Talent Acquisition & Onboarding Manager

Role overview

Recruitment responsibilities

• Manage hiring from search through start date, including adverts, proactive sourcing, headhunting, screening, and first-stage interviews.
• Assess candidate experience, attitude, suitability, and salary expectations; coordinate later interviews and manage offers and communications.
• Keep candidates engaged through notice periods; build pipelines, map competitors, and improve recruitment processes.
• Support recruitment for sales, management, operational, and specialist roles.

Onboarding responsibilities

• Prepare for new starters, run initial company induction, and coordinate systems, equipment, and access.
• Ensure the relevant manager is ready for each start and conduct week-one, 30-day, and 90-day check-ins.
• Gather feedback, identify early retention or performance risks, and use findings to improve future hiring.
• Role-specific training and performance remain the hiring manager's responsibility.

What the employer is looking for

• Internal recruitment, agency recruitment, or talent acquisition experience is ideal.
• Confidence speaking with candidates by phone and headhunting passive candidates is important.
• Commercial judgment, organisation, persistence, candidate assessment, ownership, and ability to work quickly without sacrificing quality.
• Comfort challenging hiring managers and improving systems and processes.
• Sales recruitment is a strong advantage; SDR, BDR, telesales, or other commercial recruitment is particularly useful.

Workplace and employment

• The company operates entirely from its Leeds office.
• Full-time or part-time work is considered.

Compensation

• The posting states pay of £28,000 to £40,000 per year, with a performance bonus.
• The opening headline states £28,000 to £35,000 FTE plus performance bonus.

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