In-House Talent Acquisition Lead - SEND Education

In-house Talent Acqusition Lead to Help Build the Team Behind Life-Changing Education

Join a growing organisation dedicated to supporting children and young people with SEND and SEMH needs through specialist education provision. As demand for services continues to increase, we're looking for an experienced recruitment professional to help attract, assess and appoint exceptional tutors who can make a genuine difference to young people's lives.

Providing specialist tuition that helps young people engage with learning, build confidence and achieve positive outcomes, the organisation has experienced significant growth and secured a number of new contracts. As a result, they are now seeking an experienced In-House Talent Acquisition Lead to build tutor pipelines, lead recruitment activity and develop a scalable recruitment function that will support the next phase of expansion.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a small but rapidly growing, purpose-led organisation where recruitment plays a critical role in service delivery, growth and long-term success. You'll have the opportunity to make a visible impact, shape recruitment processes and help build the workforce needed to support more children and young people across the country.

About the Role:

Working closely with operational and education colleagues, you will take ownership of the end-to-end recruitment process, identifying and attracting high-quality tutors across multiple regions.

This role goes beyond advertising vacancies. You'll be focused on developing talent pipelines, building candidate networks, improving recruitment processes and supporting workforce planning to ensure the organisation can meet growing demand.

A significant part of the role will involve interviewing and assessing candidates, ensuring they possess not only the right skills and experience, but also the resilience, values and safeguarding awareness required to work with vulnerable children and young people.

You'll be comfortable working in a growing organisation where priorities can evolve quickly and where you'll have the opportunity to take ownership, introduce new ideas and help shape how recruitment is delivered in the future.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment campaigns for tutor vacancies
• Build and maintain talent pipelines across multiple geographical areas
• Develop innovative sourcing and attraction strategies
• Screen, interview and assess candidates
• Conduct values-based and safeguarding-focused recruitment processes
• Manage candidate compliance and safer recruitment requirements
• Build relationships with future talent and passive candidates
• Support workforce planning and future recruitment needs
• Manage and support a Recruitment Resourcer
• Develop recruitment processes that can scale with organisational growth
• Champion a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment journey

About You:

We're looking for an experienced in-house Talent Acquisition professional who enjoys solving recruitment challenges and building talent pipelines within a fast-growing organisation.

Ideally, you'll bring experience from a safeguarding-focused environmentsuch as education, SEND, alternative provision, healthcare, social care, children's services, the charity sector or a similarly regulated setting. You'll understand the importance of safer recruitment practices and have experience recruiting individuals who work directly with children, young people or vulnerable adults.

You will have experience managing end-to-end recruitment, partnering closely with hiring managers and developing proactive attraction strategies to meet workforce needs.

We'll be particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:

• Previous in-house Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Partner or Internal Recruitment experience
• Experience within education, SEND, healthcare, social care, charity or another safeguarding-focused environment
• Experience recruiting for regulated or compliance-driven roles
• Experience building talent pipelines and workforce plans rather than solely filling live vacancies
• A track record of recruiting high-volume or hard-to-fill roles
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
• Excellent interviewing and candidate assessment skills
• Knowledge of safeguarding and safer recruitment practices
• Strong compliance experience within a regulated environment
• Experience improving recruitment processes and candidate experience
• The ability to work independently and take ownership of a busy recruitment function
• Experience supporting or managing more junior recruitment colleagues
• A proactive, resourceful and solutions-focused approach
• The ability to thrive in a growing and evolving organisation

Applications from agency recruiters will be considered where candidates can demonstrate substantial experience recruiting into safeguarding-focused environments and managing complex recruitment campaigns.

What's on Offer?

• £35,000-£40,000 salary, depending on experience
• Hybrid working with 4 days per week in the Paddington office
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Ongoing training and development
• Opportunity to shape and develop the recruitment function as the organisation grows
• Opportunity to influence and improve recruitment processes
• Join a small, supportive and collaborative team
• Be part of a fast-growing organisation experiencing significant expansion
• Work closely with senior leaders and have a visible impact on organisational success
• Make a genuine difference to the lives of children and young people

Safeguarding:This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and safer recruitment procedures as part of the onboarding process. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and suitable candidates may be contacted before a formal closing date. Early applications are therefore encouraged.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.