Talent Acquisition Specialist

Team Talent Acquisition

Working Pattern - Hybrid 2days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth London or Stockport Office.35 hours per week.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

• Strong stakeholder engagement and influence
• Experience recruiting at a mid to senior level
• Confident strategic thinking in a competitive market

What this role is all about:

At Vitality were here to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. Its what makes us different and shapes the way we think lead and hire.

Youll join a purpose led brand where people care deeply about what they do support each other to do their best work and understand the value of great hiring.

Sitting within our Talent Acquisition Centre of Excellence youll have the chance to shape how we attract talent build strong relationships across the business and be part of a global team that is always looking to improve. This is an opportunity for someone who can combine pace with quality insight with action and stakeholder influence with a genuinely brilliant candidate experience. If that sounds like the kind of environment where youd thrive wed love to hear from you.

Key Actions

• Lead end to end hiring across a broad portfolio of roles bringing a strategic high-quality approach from brief to offer
• Champion a candidate experience that is thoughtful inclusive well-paced and reflective of the Vitality brand at every stage
• Use market insight data and judgement to influence decisions manage expectations and help leaders secure the best talent in competitive markets
• Build strong relationships across our globally based People teams and business leadership to deliver a connected and commercially aware recruitment service
• Proactively source and engage diverse talent using creative search techniques and long-term pipeline thinking for harder to fill and business-critical roles
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of our recruitment processes tools and ways of working so that we keep raising the bar on quality efficiency and experience

What do you need to thrive

• Credibility and presence you can build confidence quickly with mid to senior stakeholders and are comfortable influencing at pace
• Commercial and strategic thinking you understand how hiring supports business performance and can align recruitment activity to broader priorities
• Strong end to end Talent Acquisition expertise you bring experience managing varied roles and delivering quality outcomes in a fast-moving environment
• The confidence to challenge constructively you know how to ask the right questions shape thinking and keep standards high
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills you connect well with people communicate with clarity and create trust through your approach
• A passion for exceptional experience you care deeply about delivering a recruitment journey that works for candidates hiring managers and colleagues alike
• Alignment with the Vitality purpose and values you bring energy curiosity and a people first mindset to the way you work and partner with others
• Confidence in using and exploring AI emerging technology and trends to evolve our insights sourcing strategy and recruitment best practice; for better hiring outcomes and an exceptional personalised candidate experience

So whats in it for you

• Bonus Schemes A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12% We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award-winning Vitality health insurance With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer please visit our careers page.Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successfulin your application and join us at Vitality this is our promise to you we will:

• Help you to be the healthiest youve ever been
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self
• Give you flexibility on how where and when you work
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be
• Give you the space to try fail and learn
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits
• Be there for you when you need us
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About You

About Us

Were incredibly proud to be recognised for the culture weve created recently being named one of Glassdoors Best Places to Work 2026 and in 2024 we were delighted to be awarded Top 10 Places to Work in the Sunday Times Awards.
Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand here to make the world a healthier happier place.

Weve been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives they benefit our business benefits and society benefits. Were successful because we attract develop and retain the best people and because we care.

Plus you get to join our 1.7 million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.

Ready to find out if were the right fit for you We cant wait. Unable to show this video due to your cookie preferencesDiversity & Inclusion

At Vitality were committed to diversity and inclusion because its good for our employees for our business and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds experiences and perspectives.

Vitalitys approach to sustainability

Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. #LI-Hybrid

If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested please submit your application as soon as possible.

Required Experience:

IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1