection processes.

Manage offer and onboarding activity.

Ensure compliance with employment legislation and recruitment best practice.

Talent Attraction

Develop proactive talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill roles.

Build and maintain candidate databases.

Support the development of Ishida's employer brand.

Create engaging recruitment content for social media and careers platforms.

Represent Ishida at recruitment, networking and careers events.

Early Careers & Future Talent

Lead Ishida's Early Careers programme.

Develop relationships with local schools, colleges and universities.

Coordinate apprenticeship recruitment activities.

Support graduate and placement recruitment campaigns.

Attend careers fairs and STEM engagement events.

Promote career opportunities within manufacturing, engineering and business support functions.

Develop succession pipelines for future organisational capability.

Agency Management

Manage relationships with external recruitment agencies.

Negotiate recruitment terms and fees.

Monitor agency performance and spend.

Drive a direct sourcing strategy to reduce recruitment costs.

Recruitment Systems & Reporting

Utilise recruitment technology and applicant tracking systems.

Support the implementation and management of recruitment platforms.

Produce regular recruitment reports and dashboards.

Monitor key metrics including:

Time to Hire

Cost per Hire

Agency Spend

Source of Hire

Candidate Satisfaction

Vacancy Fill Rate

Continuous Improvement

Review and improve recruitment processes.

Identify opportunities to automate and streamline administration.

Support wider HR projects as required.

Stay informed of recruitment market trends and employment legislation.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience managing end-to-end recruitment activity.

Experience sourcing candidates directly through LinkedIn and other channels.

Experience partnering with hiring managers.

Experience managing multiple vacancies simultaneously.

Experience using recruitment systems and reporting tools.

Desirable

Experience within manufacturing, engineering or technical recruitment.

Experience delivering apprenticeship or graduate programmes.

Experience managing agency supplier relationships.

Experience with employer branding initiatives.

Knowledge & Skills

Strong stakeholder management skills.

Excellent communication and influencing ability.

Commercial awareness.

Strong organisational and planning skills.

Analytical and reporting capability.

Ability to build relationships internally and externally.

Good working knowledge of UK employment legislation.

Behaviours

Proactive and solutions focused.

Customer focused.

Collaborative.

Organised and resilient.

Continuous improvement mindset.

Passionate about attracting and developing talent.