About The Role

About the Role

We're looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our established Talent Acquisition team on a 6-month fixed-term contract. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced recruiter with a background in technology, IT or specialist recruitment who enjoys sourcing talent, managing recruitment processes and delivering a great candidate experience.

Working closely with our Senior Talent Acquisition Specialists, you'll play a key role in delivering recruitment across a range of technology-focused vacancies. While the Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist will lead stakeholder relationships and portfolio strategy, you'll be responsible for driving recruitment activity, proactively identifying talent and ensuring vacancies progress efficiently from attraction through to hire.

You'll utilise your market knowledge and sourcing expertise to build talent pipelines and engage high-quality candidates across a variety of technical and specialist disciplines. A significant part of the role will involve using LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing channels to identify and attract passive talent, supporting the delivery of current and future hiring requirements.

This is a busy and varied role where you'll manage multiple vacancies simultaneously, coordinate recruitment activity, maintain accurate data within our Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and ensure candidates receive a professional and positive experience throughout their journey. You'll also support our commitment to inclusive recruitment, helping to attract diverse talent and ensuring fair, consistent and objective hiring practices throughout the recruitment process.

About You

You'll be an experienced recruiter with a proven track record of delivering successful technology, IT or specialist recruitment campaigns, either within an agency environment or an in-house Talent Acquisition team. You will have a strong understanding of the technology talent market and be confident engaging with candidates across a range of specialist skill sets.

You'll be highly proficient in LinkedIn Recruiter and have a passion for sourcing, talent mapping and building talent pipelines. You'll know how to identify and engage passive candidates, create effective sourcing strategies and maintain momentum across multiple recruitment campaigns.

Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) is essential, along with strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a varied workload in a fast-paced environment. You'll be comfortable screening candidates, coordinating recruitment processes and maintaining accurate recruitment records and data. You'll also understand the importance of inclusive recruitment and be committed to delivering a fair and positive experience for every candidate.

We operate a hybrid working model, with this role requiring attendance at our Cobalt office for 1-2 days per week.

If you're looking for an opportunity to join an experienced and supportive team, make an immediate impact and further develop your expertise in technology and specialist recruitment, we'd love to hear from you.

About Us

The Newcastle Building Society Group comprises of Newcastle Building Society, Manchester Building Society, Newcastle Financial Advisers and Newcastle Strategic Solutions. Our purpose, connecting our communities with a better financial future inspires and directs our activities.

As an inclusive employer and member owned mutual, we aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We believe everyone should feel valued, respected, and celebrated for who they are, we want colleagues to feel this is a place they belong. A place to be you.

What do you get in return? As well as receiving a competitive annual salary based on above-market pay scales, our reward package includes:

Financial

Corporate bonus scheme (on target 5%, up to a maximum 10%)
Pension scheme (up to 9% employer contribution)
Annual performance related pay reviews
Colleague mortgage scheme
Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
Life assurance (4x salary) and income protection
Access to our financial advisers
Access to a range of high street and online discounts

Work/Life Balance

A 35 hour weekly contract
25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays (rises to 30 with length of service)
The option to buy and sell up to 5 days’ holiday
Above statutory family leave entitlement - 3 months full pay, 3 months half pay, regardless of gender or route to parenthood

Health and Wellbeing

Access to a health cash plan through a Medicash scheme
Access to an employee assistance programme
Free onsite gym at our Cobalt head office and access to discounted gyms
Two paid volunteering days’ each year
Cycle to work scheme

Recognising there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to recruitment, we’re committed to ensuring every candidate has the opportunity to showcase their full potential throughout the recruitment process. We strive to make our processes as accessible as possible, if there are any ways in which we can provide support or make adjustments, we would love to discuss this with you, you can contact your Recruiter for this vacancy at Charlie.mcelhinney@newcastle.co.uk