Your new company

Hays is partnering with a large public sector organisation in Belfast to appoint a Talent Acquisition Specialist for a delivery-focused recruitment project. This is an opportunity to take ownership of end-to-end hiring across hard-to-fill technical roles, influencing attraction strategy and working closely with senior stakeholders.

Your new role

Deliver end-to-end recruitment from job design through to onboarding, redesign job descriptions and attraction messaging to improve response rates, advise hiring managers on selection methods, assessment formats, and best practice, develop creative sourcing approaches to engage passive technical talent, support recruitment events and awareness activity, and ensure recruitment activity aligns with legislation, governance, and internal processes.

What you'll need to succeed

• Proven in-house Talent Acquisition experience, with strong HR grounding.
• Confidence advising on recruitment legislation and best practice.
• Track record of recruiting hard-to-fill technical or engineering positions.
• Comfortable operating as a standalone TA specialist in a campus-led environment.
• Degree-level education or equivalent professional experience.
• CIPD is desirable.

What you'll get in return

• Fixed-term contract of at least 6 months.
• 36 hours per week.
• £22.82 per hour.
• On-site during induction, then typically 1 day working from home post-induction, with potential for increased home working.
• One-stage interview process and a fast turnaround.
• A hands-on project where you can make a visible impact in a growth area.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

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