Talent Acquisition Specialist

Job Description

Birmingham City Football Club is on the rise.

With an incredible history dating back to 1875, Birmingham City Football Club is part of an exciting period of accelerated growth and modernisation, and is playing it’s part in once-in-a-generationopportunity to support the transformation of England’s second city as part of the Sports Quarter(opens in new tab) project.

With significant investment across our football, commercial, and community operations, we are rebuilding the Club for long-term success — on and off the pitch.

The journey we’re on involves strengthening our structures, elevating our performance environments, growing our teams, and investing heavily in the people, processes and culture that will define the next chapter of Birmingham City Football Club.

We’re looking for an ambitious and driven Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our People and Culture team. Joining us now means becoming part of a club that is evolving rapidly, with new opportunities emerging across all departments as we scale.

Under the custodianship of the Knighthead ownership group and a refreshed leadership structure, Birmingham City is building for sustainable success, competitive growth, and deeper impact within the city and wider region.

This is a pivotal moment: as part of the Talent Acquisition team we aren’t simply filling roles — we’re building the future identity of the Club.

As part of the wider People & Culture team, you’ll play a part in building stronger culture, and talent systems, initiatives and processes to support an ambitious, and forward-thinking organisation

From football operations and performance support to commercial, content, operations and fan experience — you’ll be involved in supporting the development of a variety of exciting departments that support our operations on and off the pitch.

As Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will play a key part in supporting this growth by helping hire the people who will drive the Club forward along with delivering key projects to continue to improve the Talent Acquisition function

You can look forward to:

• Supporting recruitment across the Club — from football and performance roles to business, commercial and operational teams
• Partnering with hiring managers, to understand their departmental plans and develop search specifications that ensure we attract individuals who share our ambition and values
• Supporting the entire candidate journey, from first contact through to onboarding
• Working closely with the wider People and Culture team to develop effective and collaborative processes
• Be involved with change programmes and project work, including a new ATS implementation & the development of early career programmes

Your work will directly influence how the Club evolves over the coming years.

We are looking for someone who brings not only recruitment expertise and will thrive in a fast-changing, forward-thinking organisation. If you have a sports or football background, even better!

You will bring:

• In-House Talent Acquisition experience with confidence balancing multiple projects at once
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build and nurture relationships with candidates and hiring managers
• Experience using and developing an Applicant Tracking System ideally from early-stage introduction, and building out workflows and functionality to improve processes
• A solutions-focused approach, with confidence working in an evolving and growing organisation
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially…