Talent Acquisition Specialist

About The Role

We are looking for a highly organised and proactive Talent Acquisition Coordinator to join our team on an initial 4-month contract . You’ll play an important part in keeping our recruitment activity running smoothly, supporting our Talent Acquisition Partners and Specialists across a range of vacancies. From coordinating interviews and communicating with candidates to maintaining accurate recruitment data and carrying out initial screening, you’ll help us provide a great experience for candidates and hiring managers alike.

Key responsibilities

Keeping our applicant tracking system accurate and up to date, ensuring vacancy and candidate information is complete. Quality checking new vacancies and adverts, making sure the correct information and approvals are in place before roles go live. Publishing vacancies to our careers site and external job boards, including supporting the administration of sponsored advertising.

Coordinating interviews, sending confirmations and helping to minimise candidate no-shows. Monitoring applications and keeping candidates moving through each stage of the recruitment process. Supporting initial application sifting and carrying out basic candidate screening interviews when required. Providing professional and timely communications to candidates and hiring managers, including responding to enquiries through our careers inbox.

Producing regular recruitment reports, checking data for accuracy and following up with colleagues and hiring managers where information or actions are outstanding. Why should I join Live. West? This is a great opportunity to become part of a busy Talent Acquisition team where you’ll have exposure to a wide variety of recruitment activity.

You’ll be able to build your recruitment knowledge, take on new responsibilities and make a real difference by helping us deliver an efficient and welcoming experience for candidates and hiring managers. This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week . Hybrid Working is available for this role working 2-3 days in the office dependent on business need.

You will be based from either our Exeter or Weston office. The role is offered on an initial 4-month contract . About The Candidate To be successful in your application for the role of Talent Acquisition Coordinator , you will have the following role specific skills and experience: Essential skills, experience, knowledge and qualifications: Experience of working within talent acquisition or recruitment, either in-house or within an agency, in a coordination, resourcing or support capacity.

Strong organisation and administration skills, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to keep track of multiple vacancies and candidates. A proactive approach, with the ability to identify and progress actions without needing constant direction. The ability to work at pace, prioritise effectively and switch confidently between multiple vacancies and stakeholders.

Confidence in carrying out initial candidate screening, assessing high-level suitability and recommending appropriate next steps. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to communicate professionally with candidates and hiring managers. Good IT skills, including experience of applicant tracking systems and Microsoft 365, with the ability to learn new systems quickly.

A willingness to learn, develop and take on new responsibilities. Please note, we are unable to provide CoS for this role; therefore, applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the full duration of this role without requiring a CoS. About The Company Our Reward and Benefits: Working Style: Hybrid working, typically with 2 days in the office to support your work/life balance.

Generous Annual Leave: Start with 26 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with length of service - and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days (pro rated for part time or fixed term roles). Pension Contributions: Enjoy up to 9% employer contributions with our Defined Contribution scheme. Health Benefits and Perks: Access to a health care cash plan (worth up to £1,100 annually), virtual GP services, discounted gym memberships, and retail discounts including access to a Blue Light Card.

Learning and Development: Invest in your future with ongoing personal and professional growth opportunities. Family Support: Policies designed to help you balance work and family life, including a new child payment. Wellbeing Matters: Prioritise your health with mental health support, enhanced sick pay, wellness campaigns, and free flu jabs.

Smarter Travel: Save with our Cycle to Work and Car Benefit schemes. Giving Back: Up to four paid volunteering days a year to support our communities.

About Us

We are Bromford Flagship Live. West, a place-based affordable housing provider operating across the Southwest, West, Midlands and East of England. We serve more than 300,000 customers and manage over 120,000 homes, making us one of the UK’s largest and most ambitious providers of affordable homes. Our purpose is about more than housing - it’s about enabling people and communities to thrive.

We are proud of our people and the difference they make every day. With around 5,500 colleagues working across diverse locations, we support our customers through great services, innovative thinking and a commitment to place-based working. What We Do: At Bromford Flagship Live. West we: deliver and maintain social and affordable housing; design and build thousands of new homes each year; invest in neighbourhoods, wellbeing and community outcomes; work collaboratively with partners to create places where people can truly thrive.