Talent Acquisition Specialist

We are a Connectivity and Cloud Service Provider on an exciting growth journey. We operate the UK’s most advanced fully software-defined network, harnessing innovation, automation and simplicity to provide outstanding services to our partners. At Virtual1 we put our people first so they can push industry boundaries and deliver tomorrow today for our customers. Our people are the lifeblood of our organisation, they have a passion for what they do and are bold innovators. We have consistently been voted a Best Small Company to work for and in 2020 were voted #41 Best Small Company in London to work for as well as this years Channel Champions People & Culture Team of the Year.

Currently, we have an excellent part-time opportunity to join us in the forefront of our award-winning People Team as a Talent Acquisition Specialist. As a Talent Acquisition Specialist you will be working closely with the Head of People in identifying and bringing in the best talent to the business. Proactively managing the end to end recruitment lifecycle, whilst providing exceptional experience.

Day to Day as a Talent Acquisition Specialist you’ll be focused on:

• Responsible for creating outstanding and memorable experiences for all candidates who apply for our roles and leading them through the recruitment journey with us, and contributing to process improvement/automation where necessary.
• Being a key contributor to our future talent strategy in both attraction and retention.
• Partnering with hiring managers to ensure a streamlined recruitment process, attracting the best talent and talent strategy.
• Proactively source our future talent by using your established networks to discover, and attract experienced, diverse, ambitious talent to join our team.
• Screen candidates effectively and fairly by assessing both their previous experience as well as culture fit
• Creating job advertisements and posting on 3rd party job boards, reporting and attraction management
• Updating and maintaining our ATS system, in line with GDPR practices
• Reporting on talent metrics and providing actionable insights to help drive our resourcing decisions
• Co-ordinating Resourcing and Talent projects

As a Talent Acquisition Specialist you’ll need:

• As well as living and breathing the Virtual1 Values,
• You will have solid hands-on experience performing in an in-house talent acquisition role, with experience sourcing in Sales.
• A background in delivering direct recruitment through a variety of sourcing routes such as job boards, referrals and social media including LinkedIn
• Must have excellent organisational skills and enjoy multi-tasking, especially when juggling multiple projects
• A proactive approach to driving forward the recruitment process and getting the best people working for us
• Confident in finding creative solutions to problems and dealing with challenging situations
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to speak to and build relationships with individuals at all levels

Virtual1’ers benefits:

• 25 days holiday, 2 days for volunteering, 1 day on your birthday
• Additional Purchase of Annual Leave
• Pension (up to 5% match)
• Season loan ticket
• Gym membership & Active Rewards
• Life Insurance
• Cycle to Work
• Private healthcare & insurance with Vitality
• Payroll Giving Scheme
• Refer a Friend
• Free eye care vouchers
• Frequent team social events
• Office Fuel (free healthy snacks & drinks, Nutribullets for team smoothie making)
• Long Service Rewards – extra days leave & £100
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to our new online Mental Health Gym

So, if you’re excited to join us at Virtual1 and our award-winning teams in the role of Talent Acquisition Specialist then click ‘apply’ – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

Virtual1 is committed to equality of opportunities for all employees and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or beliefs and marriage, and civil partnerships.