Role Summary
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At ARIA, we believe that breakthroughs are driven by people. As our Talent Acquisition Manager, you will be at the heart of our operational engine. While others see recruitment as a process, you see it as relationship-building at scale. Acting as the bridge between the world’s best talent and our mission, you will be the custodian of the candidate relationship, ensuring that every interaction is human, thoughtful, and engaging. You will use your expertise to make everything run smoothly, allowing genuine connections to flourish between candidates and our teams.
What You’ll Do
The scope of the role will evolve as ARIA continues to grow, but will broadly involve the following:
Lead end-to-end recruitment for ARIA’s essential operational functions, including Finance, Communications, People, Procurement, Policy, and the Executive Office. You aren't just filling seats - every campaign we run, we do so with intention. We are not just looking for exceptional talent, but for diverse, mission oriented, and values driven people.
Serve as an ambassador for ARIA. You will manage complex (at times), multi-stage interview schedules, frequently aligning candidates across various global time zones, ensuring every candidate, regardless of the outcome, feels valued, heard, and receives a first-class experience.
Act as a trusted strategic advisor to hiring managers and scientific leaders. You will guide them through complex hiring decisions, challenging assumptions when necessary, and coach them on inclusive, effective assessment techniques.
Operationalise contingent workforce recruitment, partnering with the Head of Talent to manage contractor searches across all ARIA teams.
Employ creative sourcing methods to uncover top talent and champion agile, innovative ways of working.
Who You Are: A successful candidate will bring the following skills/experience:
Essential Criteria
- You operate with a high degree of autonomy. We don't micromanage; instead, we trust you to take full accountability for your campaigns, proactively identifying bottlenecks and building solutions before problems escalate.
- You have deep experience managing the end to end recruiting process for a range of corporate or operational roles, up to a senior level.
- You have a strong track record in actively sourcing for hard to fill roles, moving beyond organic applications to hunt for exceptional talent.
- You’re agile and adaptable, thriving in environments where the right way isn't always written down.
- You’re highly organised. We typically run campaign-style recruiting processes that require careful planning, communicating upfront timeframes, and close coordination both internally and externally.
- Being detail-obsessed, you understand that in a high-stakes agency, small details, error-free comms, consistent branding and seamless scheduling - build the credibility that’s needed to hire the best.
- You’re a systems thinker where you don’t just do tasks; you build systems to make everything run smoother.
- You have a track record of using tech to eliminate friction.
Desirable criteria
- We’re a Lean Team Wearing Many Hats So We’d Love It If You Had Some Of These, But They’re Not Dealbreakers
- Previous experience in a fast-paced, start-up/scale-up environment.
- Experience recruiting for niche technical or scientific roles, with the willingness and curiosity to help with key hiring processes in and around our opportunity spaces.
- You understand the UK talent landscape.
- You can speak the language of R&D and innovation, and you appreciate the nuances of hiring for a high-profile public agency.
Our current tech-stack
We Are Constantly Looking To Build On Our Talent Tech-stack, Where It Will Improve Recruiting Processes And Outcomes. See Below For Some Of The Tools We’ve Implemented So Far Pinpoint (ATS), LinkedIn Recruiter, Metaview, Applied, Airtable, and access to a suite of enterprise-grade LLMs (including Gemini and ChatGPT). We are a Google native organisation.
Benefits
- 27 days annual leave provision, with the option to buy/sell additional days
- Hybrid working arrangements; 60% in office / 40% at home
- Supportive environment for learning and development opportunities
- A free and confidential 24/7 employee assistance programme
- Life Assurance
- 2 days of paid volunteer days
- 5% defined contribution pension scheme with Smart Pension
- Cycle to Work scheme
- An excellent office location in Kings X, London