Associate Recruitment Partner

Role Overview

• Partnering with hiring managers to define what great looks like
• aligning on the skills, experience, and behaviours needed for success
• Acting as a trusted advisor, bringing insight, challenge, and expertise to hiring decisions and overall recruitment strategy
• Keeping stakeholders aligned and informed through clear, timely updates on progress and priorities
• Developing smart, targeted sourcing strategies based on role requirements and market insight
• Proactively building and nurturing high-quality talent pipelines across multiple specialisms
• Representing Veriforce at careers fairs, networking events, and hiring initiatives to attract and engage top talent
• Delivering a standout, end-to-end candidate experience that reflects the quality of our brand
• Building strong relationships with candidates and ensuring every interaction is thoughtful, engaging, and consistent
• Owning the full recruitment lifecycle from brief through to offer and contract issuance, partnering closely with HR, Payroll and Onboarding teams
• Managing multiple roles effectively, balancing pace with quality and attention to detail
• Leading regular hiring reviews, using data, market insight, and feedback to refine and improve hiring approaches
• Contributing to wider talent initiatives that enhance team performance and delivery
• Continuously looking for smarter, more effective ways of working and developing your own expertise

Requirements

• Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment processes, ideally with 3+ years in either an in-house or 360 recruitment environment
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to plan, prioritise, and deliver against demanding timelines
• Experience defining role requirements and translating them into effective, targeted sourcing strategies
• A consistent focus on delivering a positive, engaging candidate journey from first interaction through to offer and onboarding
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to build trust and maintain relationships throughout the process
• A proactive mindset, always looking for ways to improve processes, increase efficiency, and enhance outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to partner with and influence hiring managers and stakeholders at different levels
• Confidence working in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple priorities with agility and impact

Benefits

We have a hybrid workplace policy, where you will work from the Cardiff office 3 days per week. We want you to be able to do your best work here. We emphasize providing many ways to support our team to do their best work and below are some of the perks and benefits we offer: ****** Personal Health & Wellbeing / Benefits****

🍼 Enhanced Parental Leave **** 🌴Generous annual leave **** 🏥 Healthcare Plan**** 💟 Annual Giving Day – an extra day to give back to yourself or your community**** 🚲 Cycle-to-work Scheme **** ** Future Planning****** 💰Pension scheme with employer contributions **** 🧬 Life Assurance – 3X base salary 💸 Rewards Program – access to discounts and cashback **** 🏫 LinkedIn Learning License for upskilling & development **** **Interested but don’t feel you meet all the requirements? **** Our recruitment team assesses and reviews all applications against the role and business needs. We believe in people having transferable and soft skills and want you to know that we do consider where an individual might not meet all the criteria, but have the aptitude and capability, nonetheless. Our priority is to ensure we set people up for success. We will make a final call based on our determining whether we can offer the necessary support to upskill or provide the developmental support needed for you to get the best out of this opportunity with us!Bring Your Whole Self to Work. We are proudly an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team while continuing to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves. ******What you can expect if you apply: **

• A response to your application within 15 working days
• An interview process consisting of:
• An initial discovery call with the recruiter
• A first stage interview via Microsoft Teams
• Additional interview (likely face to face) with the stakeholders you’ll be working with closely in the role

We’re keen to ensure our hiring process allows you to be at your best, so if you need us to make any adjustments, please just let us know.