Talent Acquisition Specialist

Job Description

Reporting to the GSSC Talent Acquisition Lead, with an operational link to the UK&I Talent Acquisition team, the Talent Sourcing Partner will provide dedicated sourcing, headhunting, market mapping and candidate identification support across UK&I recruitment activity.

The role is designed to support all UK&I business lines, flexing across different markets depending on recruitment demand and business priority. This may include Transport, O&M, Water, Nuclear, Defence, Architecture, PMCM, Commercial, Engineering, Aviation, Buildings, Early Careers and Ireland. While the role is generalist in coverage, it may develop specialist knowledge in priority markets where demand, scarcity or growth requires deeper sourcing focus.

This role is part of the proposed UK&I hybrid Talent Acquisition operating model. The Talent Sourcing Partner will operate from GSSC India and support in-country Talent Acquisition Partners and Senior Talent Acquisition Partners by building candidate pipelines, identifying passive talent, creating market maps, maintaining talent communities and supporting hard-to-fill recruitment campaigns.

The Talent Sourcing Partner will help move UK&I Talent Acquisition away from reactive requisition-by-requisition recruitment towards proactive talent supply, supporting growth, future capability and delivery resilience.

Key Accountabilities

• Support sourcing activity across all UK&I business lines, flexing between markets based on recruitment demand and business priority
• Build specialist market knowledge in priority areas where required, such as Nuclear, Water, Transport, O&M, Architecture, PMCM, Ireland or Early Careers
• Partner with UK&I Talent Acquisition Partners and Senior Talent Acquisition Partners to understand role requirements, target skills, locations, salary ranges, competitor markets and sourcing priorities
• Build candidate longlists for live vacancies and future pipeline requirements across specialist, operational, technical, commercial and project-led roles • Conduct market mapping to identify target companies, competitor organisations, project teams, skill clusters and passive candidate pools
• Use LinkedIn Recruiter, SmartRecruiters, job boards, professional networks and agreed sourcing tools to identify and engage potential candidates
• Build and maintain LinkedIn projects and SmartRecruiters talent pools for agreed UK&I skill communities
• Support direct sourcing and headhunting activity, including candidate identification, initial outreach, follow-up messaging and early engagement where agreed
• Search SmartRecruiters for previous applicants, silver medallists and candidates who may be suitable for future opportunities
• Produce structured sourcing summaries for TA Partners, including candidate availability, location, salary indicators, notice periods, key skills and suitability notes where available
• Rank candidates against agreed criteria and flag high-priority candidates to the relevant TA Partner
• Maintain accurate sourcing activity, candidate notes and pipeline data in SmartRecruiters, LinkedIn Recruiter and agreed tracking tools
• Track candidate engagement, response rates, source effectiveness and market intelligence to support recruitment planning and reporting
• Support proactive pipeline building for future demand, bids, project mobilisation and recurring skill gaps
• Maintain talent communities for priority markets, including but not limited to Transport, O&M, Water, Nuclear, Defence, Architecture, PMCM, Commercial, Engineering Design, Digital / BIM, Aviation, Buildings, Early Careers and Ireland
• Provide market insight to UK&I TA Partners, including competitor hiring trends, candidate availability, location challenges and salary pressure where identified through sourcing activity Support sourcing activity across all UK&I business lines, flexing between markets based on recruitment demand and business priority
• Build specialist market knowledge in priority areas where required, such as Nuclear, Water, Transport, O&M, Architecture, PMCM, Ireland or Early Careers
• Partner with UK&I Talent Acquisition Partners and Senior Talent Acquisition Partners to understand role requirements, target skills, locations, salary ranges, competitor markets and sourcing priorities
• Build candidate longlists for live vacancies and future pipeline requirements across specialist, operational, technical, commercial and project-led roles
• Conduct market mapping to identify target companies, competitor organisations, project teams, skill clusters and passive candidate pools
• Use LinkedIn Recruiter, SmartRecruiters, job boards, professional networks and agreed sourcing tools to identify and engage potential candidates
• Build and maintain LinkedIn projects and SmartRecruiters talent pools for agreed UK&I skill communities
• Support direct sourcing and headhunting activity, including candidate identification, initial outreach, follow-up messaging and early engagement where agreed
• Search SmartRecruiters for previous applicants, silver medallists and candidates who may be suitable for future opportunities
• Produce structured sourcing summaries for TA Partners, including candidate availability, location, salary indicators, notice periods, key skills and suitability notes where available
• Rank candidates against agreed criteria and flag high-priority candidates to the relevant TA Partner
• Maintain accurate sourcing activity, candidate notes and pipeline data in SmartRecruiters, LinkedIn Recruiter and agreed tracking tools
• Track candidate engagement, response rates, source effectiveness and market intelligence to support recruitment planning and reporting
• Support proactive pipeline building for future demand, bids, project mobilisation and recurring skill gaps
• Maintain talent communities for priority markets, including but not limited to Transport, O&M, Water, Nuclear, Defence, Architecture, PMCM, Commercial, Engineering Design, Digital /