Job Description

About Us

Location:

Bristol, United Kingdom (onsite x 3 Days/week)

Job Type & Duration:

Permanent - Full Time

Join our World of Talent.

Global, culturally diverse, inclusive, and innovative - welcome to AMS, where talent is our world. Over the last two decades, AMS has redefined the landscape of talent outsourcing and consulting. From pioneering the concept of RPO to continually revolutionising how organisations approach talent acquisition, AMS stands as a world leader in the industry.



Committed, engaged, and inspired, we feel a real sense of belonging, and all have one thing in common: a real passion for talent. Become part of this world and make a difference with us.

The Role

The

Principal TA Specialist

will support client hiring managers with filling their vacancies to target start dates, ensuring all quality thresholds and SLA/KPIs are met. They will deliver excellent recruitment services to the client in line with agreed service levels, acting as the custodian of candidate quality and the hiring manager experience.



They will use a range of data led sourcing insights to determine the best hiring strategy for each requisition, leveraging data, historic hiring trends, and market analysis to find the best talent in the market.



Principal TA Specialist's will be aligned to high-touch client business units or stakeholder groups that require additional attention, this includes more challenging or senior stakeholder group, more complex or hard to fill role types, roles that have a greater strategic significance.



Principal TA Specialist's may also be aligned in cases where they are the only AMS resource in a specific geographical location.

Key Accountabilities

What you'll be doing:

Recruitment Delivery:

Execute candidate sourcing and attraction plan including engaging candidates from known talent pools (Internal ATS/ CRM Alumni pools etc..) Ensure recruitment services meet contractual obligations and client SLAs. Lead hiring strategy meetings to agree on recruitment plans with hiring managers. Use data led sourcing insights to determine the best hiring strategy for each requisition, leveraging data, historic hiring trends, and market analysis Review CVs and compliantly and comprehensively screen candidates to present quality shortlisted candidates to hiring managers, coaching the managers through their candidate selection decisions at shortlist & interview Deliver excellent candidate experience from first contact through interview process to start date. Drive hiring decisions and lead offer negotiations. Address potential stakeholder issues and share knowledge to enhance recruitment delivery. Support defined future hiring requirements by talent pooling relevant quality candidates, when suitable live vacancies are not available*.

Technology and Compliance:

Track candidate status and requisition updates in relevant systems. Identify and flag scope creep for account contractual management. Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and track compliance risks

Client Stakeholder Relationships:

Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior hiring managers/stakeholders. (see role purpose for description of types of stakeholders)

Internal Stakeholder Relationships:

Collaborate with Talent Sourcing, Insights, Talent Attraction, and Administration teams for a smooth client and candidate experience.

Skills & Experience

You'll need to demonstrate:

Excellent communication skills and ability to build long-lasting relationships with candidates, clients and teammates. Strong customer focus and the ability to manage senior stakeholders. An analytical mind, attention to detail and practical approach. Capable of dealing with ambiguity and everchanging priorities Experience in ATS systems. Global/regional experience preferred.

Other

Why AMS?

At AMS, we recognise the value of different perspectives and experiences in prompting innovation, sparking creativity, and solving problems.



We come from every walk of life, and our culture is open and inclusive. Our people enjoy flexibility, autonomy, and being trusted to work their way. We offer you career opportunities in every direction you want to explore. It's our world but you can do it your way.

We offer:

Full training and support High value and challenging work A vibrant, diverse, and collaborative culture Flexible working A competitive reward and benefits package
The opportunity to embark on a recruitment career with one of the world's leading recruitment companies

Details may vary slightly depending on your location, local labour law, etc.

Our culture of inclusion and belonging.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, and all aspects of employment are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon age, disability, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic.



If you require any accommodations or have any accessibility needs, please reach out via email Talent@weareams.com or make a member of our Talent Acquisition team aware at any time.



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We take pride in being Disability Confident. This helps to ensure that you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long- term health conditions, or are neurodiverse. You will be shortlisted based on minimum criteria for the role and will be offered support and/or adjustments for the recruitment process if you wish.

Details

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Reference

AMS28420


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Closing

28/11/2025


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Location

United Kingdom, England, Bristol


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Schedule

Full Time


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Business area

Administration


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Sector

Professional Business Services


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Employment Type

Permanent