Talent Acquisition Advisor

Talent Acquisition Advisor

Salary: £32,000 – per annum, plus company benefits
Location: Remote OR Hybrid – Norwich /or Leeds
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Shifts: 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 9am until 5:30pm with 1 hour unpaid lunch break
Work model: Remote OR Hybrid

Williams Lea seeks a Talent Acquisition Advisor to join our team!

Williams Lea is the leading global provider of tech-enabled business and marketing services helping clients manage and transform processes through resilient, scalable 24/7 operations. We combine deep expertise, agentic AI-imbedded workflows, and a global delivery model into a tech-enabled, seamless human expert-in-the-loop experience that helps clients achieve superior business outcomes.

Built on a strong heritage and great client relationships, we harness deep industry expertise, emerging technology and our global “Optishore™” delivery model to plan, build, execute and measure business processes, driving operational agility and digital transformation at speed and scale.

Williams Lea, an RRD company, serves clients in 20 countries across four continents and has 15,000 employees worldwide.

Purpose of role

The Talent Acquisition Advisor is responsible for delivering a high-quality, end-to-end recruitment service, partnering with hiring managers to attract and secure talent while ensuring a strong and consistent candidate experience.

You’ll be joining a welcoming and collaborative team with over 65 years’ combined talent acquisition experience, providing a supportive environment with plenty of opportunity to learn and develop.

Key responsibilities

• Partnering with hiring managers to determine recruitment needs
• Screening and shortlisting candidates
• Conducting phone, virtual and in-person interviews
• Providing timely and constructive interview feedback
• Managing offer processes and negotiations
• Advertising vacancies across a range of platforms
• Proactively sourcing candidates, including headhunting
• Providing market insight and recruitment advice to stakeholders
• Managing candidate workflows through Workday
• Working with external providers to ensure appropriate vetting and screening

Personal attributes

• Previous recruitment experience (agency or in-house)
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a busy, changing workload
• Confident engaging with senior stakeholders in a professional manner
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining quality
• Experience recruiting for creative or technology roles would be a real advantage
• Experience with Workday or a similar HRIS would be beneficial
• Team player is key - we work together!

Using AI in your application

We’re happy for you to use AI tools to research us, polish your CV/cover letter, and practice interviews. Please make sure everything you submit reflects your authentic skills and experience.

To keep things fair, please don’t use AI to invent or exaggerate achievements, complete assessments (unless we say it’s allowed), or to generate live interview answers.

Rewards and Benefits

We believe in supporting our employees in both their professional and personal lives. As part of our commitment to your well-being, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to:

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time or fixed term roles)
• Salary sacrifice schemes, retail vouchers – including our TechScheme which can be used on a range of gadgets such as Smart TVs, laptops and computers or household appliances
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Health Assessments
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Discounted gym memberships
• Referral Scheme

You will also have the opportunity to work for a global employer who is dedicated to offering each and every employee an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding career with future career development prospects.

Equality and Diversity

The Company values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (each of these being a “protected characteristic” in discrimination law). It will not discriminate because of any other irrelevant factor and will build a culture that values openness, fairness and transparency.

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like to make a reasonable adjustment to enable you to attend an interview, please contact us at careersatWL@williamslea.com (we do not accept applications to this email address).

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