Talent Acquisition Partner

The Opportunity

Join Informed Solutions and help us attract the talented people who deliver some of the UK's most impactful #tech4good digital transformation programmes.

We're looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Partner who enjoys finding exceptional people, building strong relationships and creating an outstanding candidate experience.

Working alongside hiring managers, technical specialists and our wider Recruitment team, you'll play a key role in helping us grow sustainably by identifying, engaging and securing talented professionals who share our values and passion for solving complex challenges.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys the pace of in-house recruitment, takes pride in delivering a high-quality recruitment experience and wants to influence how we attract talent in a growing organisation.

About Us

Founded in 1992, Informed Solutions is an internationally recognised digital transformation consultancy.

We design and deliver innovative digital, data and technology solutions that enable organisations to modernise services, unlock insight from data and deliver better outcomes for citizens and customers.

Our multi-Queen's Award-winning platforms and services support globally recognised organisations across sectors including:

• Civil Defence
• Healthcare
• Sustainable Environment
• Land and Asset Management
• Digital Democracy

Our work focuses on solving complex, real-world challenges where technology, data and human insight combine to deliver lasting impact.

About the Role

People are at the heart of everything we do.

As our Talent Acquisition Partner, you'll partner with hiring managers across the business to deliver end-to-end recruitment for a range of professional, technical and consulting roles.

You'll take ownership of vacancies from initial briefing through to offer, building strong relationships with stakeholders while providing expert guidance throughout the recruitment process.

Alongside delivering recruitment, you'll proactively identify talent, build candidate pipelines, improve attraction strategies and contribute ideas that help us continuously improve how we recruit.

Working closely with our Recruitment Managers and Recruitment Coordinators, you'll help ensure every candidate has a professional, engaging and positive experience with Informed.

Success in this role means delivering an exceptional recruitment experience for both candidates and hiring managers.

You'll consistently attract high-quality talent, build trusted relationships with stakeholders, strengthen our talent pipelines and help improve the effectiveness of our recruitment function through insight, innovation and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Recruitment & Talent Attraction

You'll:

• Manage end-to-end recruitment across technical, consulting and business support vacancies.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs and develop effective recruitment strategies.
• Source, engage and build relationships with passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, networking and market mapping.
• Conduct competency-based interviews and candidate assessments.
• Manage candidate pipelines and ensure a positive recruitment experience throughout the hiring journey.
• Produce high-quality adverts and attraction campaigns.
• Support offer management and onboarding activities.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Build trusted relationships with hiring managers across the business.
• Provide advice on market conditions, candidate availability and attraction strategies.
• Challenge constructively where appropriate to improve recruitment outcomes.
• Maintain regular communication with stakeholders throughout recruitment campaigns.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes and candidate experience.
• Use recruitment data and insight to identify trends and recommend improvements.
• Support employer branding initiatives and recruitment marketing activity.
• Contribute to wider People Services projects where appropriate.

Collaboration

• Work closely with Recruitment Managers and Recruitment Coordinators to deliver a seamless recruitment service.
• Share market knowledge and recruitment best practice.
• Support colleagues during periods of high recruitment activity.
• Contribute positively to the continued development of the Recruitment function.

Requirements

What We’re Looking For

You'll have experience recruiting within an in-house environment, ideally within professional services, technology or another knowledge-led business.

You'll bring:

• Experience managing end-to-end recruitment.
• Confidence sourcing passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter and other direct sourcing methods.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Experience recruiting technical or specialist roles would be advantageous.
• Excellent interviewing and assessment skills.
• A proactive approach to talent attraction.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple vacancies simultaneously.
• Experience using recruitment systems and recruitment data.

Personal Qualities

We're looking for someone who:

• Enjoys building genuine relationships.
• Is naturally curious and asks great questions.
• Takes ownership and delivers with pace.
• Balances quality with commercial awareness.
• Communicates confidently and professionally.
• Enjoys finding creative ways to attract talent.
• Thrives in a collaborative environment.
• Is always looking for ways to improve.

Key Competencies for Success

In this role you will demonstrate:

• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Sound professional judgement and thoughtful decision-making.
• Resilience and adaptability in changing environments.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to build trust and credibility across all levels of the organisation.
• A commitment to continuous improvement and delivering positive outcomes.

Benefits

We believe that our people should be properly rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of our business through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits.

These can include:

• InformedACADEMY© – excellent career development opportunities through our award-winning personal and professional development programmes.
• Professional accountancy study support available.
• Industry leading health and wellbeing plan.
• Hybrid working*
• Private Health Care Cover*
• Generous life assurance cover*
• Gym Membership*
• Monthly office lunch
• Onsite massage sessions
• 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays*
• Sabbatical Leave Scheme*
• Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay*
• Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay*
• Company Pension Contribution
• Profit Share Scheme*
• Payment of professional subscriptions
• Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals

*Qualifying period applies

Culture

Our culture is built around innovation, excellence and integrity.

We are a collaborative community of technologists, consultants and problem-solvers who enjoy working together to tackle complex challenges.

We believe the best ideas emerge from diverse perspectives and inclusive environments, and we actively foster a culture where everyone feels supported to contribute, grow and succeed.

We invest deeply in our people because we know our success depends on curious minds, collaborative thinking and continuous learning.

By joining Informed Solutions, you will help shape the experiences, development and growth of the people who deliver technology solutions that make the world a smarter, safer, greener and healthier place.