Talent Acquisition Partner

82704 -Talent Acquisition Partner

This Talent Acquisition Partner will report to the Talent Acquisition Manager and will work within HR based in our London, Elephant and Castle office. You will be a fixed term contract employee.

You will attract a salary of depending on experience and a bonus of 7.5%. This role can also offer blended working after the initial settling in period - 3 days in the office and 2 remote.

Close Date: 12/07/2026

We also provide the following additional benefits

25 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays.

Private Medical Cover

Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid

Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)

Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme, Season Ticket Loan

Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes

Occupational Health support

Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers' products

Discounted gym membership

Employee Assistance Programme

Job Purpose:

To provide a full shared service activity to deliver all associated "end to end" recruitment for vacancies specifically within the engineering sector. To deliver customer satisfaction, raising the bar and improving performance.

Dimensions

This position would suit a proactive, enthusiastic, methodical and adaptable team player with excellent interpersonal and customer focused skills with an eye for accuracy. The ideal applicant will have experience working in a talent acquisition and will use their experience to quickly identify the customer needs and provide an proactive and accurate solution. You will ideally have experience working in an HR or recruitment field.

Principal Accountabilities:

Work with hiring managers to understand requirements for each open position and contribute to the development of new strategies to reach out to individuals with the necessary qualifications and experience

Use recruiting and sourcing tools (i.e. job boards, social media, database, search engines, networking) to build an on-going candidate pipeline for both current and future job requisitions.

Build a network of top talent, gains market intelligence and assess candidates to gauge talent alignment for engineering roles across our footprint.

Attend specific industry-related events including tradeshows and networking events

Support Recruitment Coordinators where required in the scheduling and management of on and off site interviews, including: booking conference rooms, management of candidate expenses etc.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience:

Must have recruitment experience either gained in-house or agency

Must have good knowledge and experience of the Engineering or Utility market

Collaborative working

Excellent Customer focus including, written, telephony, email, face-to-face

All completed activities follow best practice and any legislative requirements

Manage relationships with wider HR team and several Business Managers

Respond to all requests for information or support within an appropriate timescale

Support projects relating to new activities within the resourcing team

Ideally HR knowledge & experience

Nature and Scope:

The Talent Acquisition Partner will have the opportunity to contribute to success of the function by supporting change and striving to achieve high levels of customer satisfaction. A professional, efficient, courteous and confidential approach will help the team maintain excellent customer satisfaction.

The successful applicant for this role will need to take an active interest in their self-development and take advantage of learning opportunities in the workplace.

Health & Safety Responsibilities:

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

If in doubt ask!

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Where applicable, this role is subject to safer recruitment processes and robust pre‑employment checks

If you have any queries in connection to this vacancy or your application, please contact us at careers@ukpowernetworks.co.uk quoting the vacancy reference number and a member of the team will get in touch with you as soon as possible.