Talent Specialist

Talent Specialist

Department: Operations, Talent & Support

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London, UK

Description We're Transform. Transform is a fresh alternative to Big Consulting. As an end-to-end transformation partner, we define, design, build and operate systems that solve our clients' toughest challenges and seize their biggest opportunities. That often means combining strategy, data, AI, technology, and change management. Sometimes we manage and operate the systems we create; other times, we hand it over for the client to run - standing by to make improvements when things change. It all comes down to making an impact: improving lives, supporting citizens, streamlining workflows, and making the world a better place. We specialise in public sector and public-facing organisations-from government agencies and local authorities to energy, utilities, transportation and healthcare. We also work for some of the world's most dynamic brands across automotive, retail, financial services, and consumer goods. In 2024, Transform acquired Cadence Innova, the UK's leading public sector change consultancy. The result is a fresh kind of partner: together, we're able to deliver change from the very first ideas through to deployment, building on our deep relationships at every level of government. We're part of the Next 15 group, a multi-national organisation spanning over 25 brands. We combine the financial robustness and breadth of services of a large organisation, with the nimbleness and innovation of a smaller brand. If you are keen to help us build the workforce of the future, we should talk. We're all in! That's what gets us out of bed every day. We hope you feel the same. The Role:

We are looking for a new in-house Talent Acquisition Specialist to join Transform's talent team. You will be joining an experienced team led by the Head of Talent. You'll work across all areas of Transform, with a focus on our fast-paced freelance hiring to augment our permanent team in projects across roles in our Technology, Research & Service Design, Data & AI, Product & Delivery and Consulting. Our critical markets are trade, education, health, justice, energy, transport & local government.

Our people are integral to our success and your role is as the ambassador for our brand in a highly competitive market. Hiring diverse, curious, enterprising talent that want to make a difference.

We are looking for someone who knows the market in which we operate and understands how building a network and a talent pipeline is so critical to being able to meet the day-to-day challenges of a fast-paced growing consultancy.

Key Responsibilities

• Building a talent pipeline and direct candidate sourcing
• Finding and sourcing candidates for freelance roles
• Sourcing candidates across our Technology, Data, Delivery, Consulting and Service Design practices to work in our key markets
• Building and maintaining positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Managing end to end recruitment lifecycle, from job briefing to offers
• Building relationships with and on a daily basis working with hiring managers
• Recruitment admin, booking interviews, placements, and onboarding
• Using and maintaining our ATS, Pinpoint and other recruitment systems

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• You will need to have experience working within a fast paced, high volume freelance recruitment, either agency or client side
• You will need to have experience working across a minimum of two of the technical disciplines (Development, DevOps and Data roles) and non-technical disciplines (Service Design, User Research, UX Design, Consulting and Delivery roles).
• Experience of the end-to-end process for freelance hires
• Proactive and passionate about what you do
• Able to work within a fast moving, changeable environment
• Highly tuned stakeholder management
• Ability to build strong relationships with a range of people
• Strong oral and written communication skills

Desirable Skills/Experiences:

• Experience working within the consultancy industry
• Experience with public sector
• Understanding of how to translate a SoW into a compelling proposition to attract the right skills
• Demonstratable evidence of working in an inside and outside IR35 environment

About us and our benefits Our culture is built on:

• Being one team, looking out for each other as a team
• The world never stops changing, and we'll never stop learning
• Being data-driven
• Infinity & Beyond; we're crazy ambitious, not afraid to fail along the way (it's just falling with style)
• Integrity is everything; we're honest with each other and with our clients
• Diversity is our superpower; everyone's story is different, and we celebrate differences
• We're all in; we take on tough, complex challenges with lots of moving parts and we're committed to the work, our clients and each other

Our benefits include:

• Holiday entitlement, 28 days with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Day off (on or in the week of) your birthday
• Pension eligibility, up to 5% matched contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Enhanced maternity and enhanced paternity and shared parental leave
• Cycle to work & electric car schemes
• Gym & retail discounts
• Regular social events/activities
• A range of other benefits from our flexible benefits package

At Transform we believe in a culture of inclusivity, we celebrate difference and believe that diversity makes our business more relevant, our work more meaningful and our people more empowered. We're committed to equality of opportunity for all, and we actively seek applications from all ethnicities, orientations, beliefs, gender identities + those with neurodiverse traits and disabilities. We want you to have the best opportunity to show us who you are and what you can do. Please do let us know if you need any adjustments now or at any point in the recruitment process. If this sounds like you, please get in touch to discuss in more detail. Use of AI in CV and Interviews
Whilst we are a technology company and promote using AI, we value authenticity and transparency in our hiring process. To ensure fairness and accuracy in assessing your skills and experience, we kindly request that you refrain from using AI-assisted tools to generate answers during interviews or enhancing your CV.
We are looking for genuine insights into your abilities, experiences, and personality. Any misrepresentation through AI-generated content may impact our ability to make an informed decision. We look forward to getting to know the real you!