Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Full Time, Permanent
The role

Location:

This hybrid role requires 3 days on-site at our Burnaby, BC office and 2 days remote per week.
Welcome to Specsavers  – where we’re not just about eyecare and eyewear, but changing lives through better sight. Ranked the 5th Best Workplace™ in Canada and 12th globally by Great Place to Work®, we’re proud of our optometrist-owned model that makes high-quality, eyecare and eyewear accessible to all Canadians.
Founded 40 years ago in the UK by visionary husband and wife optometry duo Doug and Mary Perkins, Specsavers has remained privately owned since day one. Today, we are a $7.8 billion global business with over 45,000 colleagues across more than 2,700 retail optical locations.
In Canada, our support office is based in Burnaby, BC. Since entering the market in 2021, we’ve been scaling rapidly, now with over 270 locations nationwide. With advanced clinical equipment and a wide range of affordable, high-quality eyewear, we’re transforming the way Canadians experience eyecare.
If you’re passionate about making a difference and want to be part of a values-driven organization, join us as we continue to grow. Together, we can change lives through better sight.
What You’ll Do  The Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist leads the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle for corporate & supply chain roles across Specsavers Canada’s Support Office & our BC Distribution Centre, including complex, senior, niche, confidential, and hard-to-fill positions. As a trusted talent advisor, they partner with hiring leaders to develop effective hiring strategies, provide market insights, and deliver exceptional hiring outcomes and experiences.
Leveraging strong recruitment expertise, advanced sourcing techniques, and data-driven decision-making, this role builds high-quality talent pipelines, solves hiring challenges, and supports current and future talent needs. The Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist also supports the TA Manager with the continuous improvement of talent acquisition processes, tools, and programs, helping to enhance organizational capability and advance Specsavers Canada's talent strategy.
Serving as a subject matter expert in recruitment excellence, this role balances hands-on delivery with strategic influence while championing an inclusive, candidate-centric approach and strengthening the Specsavers employer brand.

Key Responsibilities   Lead end-to-end recruitment for corporate roles, including senior, niche, confidential and hard-to-fill positions, delivering an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience.
Partner with hiring leaders as a trusted talent advisor, providing market insight, challenging assumptions and shaping effective sourcing, assessment and selection strategies.
Build proactive talent pipelines through headhunting, networking, referrals, social media, job boards, talent mapping and market intelligence, adapting strategies to overcome challenging searches.
Own recruitment data, ATS accuracy and reporting, using talent metrics and insights to monitor pipeline health, identify risks and drive hiring outcomes.
Manage interviews, candidate communications, offers and negotiations, building strong candidate relationships throughout the recruitment journey.
Champion the Specsavers brand, EVP and inclusive hiring practices, representing the business at relevant events, associations and talent communities.
Contribute to Talent Acquisition strategy and continuous improvement, including candidate experience, sourcing, assessment, analytics, employer branding, systems and processes.
What We’re Looking For   Minimum of 4–6 years of experience in Talent Acquisition in corporate and/or agency environments.
Demonstrated success filling complex, senior, or…