Job Description

This is a specialist Talent Acquisition role for someone who operates as a true recruitment expert and trusted partner, not a transactional recruiter.
As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will provide professional, evidence-based advice to hiring managers and People Partners across GSA. You will influence how roles are shaped, how talent is attracted and how hiring decisions are made ensuring recruitment activity strengthens the organisation, not just fills vacancies.
You will own end-to-end recruitment delivery within your portfolio, while also setting standards, applying best practice and building confidence in the recruitment process. Your role is to bring insight, challenge and structure to hiring balancing pace with quality and immediate needs with longer-term workforce sustainability.
Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as the subject-matter expert for Talent Acquisition within your portfolio

• Partnering with managers early to influence role clarity, attraction strategy and realistic hiring plans

• Providing market insight and challenge on availability, sourcing routes, salary positioning and timelines

• Designing and leading direct sourcing approaches, reducing reliance on agencies

• Advising on fair, inclusive and effective assessment and selection methods

• Owning the candidate experience and ensuring a consistent, professional approach

• Using recruitment data and insight to identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement

• Embedding effective use of the ATS and agreed recruitment processes

• Supporting employer branding and longer-term talent pipeline activity

About you
You are an experienced Talent Acquisition professional who brings credibility, confidence and depth of expertise.
You are comfortable operating as an advisor and challenger, not an order-taker. You understand the labour market, know how to source talent proactively and can explain why a particular approach will (or won`t) work. You build strong relationships through trust, clarity and consistency.
You will bring:

• Proven experience in a specialist Talent Acquisition or senior recruitment role

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at manager and director level

• Deep understanding of sourcing strategies and recruitment best practice

• Confidence using data, insight and ATS systems to inform decisions

• A commitment to fair, inclusive and high-quality recruitment

• A pragmatic, solutions-focused mindset in complex or fast-moving environments.

Experience in housing, public sector or values-led organizations is desirable but not essential.
About us
GreenSquareAccord is one of the biggest social housing and care providers in England.
We believe passionately in our mission to build better lives and provide social housing and support services to 54,000 people across our four localities. We are proud to play an active role in helping people to deal with the consequences of the housing crisis by providing affordable homes for people in our communities who need them most.
We also provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. This includes support for people who are homeless, experiencing domestic violence or are part of the criminal justice system.
GSA Way
We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.
A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.
Our five core commitments are:

• We believe our customer is everything

• We are one team

• We are supportive and caring

• We are business-minded for social purpose

• We are curious and ambitious.

You can read more about the GSA Way in our recruitment pack.
Benefits
In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes:

• 25 days annual holiday entitlement

• A defined contribution pension scheme.

• Trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

• Two days paid volunteering leave per year

• Buying and selling of annual leave

• Opt-in health cash plan with cover on eye test and glasses, Dental, therapy and much more!

GreenSquareAccord also offer a non-contractual performance-related bonus scheme. Further details will be made available upon joining, along with supporting documentation which can be found on the GreenSquareAccord intranet site.
All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy.
GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview.
If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know.
Closing date for applications:
27-12-2025

Skills Required