Head of Talent – Hertfordshire
About the role
Senior talent role shaping attraction, onboarding, and employee experience.
We are looking for a Head of Talent to lead and shape all aspects of talent attraction, recruitment, and employer branding within a fast-paced, purpose-driven organisation. This role will take ownership of building rich talent pipelines, strengthening the employer brand, and ensuring a seamless candidate and employee experience from attraction through onboarding, career development, and retention.
Please note: This role is offered on a full time, permanent basis and they are fully office based.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of the organisation’s talent strategy to meet current and future workforce needs.
- Design and maintain a compelling Employee Value Proposition (EVP) to attract, engage, and retain values-aligned talent.
- Plan and execute innovative recruitment campaigns, using digital channels and marketing techniques to build strong candidate pipelines.
- Work with managers to create workforce plans that balance growth, capability, and organisational values.
- Ensure recruitment activity follows all safeguarding and safer recruitment principles, including pre-employment checks and compliance with relevant legislation.
- Develop policies, guidance, and tools to embed consistent and compliant recruitment practices across the organisation.
- Train and support hiring managers on effective, values-driven, and inclusive recruitment processes.
- Lead, develop, and support the recruitment team to ensure capacity, resilience, and progression.
- Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion in recruitment and talent practices.
- Produce, analyse, and report on recruitment and attraction data to inform strategy and decision-making.
Key skills
- Proven track record leading recruitment and talent acquisition in fast-moving, values-driven organisations
- Hands-on experience running large-scale or high-volume recruitment campaigns
- Strong knowledge of employer branding, EVP, and attracting the right talent
- Comfortable building relationships and influencing senior leaders and hiring managers
- Excellent communication skills and comfortable building relationships across departments
- Confident champion of diversity, equity, and inclusion in hiring practices
Apply today!
About Absolute Recruit
Struggling to find top talent? Look no further! Our recruitment services specialise in finding the best candidates for your company. We use innovative strategies and advanced technology to deliver results.
At Absolute, we make vital connections, creating inclusive workforces that drive progress. We do this by utilising our expertise to uncover talent and build high-performance teams.
Absolute Recruit is made up of three specialist divisions: Accounting & Finance, Transformation, IT & Tech. Our specialist teams operate across all levels from graduate through to senior & executive appointments. The teams cover Permanent, Interim & Contract solutions across London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire & Essex
The Absolute Way is simple. Consistency of service and our ethos of building long-term relationships, are at the core of everything we do.
Absolute was founded with the vision of creating an approachable, high-performing agency, built on a foundation of strong candidate and client partnerships. The strength of our relationships encourage openness and honesty, which is key when looking to move roles. We provide our team with the tools and freedom to do this, and to create an environment where they feel fulfilled, supported and happy! Our focus is to provide quality over quantity, and our aim is to never stop learning!
Contact us today to streamline your hiring process!
Head of Talent – Hertfordshire
About the role
Senior talent role shaping attraction, onboarding, and employee experience.
We are looking for a Head of Talent to lead and shape all aspects of talent attraction, recruitment, and employer branding within a fast-paced, purpose-driven organisation. This role will take ownership of building rich talent pipelines, strengthening the employer brand, and ensuring a seamless candidate and employee experience from attraction through onboarding, career development, and retention.
Please note: This role is offered on a full time, permanent basis and they are fully office based.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of the organisation’s talent strategy to meet current and future workforce needs.
- Design and maintain a compelling Employee Value Proposition (EVP) to attract, engage, and retain values-aligned talent.
- Plan and execute innovative recruitment campaigns, using digital channels and marketing techniques to build strong candidate pipelines.
- Work with managers to create workforce plans that balance growth, capability, and organisational values.
- Ensure recruitment activity follows all safeguarding and safer recruitment principles, including pre-employment checks and compliance with relevant legislation.
- Develop policies, guidance, and tools to embed consistent and compliant recruitment practices across the organisation.
- Train and support hiring managers on effective, values-driven, and inclusive recruitment processes.
- Lead, develop, and support the recruitment team to ensure capacity, resilience, and progression.
- Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion in recruitment and talent practices.
- Produce, analyse, and report on recruitment and attraction data to inform strategy and decision-making.
Key skills
- Proven track record leading recruitment and talent acquisition in fast-moving, values-driven organisations
- Hands-on experience running large-scale or high-volume recruitment campaigns
- Strong knowledge of employer branding, EVP, and attracting the right talent
- Comfortable building relationships and influencing senior leaders and hiring managers
- Excellent communication skills and comfortable building relationships across departments
- Confident champion of diversity, equity, and inclusion in hiring practices
Apply today!
About Absolute Recruit
Struggling to find top talent? Look no further! Our recruitment services specialise in finding the best candidates for your company. We use innovative strategies and advanced technology to deliver results.
At Absolute, we make vital connections, creating inclusive workforces that drive progress. We do this by utilising our expertise to uncover talent and build high-performance teams.
Absolute Recruit is made up of three specialist divisions: Accounting & Finance, Transformation, IT & Tech. Our specialist teams operate across all levels from graduate through to senior & executive appointments. The teams cover Permanent, Interim & Contract solutions across London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire & Essex
The Absolute Way is simple. Consistency of service and our ethos of building long-term relationships, are at the core of everything we do.
Absolute was founded with the vision of creating an approachable, high-performing agency, built on a foundation of strong candidate and client partnerships. The strength of our relationships encourage openness and honesty, which is key when looking to move roles. We provide our team with the tools and freedom to do this, and to create an environment where they feel fulfilled, supported and happy! Our focus is to provide quality over quantity, and our aim is to never stop learning!
Contact us today to streamline your hiring process!