Talent Acquisition Consultant

Talent Acquisition Consultant page is loaded Talent Acquisition Consultantlocations: Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK: Dorking, Surrey, UKtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: September 24, 2025 (13 days left to apply)job requisition id: 833165Job Posting End Date: September 23We're a specialist employee benefits provider, striving to create healthy, happy workplaces. As part of the international Unum Group, we're on a collective mission to help the working world thrive. The role Position: Talent Acquisition Consultant Location: Basingstoke or Dorking 3 days per week (with hybrid working) Reporting To: Head of Talent AcquisitionDue to internal progression, the Talent Acquisition team at Unum UK are looking for a fourth member of our team.As a Talent Acquisition Consultant, you will be responsible for partnering with the business to understand their needs. You will use a variety of innovative and traditional sourcing strategies to deliver top talent, who want to be a part of our journey in delivering business growth. To start with you will be hiring into our Customer Service teams, so knowledge of cohort volume hiring or experience within Customer Service, with a passion to learn would be ideal.This is a great time to join our team as you'll have the opportunity to drive improvements to deliver high impact Talent Acquisition through enhancing our employer brand, creating digital efficiency and providing a great experience for candidates and colleagues.We are looking for: Your stakeholder engagement skills. You will need to pro-actively partner with the business and work with them to understand the challenges and opportunities within their areas. You'll be able to influence stakeholders to try new and different recruitment strategies, and most importantly you will keep your stakeholders up to date. Your recruiting abilities . Your direct sourcing skills will be top notch (or you won't be afraid to learn, which includes being proactive and jumping on the phone) and you'll be able to develop creative ways of recruiting hard to fill roles. You will also have fantastic organisation skills, being able to juggle many tasks at once and be delivery focused. You'll also be able to demonstrate how you've considered I&D and supported Early Talent into the workplace. Your systems adoption . You will need to be able to use systems, data and AI tools. These will be crucial to your day to day role.Alongside all of that you will be someone who is passionate and takes initiative of their own work and development,. You will be a team player, who has a fresh perspective of doing things better, to lead on improvement projects alongside your day job.As a team we typically collaborate in the Basingstoke and Dorking offices several times a month, travel to both sites will be required.Our Benefits: Competitive Bonus Health Plan Pension scheme Life, medical, and income insurance Access to remote GP, nutrition coaching, personal training, unlimited mental health support, and medical second opinion 27 days holiday with the option to buy and sell up to 5 days (plus Bank Holidays) Salary sacrifice electric car scheme with free on-site electric chargers Unum, we've created a workplace where people feel supported to progress and grow, and can see their ambitions coming to life.We've built a supportive, inclusive environment where you can be yourself, whilst also being part of a growing organisation. From charity and volunteer opportunities to career growth, your possibilities are endless.If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to :Unum UK# At Unum Group, we're a Fortune 500 company and leading international provider of workplace benefits and services, helping workers and their families thrive for more than 175 years.# Through our Unum and Colonial Life brands, our company offers disability, life, accident, critical illness, dental and vision insurance; leave and absence management support; and behavioral health services.# Our 10,000+ employees work across operations in the US, UK and Poland, as well as our dedicated Technology Centre in Ireland.# Unum Group is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for any applicant with a disability. If you are disabled and need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or hiring process, please contact us by submitting a request .