TA Specialist
This is a Full Time/Flexible Working, Fixed Term Contract vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
We’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist to support high‑volume recruitment across WPS on a fixed‑term basis. This role is focused on delivery—working closely with hiring managers and the TA Business Partner to ensure vacancies are filled quickly, compliantly and to a high standard.
You’ll manage multiple roles at pace, balancing candidate experience with business priorities and supporting workforce delivery across operational and professional roles.
What you’ll be doing
- Deliver end‑to‑end volume recruitment aligned to agreed resourcing plans and priorities
- Manage high vacancy numbers while maintaining quality, pace and compliance
- Partner with hiring managers to support effective recruitment decisions and selection activity
- Execute attraction, sourcing, screening, offer and onboarding activity efficiently
- Work with PSL suppliers where required
- Ensure a positive, consistent candidate experience across all recruitment activity
- Track progress against volume hiring targets and contribute to recruitment MI and reporting
- Support TA initiatives focused on continuous improvement, EDI and process efficiency
About you
- Proven experience delivering high‑volume recruitment in an in‑house or agency environment
- Confident managing multiple vacancies and priorities simultaneously
- Strong stakeholder management skills with a practical, delivery‑focused mindset
- Comfortable working to targets, SLAs and time‑to‑hire measures
- Good understanding of recruitment compliance, governance and best practice
- Collaborative, resilient and focused on outcomes
Why join WPS?
- Be part of a growing TA function with a clear delivery model
- Opportunity to make a real impact during a period of high demand and change
- Supportive team environment with clear priorities and ways of working
- Exposure to volume hiring across a large, diverse organisation
Work for Wates
Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.
We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:
Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.
We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.
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