Talent Acquisition Partner

Role: Talent Acquisition Partner - FTC

Contract Length : Fixed Term Contract – 12 months

Location: Remote with occasional travel to Bright Horizons nurseries and offices when required. Our HO is in Northampton.

Salary: £DOE – from £33k

Closing Date for this role: 19th June 2026 unless the right candidate is hired before

This role is to deliver an end-to-end recruitment service for our operational nursery setting roles in Cambridge. Working in partnership with the operational and wider Talent Acquisition teams to hire the greatest talent potential for Bright Horizons, you will ensure that recruitment is strategically focussed, while delivering an excellent candidate and hiring manager experience by driving effective stakeholder relationships. The focus is on strategic direct resourcing, talent pipelining and driving employer brand awareness as well as managing the end-to-end resourcing process from brief to attraction to onboarding.

Why Bright Horizons?

We’ve been voted Great Place to Work every year since 2006, as well as being awarded the newly created Great Place for Wellbeing and Great Place for Women 2025. Our support functions enable our nurseries to deliver the best possible care and education to over 10,000 children across the UK. Through this support, our nurseries can deliver excellence – with 98% of our 300+ portfolio being rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. We’re on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing

What We Can Offer You

Our benefits include but are not limited to

Flexible working and holiday entitlements

Discounted childcare in one of our nurseries

Quarterly Employee Appreciation Weeks

Annual gala award evening

Fantastic range of discounts on high street retailers, grocery stores, cinema tickets, holidays and more

Wide range of wellbeing resources, supporting our teams for the ups and downs of daily life

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

Deliver an end to end 360 recruitment service for Bright Horizons nursery settings

Work closely with stakeholders to deliver first class, end to end resourcing solutions, ensuring a high-touch candidate, and hiring manager experience that continually exceeds expectations

Deliver direct sourcing through the effective use of LinkedIn Recruiter, CV Databases, Job boards, campaigns, social media and your network, and headhunting techniques

Work in partnership with the business to identify content to drive out across out careers social channels which supports talent attraction and employer brand engagement

Manage all vacancies and candidates through effective management of the applicant tracking system (Workday) ensuring its consistently up to date and candidates/hiring managers are managed through all stages correctly

Deliver weekly MI on recruiting activity

Champion the use of RAF (Recommend a Friend) through stakeholders

Act as an ambassador of Bright Horizons, looking for constant opportunities to promote the employer brand, living the heart principles of Bright Horizons, and demonstrating passion for delivery of an outstanding recruitment service to the business.

Take ownership and accountability for meeting all recruiting needs of our nursery settings being relentless in your quest to deliver exceptional talent to Bright Horizons

Understanding of market intelligence and trends

Identify opportunities to attend industry events to promote opportunities at Bright Horizons and to broaden your specialist knowledge

Regularly assess recruitment activities to ensure their effectiveness and success at achieving desired outcomes and ROI

Essential Experience:

A proven and successful track record in the role of a Recruiter.

Experience working within high volume recruitment.

A strong communicator who can effectively and confidently communicate both written and verbally to all levels

Working towards and exceeding targets whilst prioritising workload to ensure the demands of the business are met

Ability to prioritise workload and work collaboratively with colleagues at all levels

Goal-driven, with a solid understanding of recruiting metrics and methods for achieving positive results

Experience Desirable:

Knowledge of the Workday system

Previous experience within internal recruitment function

Experience of working in the childcare sector

Bright Horizons is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, which will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants. If you share our passion, values, and have most of the skills listed, we encourage you to apply – as you may be just what we are looking for!

We look forward to receiving your application!

If you experience any problems, please email europe.recruitment@brighthorizons.com and we will be happy to help.