About this role
Role Overview
- Proactively source and headhunt candidates across a variety of roles using LinkedIn, events, forums and other channels
- Build and maintain strong talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs
- Engage candidates with thoughtful, personalised outreach that reflects the Xelix brand
- Review and triage inbound applications across multiple roles
- Conduct initial screening calls to assess candidate suitability and motivation
- Provide structured summaries and recommendations to the Talent Partner
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records in our Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
- Ensure data quality, reporting accuracy, and compliance across the recruitment process
- Track candidate progress and ensure stages, notes and feedback are logged correctly
- Support interview scheduling and coordination where required
- Produce basic hiring reports and pipeline updates
- Help ensure a consistent and efficient recruitment process
- Support improvements to sourcing strategies and top-of-funnel conversion
- Contribute to delivering a positive and professional candidate experience
- Provide ad hoc support to the wider People team depending on team priorities and capacity
Requirements
- 6+ months experience working in recruitment, talent acquisition, or resourcing (agency or in-house)
- Experience sourcing and headhunting candidates using LinkedIn or similar tools
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple roles at once
- Confident communicator who enjoys engaging with candidates and stakeholders
- Detail-oriented with a strong focus on process and candidate experience
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving scale-up with evolving priorities
- Curious, proactive, and keen to develop a career in talent acquisition
Benefits
- 27 days of annual leave (including 3 days Christmas closing) which increases up to 3 days based on tenure, with the option to roll over, buy or sell up to 3 days
- Hybrid working from our dog-friendly Hoxton office
- On-site gym and cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount at over 100 retailers
- Comprehensive private medical & dental cover with Vitality
- Enhanced parental leave pay
- Learning & development culture – £1,000 personal annual budget
- We’re carbon-neutral and are working towards ambitious carbon reduction goals
- Lots of team socials & activities
- Annual team retreat