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Job Title
Talent Acquisition Specialist - PwC
Career Level
2
Location
Manchester - Client Site (Hybrid)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Contract
Permanent
Start Date
September 2025
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
Are you passionate about connecting top talent with exciting opportunities? As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you'll be a vital partner in helping our clients achieve their hiring goals.
You'll support client hiring managers in filling vacancies to target start dates, consistently meeting all quality thresholds, SLAs, and KPIs. You'll deliver exceptional recruitment services, acting as the custodian of both candidate quality and the hiring manager experience.
A key part of your role will involve using data-led sourcing insights to craft the best hiring strategy for each requisition. This means leveraging data, historic hiring trends, and market analysis to identify and attract the best talent available in the market. If you're a results-driven recruiter with a knack for strategic sourcing, we want to hear from you!
Key Accountabilities
Performance & Data Integrity

• Consistently achieve all SLA & KPI targets, including source mix, time to hire, and CSAT scores.
• Ensure 100% data integrity across all reporting and tracking in ATS and CRM systems.
• Maintain strong hiring manager satisfaction through positive feedback.
• Act as a role model for data and digital process utilization, including AMS one where applicable.

Recruitment Delivery

• Execute comprehensive candidate sourcing and attraction plans, proactively engaging talent from internal ATS/CRM and alumni pools.
• Ensure recruitment services meet all contractual obligations and client SLAs.
• Lead hiring strategy meetings to develop robust recruitment plans with hiring managers.
• Leverage data-led insights, historical trends, and market analysis to determine optimal hiring strategies for each requisition.
• Review CVs and conduct thorough, compliant candidate screenings, presenting quality shortlists and coaching hiring managers through selection and interviews.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience from initial contact through to start date.
• Drive critical hiring decisions and expertly manage the offer process.
• Proactively address stakeholder issues and share insights to enhance recruitment delivery.
• Build talent pipelines for future hiring needs by proactively pooling qualified candidates.
• Meet all SLA & KPI Targets; Source mix, Time to hire, CSAT
• Ensure recruitment services meet contractual obligations and client SLAs.

Technology & Compliance

• Maintain accurate candidate status and requisition updates in all relevant systems.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and share potential upsell opportunities.
• Ensure strict compliance with relevant legislation and proactively track compliance risks.

Stakeholder Relationships

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with client hiring managers.

Collaborate seamlessly with internal Talent Sourcing, Insights, Talent Attraction, and Administration teams to ensure a smooth client and candidate experience
Skills & Experience
Must haves

• Accountability: Demonstrates strong accountability by following processes, ensuring data integrity, maintaining quality and accuracy, and making effective data-led decisions with excellent attention to detail.
• Building Trusted Relationships: Builds rapport, effectively manages expectations, and partners successfully with diverse stakeholders.
• Collaboration: Collaborates seamlessly with colleagues to achieve shared goals.
• Communication & Influence: Communicates effectively and influences outcomes through clear, persuasive messaging.
• Delivering Results: Excels at prioritization, manages capacity efficiently, and consistently tracks performance to achieve targets.
• Drive & Tenacity: Acts proactively with perseverance to overcome challenges and achieve objectives.
• Openness to Learning: Possesses a growth mindset, consistently seeking to learn and develop.
• Strategic Thinking: Considers the financial impact and broader implications of decisions.

Technical Skills

• MS Office: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• RPO Expertise: Strong understanding and experience in Recruitment Process Outsourcing.
• Recruitment Technology Literacy: Highly skilled in leveraging various recruitment technologies.
• Industry Knowledge: Relevant industry knowledge in Financial Services or Professional Business Services in specific geographies or sectors.

Other
Every one of us plays a pivotal role in our success, whether engaging directly with clients or shaping the value we add behind the scenes. Together, it means more insight and expertise for our clients and more exciting career paths and experiences for us.
Apart from our benefits package, you'll also get to enjoy the flexibility, autonomy, and trust to work in a way that works best for you. We just focus on providing the means to meet, collaborate, and support each other however you choose.
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 or make a member of our Talent Acquisition team aware at any time.
Hit the Apply now button to get your journey started!
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.
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