Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Overview

As a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at Mitie Fire & Security, you will lead the full resourcing lifecycle with a proactive, consultative approach. You will influence senior stakeholders, drive direct sourcing and headhunting, and build robust talent pipelines to secure exceptional hires. You’ll deliver market insights, benchmarking, and a best-in-class candidate experience, shaping recruitment strategy across the business. This role combines strategic shaping of talent, hands-on sourcing, and optimisation of recruitment performance.

Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers and senior leaders to shape resourcing strategy
• Develop creative sourcing plans and headhunting approaches using LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, and intelligence
• Lead talent pipelines for critical roles and drive direct sourcing to reduce agency reliance
• Manage end-to-end recruitment from requisition to onboarding and guide interview processes
• Ensure an engaging candidate journey and lead offer negotiations
• Analyse recruitment performance and market data to improve attraction, processes, and engagement
• Support workforce planning through talent mapping and market intelligence

Key requirements

• Proven experience as Talent Acquisition Partner, Senior Recruiter, or Senior TA Partner
• Track record of sourcing, headhunting, and recruiting hard-to-find talent
• Strong stakeholder management with ability to influence senior leaders
• Experience managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong interviewing, assessment, and candidate engagement skills
• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems, ideally PageUp
• Excellent organizational, communication, and relationship-building abilities
• Commercial awareness with a data-driven approach to recruitment

• Stakeholder management
• Communication
• Relationship-building
• LinkedIn Recruiter
• Talent mapping
• PageUp (ATS)

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