Talent Acquisition Specialist

Job no: 533122
Brand: People and Culture
Work type: Full time, Hybrid
Location: London
Categories: People and Culture

About Flight Centre Travel Group

Flight Centre Travel Group is one of the world's largest travel companies with over 12,000 employees globally - who we call 'Flighties'. With over thirty brands under our family tree and headquarters in more than twenty countries, our roles are diverse and our opportunities are endless. When, we say we're a great place to work, we have the proof to back it up.

Over the past 12 years we've been voted a 'Great Place to Work' including one of the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing and Best Workplaces for Women. Together, we live and breathe our number one philosophy, our people, and turn up each day driven by our purpose to open up the world for those who want to see. Put simply, we're a bunch of travel lovers looking for more travel lovers to join our family.

We're looking for a proactive and commercially minded Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our People Experience team, supporting hiring across the UK and Europe. You'll play a key role in attracting top talent across multiple brands and business functions, managing everything from high-volume operational recruitment to specialist and technical hiring. Working closely with hiring managers, you'll act as a trusted advisor while driving exceptional candidate experiences and building strong talent pipelines.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced recruiter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys making a genuine impact on business growth.

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process across the UK and Europe, from role briefing through to offer acceptance and onboarding handover
• Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs, provide market insights and develop effective recruitment strategies
• Proactively source and engage high-quality candidates through Linked In Recruiter, talent databases, networking and other sourcing channels
• Conduct talent mapping and competitor research to identify potential candidates and market trends
• Build and maintain diverse talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs
• Conduct candidate screening, interviewing and assessment activities to support quality hiring decisions
• Present qualified candidate shortlists and guide hiring managers through the selection process
• Support recruitment across a broad range of functions and seniority levels, balancing high-volume campaigns and specialist vacancies
• Manage a busy requisition workload, often supporting 20+ live vacancies simultaneously
• Ensure recruitment activity is delivered within agreed service levels and hiring time frames
• Facilitate offer management, pre-employment screening and associated hiring administration
• Support workforce planning discussions and proactively identify future talent needs
  
  Champion an outstanding candidate experience throughout the recruitment journey
• Promote Flight Centre Travel Group as an employer of choice through every candidate interaction
• Represent the business at recruitment events, networking opportunities and talent initiatives
• Maintain accurate candidate and recruitment records within the Applicant Tracking System (Page Up)
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, GDPR requirements and internal recruitment policies
• Identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes, tools and ways of working
• Contribute to a safe, inclusive, and accessible work environment where all Flighties feel welcomed, respected, and supported to thrive.

• Previous recruitment experience within an agency, in-house or RPO environment
• Proven experience managing multiple vacancies within a fast-paced environment
• Strong direct sourcing and headhunting capability, including engaging passive candidates
• Experience using Linked In Recruiter
• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems
• Demonstrated stakeholder management experience with hiring managers
• Track record of recruiting across multiple functions and seniority levels
• Strong candidate assessment, interviewing and selection skills
• Excellent communication, relationship-building and influencing skills
• Commercially aware with the confidence to provide recruitment advice and market insights
• Resourceful and creative approach to identifying talent and solving recruitment challenges
• Experience recruiting sales and business development talent is advantageous
• Experience recruiting across multiple European…