Job Description

If you are a current Linnaeus Associate, you will need to apply internally. In order to do this, please contact our Talent Acquisition team (details can be found via The Link) and someone will be in touch to discuss and progress your application.

Area Talent Acquisition Partner - UK&I

Permanent:

Part-time 22.5 hours per week (3 day equivalent) Monday-Wednesday

Work location: Solihull, B90 4BN - Primarily home based, with travel to our office and clinics as and when required

Are you passionate about finding great talent and building trusted partnerships? Are you excited by the idea of helping shape the future of veterinary care? If so, this is the opportunity for you!


We are excited to be on the lookout for an experienced

Area Talent Acquisition Partner

to join our team on a

part-time basis

, supporting our primary care clinics to identify great talent in the veterinary field.


This is a fantastic hands-on, strategic recruitment role where you'll partner closely with passionate local leaders to attract, engage, and hire exceptional clinical talent while delivering an inclusive, high-quality candidate experience from first contact to onboarding.


You will be working with a collaborative Talent Acquisition team in UK&I while also being part of Mars Veterinary Health Europe, a global organisation with the clear purpose of creating A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.

The Role

As an Area TA Partner, you will act as the trusted recruitment advisor and local TA expert for your area. You'll lead end-to-end hiring activity, build strong talent pipelines, and align recruitment efforts with workforce plans and business priorities. You'll also champion our employer brand and support internal mobility initiatives across clinics.


This role combines strategic thinking with day-to-day recruitment delivery in a fast-paced, people-focused environment.

Key Responsibilities

Manage the full recruitment lifecycle: sourcing, screening, selection, and offer. Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements, workforce needs, and local clinic dynamics. Coordinate onboarding with our People Services and clinic teams to ensure a seamless candidate journey. Build and maintain proactive pipelines for clinical roles using a range of sourcing techniques, while developing relationships with passive candidates and local veterinary networks. Act as a trusted advisor to area leaders and hiring managers on recruitment best practices and market insights. Coach and influence leaders on effective interviews, decision-making, and delivering a great candidate experience. Track and report recruitment metrics including time-to-offer, pipeline health, and source effectiveness while using data and insights to improve hiring outcomes at area level. Ensure all recruitment activity complies with local labour laws, GDPR, and internal standards.

About You

You're a confident, credible Talent Acquisition professional who thrives on building relationships and delivering results! You enjoy working autonomously while collaborating closely with senior stakeholders and sharing best practices with your team, and you will bring to the role:

Previous experience recruiting for niche/hard to fill roles, ideally in a multi-site environment. Expertise in sourcing/head hunting, ATS usage, and recruitment best practice. Excellent communication, influencing, and negotiation skills. A data-led mindset with experience using recruitment analytics. Sound knowledge of employment legislation and inclusive hiring practices.

Experience working as in-house recruiter in the veterinary or healthcare industries would be highly advantageous, though not essential.

Our benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including:


25 days annual leave plus your Birthday Day off!


Life assurance


Enhanced Sick Pay & Enhanced Family Leave


E-cars Salary Sacrifice


Cycle to Work Scheme Salary Sacrifice


Pet Insurance Discount


Benefits Hub with plenty of retail discounts


PureGym membership discount


Associate Assistance Programme


Eye Care Scheme


Headspace Membership


Annual Flu Voucher


If this sounds like the role for you and feel your experience matches the criteria, then please apply now or for more information please contact Camilla Saccucci on camilla.saccucci@linnaeusgroup.co.uk


Linnaeus Veterinary Ltd is part of Mars Veterinary Health, the largest family-owned veterinary company in the world. Being privately owned, we can truly be driven by our purpose, to create a better world, and think long-term as opposed to being focused solely on short-term profits.


At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people. Our Associates are over 6000 strong and empowered to speak up, step up and deliver quality services. You'll have access to a huge network of specialists, worldwide development opportunities and an easily accessible, comprehensive wellbeing package that prioritises your physical and mental health, allowing you to focus on what you do best - care for pets.


We are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse, we care about you and want you to be authentic, with everything you need to perform at your best. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to achieve our purpose.


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We are proud to be Linnaeus, part of Mars. Linnaeus is a forward-thinking group of highly respected primary care and specialist referral practices in the UK and Ireland. Being family owned and part of Mars Veterinary Health, the largest veterinary company in the world, allows us to focus on advancing the veterinary profession to provide industry-leading pet care and unique career opportunities for our people. Why Linnaeus? - We pride ourselves in offering high-quality excellence of service and clinical care for our clients and their pets - We lead on sustainability and collectively drive positive change for people, pets and the planet - We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing - valuing equity, diversity and inclusion - We support your personal and professional development with best-in-class career frameworks and training programmes. We will empower and support you to grow your career from day one. We team up within our Mars family in partnership for a stronger future. Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We treat each other fairly and equitably and we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our Associates. At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people. If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@linnaeusgroup.co.uk