Job Description

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About The Role

As a Talent Acquisition Partner at LiveWest, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring recruitment excellence. You will attract and recruit high-calibre colleagues across various disciplines (permanent, fixed-term, and temporary), ensuring cost-effective and timely hiring. You will provide expert advice and in partnership, an efficient service to hiring managers and candidates, while also developing and marketing our employer brand.

Key Responsibilities:

End-to-End Recruitment Management:

Proactively manage the recruitment process for vacancies across the organisation, ensuring an excellent experience for both candidates and hiring managers.

Expert Guidance:

Provide expert advice, guidance, and support to hiring managers through recruitment campaigns and partnering, as well as to People colleagues across the organisation.

Innovative Recruiting Strategies:

Develop role-specific recruiting strategies, employing both traditional sourcing methods and new, innovative approaches.

Market Knowledge:

Build key market knowledge and ensure access to preferred recruitment channels, such as industry-specific job boards and LinkedIn.

Engagement with Delivery Partners:

Engage with key delivery partners, including external agencies and search firms, to ensure value for money and successful outcomes.

Proactive Talent Sourcing:

Attract and recruit top talent, including proactively sourcing candidates for specialised, hard-to-fill roles and those in candidate-short markets.

Networking:

Identify events, conferences, and communities where industry specialists and top talent gather to attract candidates and promote the brand.

Diverse and Inclusive Culture:

Contribute to the development of a diverse and inclusive culture at LiveWest, ensuring the attraction of talent from under-represented groups.

Why Join LiveWest:

Make an Impact:

Play a key role in shaping the future of LiveWest by attracting top talent.

Professional Growth:

Benefit from continuous professional development and opportunities to advance your career.

Innovative Environment:

Work in a forward-thinking organisation that values creativity and innovation.

Collaborative Culture:

Be part of a team that collaborates effectively to achieve shared goals.

Employer Brand:

Help develop and promote LiveWest's employer brand, making us a sought-after place to work.
At LiveWest, we believe in providing more than just homes - we create thriving communities. As the largest housing provider in the South West, we support over 80,000 customers and deliver homes where people feel safe, valued, and empowered to achieve their potential.


With two newly created roles available, this is an exciting time to join and help shape the future of Talent Acquisition at LiveWest.

Working Pattern:

These roles are full-time and offer hybrid working, with 2-3 days per week in the office depending on business needs. You can be based in any of our three offices - Exeter, Weston-super-Mare, or Tolvaddon.

Reporting Structure:

You will report to the Head of Talent Acquisition and Reward, with a dotted line to the Talent Acquisition Manager for day-to-day operations.


Interviews for this role will be held in our Exeter office W/C 3 June 2025.

To learn more about the role and LiveWest, please see our candidate information pack.


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About The Candidate

To be successful in your application for the role of Talent Acquisition Partner, you will have the essential skills and experience for a level 3 role at LiveWest (please see candidate information pack) and the following role-specific skills and experience:

Significant In-House Recruiting Experience:

A proven track record of managing recruitment campaigns across various organisational functions, including senior-level and specialist roles.

Recruitment Campaign Management:

Experience designing and owning successful recruitment campaigns, including full cycle recruiting and using a range of evaluation methods.

Social Media Proficiency:

Expertise in using social media, including LinkedIn, to enhance recruitment outcomes and proactively source candidates.

Stakeholder Management:

Excellent relationship management and networking skills, both internally and externally.

Interpersonal Skills:

Strong communication, influencing, and persuasion skills.

Creative Solutions:

A solution-focused and innovative approach to recruitment challenges.

Applicant Tracking Systems:

Familiarity with applicant tracking systems - ideally Eploy.

Qualifications:

CIPD membership and evidence of continuing professional development. Ideally, CIPD Level 5 in Resourcing and Talent Management (or equivalent), or substantial progress towards completion.

Final Note:

Join LiveWest and help shape the future of housing in the South West. Apply now to become our next Talent Acquisition Partner!

Please note: we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role; therefore, you must have the right to work in the UK to submit an application for this role.

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About The Company

Our Reward and Benefits:

Working Style:

Hybrid working with 2 - 3 days in the office to support your work/life balance.

Generous Annual Leave:

Start with 26 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with length of service - and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days (pro rated for part time roles).

Pension Contributions:

Enjoy up to 9% employer contributions with our Defined Contribution scheme.

Health Benefits and Perks:

Access to a health care cash plan (worth up to 1,100 annually), virtual GP services, discounted gym memberships, and retail discounts including access to a Blue Light Card.

Learning and Development:

Invest in your future with ongoing personal and professional growth opportunities.

Family Support:

Policies designed to help you balance work and family life, including a new child payment.

Wellbeing Matters:

Priorities your health with mental health support, enhanced sick pay, wellness campaigns, and free flu jabs.

Smarter Travel:

Save with our Cycle to Work and Car Benefit schemes.

Giving Back:

Up to four paid volunteering days a year to support our communities.

About Us:

At LiveWest, we are united by a shared mission: to create a home for everyone. Each of us takes pride in playing our part in achieving this goal.

Our values guide everything we do - from how we work together to how we deliver exceptional services to our customers. Collaboration is at the heart of LiveWest, and we believe that we achieve more when we deliver together.

As one of the largest employers in the South West, our team of 1,800 talented colleagues provides a wide range of services to our 80,000 customers. We are passionate about nurturing local talent and creating opportunities for people within the communities we serve.

We are committed to supporting our colleagues, giving them the autonomy and encouragement they need to thrive and reach their full potential. Together, we are building brighter futures for everyone.

Inclusion at LiveWest:

At LiveWest, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered. We believe that our differences drive innovation, creativity, and excellent, and we strive to create an environment where all colleagues can thrive. As a proud member of Inclusive Employers, a Disability Confident Employer, and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, we are dedicated to supporting all our colleagues and ensuring that our workplace is welcoming and accessible to all.

We welcome individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to join our team. LiveWest is dedicated to equal opportunity and actively works to eliminate discrimination and promote diversity at all levels.

Join us in our mission to create vibrant and inclusive communities. Make a difference with LiveWest, where every voice is heard, and every contribution is valued.

You can read more about Inclusion at LiveWest by visiting our website.