Talent Sourcer
Posted Today by Scout
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Talent Sourcer role is a 6-month fixed-term contract based in London, focusing on sourcing and engaging top talent for R&D positions in engineering, product development, and scientific roles. The position involves developing candidate pipelines, collaborating with hiring managers, and maintaining candidate tracking in an ATS. The role emphasizes the importance of understanding technical requirements and building long-term relationships with candidates. There is potential for the contract to be extended or to transition into a permanent position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Proactively source and engage top talent for R&D positions across engineering, product development, and scientific roles.
- Develop and maintain pipelines of qualified candidates using advanced sourcing techniques, including Boolean search, social media, and niche networks.
- Collaborate closely with hiring managers and R&D leadership to understand role requirements and team culture.
- Screen and assess candidate experience, skills, and fit for specific R&D projects.
- Maintain candidate tracking and reporting in ATS to ensure a smooth hiring process.
- Stay updated on R&D talent market trends, competitor hiring activity, and emerging skill sets.
- Build and nurture long-term relationships with passive candidates to support future R&D hiring needs.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a talent sourcer or recruiter, ideally with a focus on R&D / engineering roles.
- Strong knowledge of sourcing tools, databases and social platforms.
- Excellent communication and candidate engagement skills.
- Ability to quickly understand technical roles, research skills and project requirements.
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple sourcing pipelines simultaneously.
- Familiarity with global or niche R&D talent markets is a plus.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Talent Sourcer
Duration: 6 month FTC
Location: London (Remote)
Description Founded in 2020, Scout now have Talent Partners located across the UK, New York & Sydney where we are able to provide local knowledge and support to our clients with plans to expand into other cities throughout this year, and we’d love for you to be part of our journey! We're very proud of the impact we have made across our clients, and over the past couple of years we have been named Recruitment Startup of the Year, and featured on the prestigious Startups 100 list! Right now we are currently supporting Publicis, Contentful, Multiverse, Incard - to name a few.
Please note, this is initially a 6 month Fixed Term Contract, with the potential to extend, and/or become a permanent role.
The Role
- Proactively source and engage top talent for R&D positions across engineering, product development, and scientific roles.
- Develop and maintain pipelines of qualified candidates using advanced sourcing techniques, including Boolean search, social media, and niche networks.
- Collaborate closely with hiring managers and R&D leadership to understand role requirements and team culture.
- Screen and assess candidate experience, skills, and fit for specific R&D projects.
- Maintain candidate tracking and reporting in ATS to ensure a smooth hiring process.
- Stay updated on R&D talent market trends, competitor hiring activity, and emerging skill sets.
- Build and nurture long-term relationships with passive candidates to support future R&D hiring needs.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a talent sourcer or recruiter, ideally with a focus on R&D / engineering roles.
- Strong knowledge of sourcing tools, databases and social platforms.
- Excellent communication and candidate engagement skills.
- Ability to quickly understand technical roles, research skills and project requirements.
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple sourcing pipelines simultaneously.
- Familiarity with global or niche R&D talent markets is a plus.
We’re committed to building a culture of inclusion and belonging. We actively encourage applications from everyone; regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation or gender identity.