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Senior Recruitment Partner UK & EMEA
Department: Enabling : People and Development
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Spain
Reporting To: Global Head TA
Description
We are looking for a Senior Recruitment Partner to act as a trusted advisor to the business, partnering closely with senior stakeholders to deliver end to end recruitment solutions across the UK and EMEA, which are key strategic markets for the company. This role combines hands on recruitment delivery with strategic input and the continuous enhancement of our employer brand and candidate value proposition. You will play a critical role in enabling business growth in these regions by attracting and hiring high quality, diverse talent aligned with our organisational priorities.
Key Responsibilities
Recruitment Delivery & Stakeholder Partnership
- Lead end‑to‑end recruitment processes for senior, specialist and critical roles across UK and EMEA
- Act as a strategic partner to senior stakeholders in these regions, providing guidance on hiring strategies, role scoping and talent availability
- Challenge, influence and advise stakeholders to ensure high‑quality, inclusive and sustainable hiring decisions
- Own and manage complex recruitment processes, ensuring an excellent candidate and hiring manager experience
Talent Strategy & Market Insight
- Provide deep market intelligence for UK and EMEA, including talent mapping and competitor insights
- Proactively identify regional talent risks and opportunities and propose data‑driven solutions
Process, Systems & Improvement
- Ensure effective use of the ATS (Pinpoint), maintaining high standards of data accuracy
- Identify improvements to recruitment processes, tools and regional ways of working
- Mentor Recruiters and Junior Recruiters, supporting capability building across the team
Analytics & Reporting
- Track and analyse recruitment metrics across UK and EMEA (time to hire, pipeline health, diversity metrics, quality of hire)
- Provide insights and recommendations to stakeholders and People leadership based on regional data
Employer Branding & Strategic Partnerships
- Support the execution of the global employer branding strategy across UK and EMEA, ensuring the employee value proposition is consistently applied across all recruitment touchpoints
- Build and manage strategic talent partnerships (e.g. universities, professional networks, industry groups)
- Represent the company externally when appropriate (events, panels, networking, talent initiatives) to increase brand visibility and talent pipeline strength
- Ensure a consistent, inclusive and compelling candidate experience aligned with our employer brand values
Collaboration with TA Centre of Excellence (CoE)
- Actively contribute to Talent Acquisition Centre of Excellence initiatives, supporting the delivery of projects and priorities defined in the TA roadmap
- Collaborate with global TA peers on standardisation, best practices and process improvements across regions
- Pilot and support the implementation of new tools, processes and ways of working arising from CoE projects
- Share market insights and regional learnings (UK & EMEA) to inform global TA strategy and continuous improvement
- Act as a change ambassador, supporting adoption of new initiatives within the business
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- Extensive experience in a recruitment or talent acquisition role within a global, matrixed organisation
- Strong track record of partnering with senior stakeholders and delivering hiring for complex and business‑critical roles
- Demonstrated ability to design and execute inbound and outbound talent attraction strategies, including proactive sourcing, talent pipelining and campaign‑based hiring approaches
- Experience recruiting across UK and/or EMEA markets is a plus • Strong experience using ATS systems
- Fluent in business English (additional languages a plus)
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
Job Benefits
- Work within a highly motivated team in an innovative and rapidly growing global company.
- Opportunity to have a direct impact and be a key part of the growth and development of the business and the team.
- Work solely on projects that have an impact on the sustainability and climate change goals/challenges for clients.
- Opportunity to work with, collaborate with and learn from sustainability SME’s who are passionate about the work they do and the impact Anthesis can have.
- Exposure to a wide range of clients and projects on a global basis.
- Competitive salary in line with experience and skills.
- Competitive benefits including flexible working.
- Cooperative, supportive and open working atmosphere.