Senior Talent Acquisition Partner - Pubs (FTC to Aug 26)

Company Description

Career Band: Senior Professional 

The Senior Talent Partner will lead strategic talent acquisition initiatives across Greene King, focusing on proactive talent forecasting, internal mobility, and recruitment for professional and above-grade roles. This role involves strategic planning and specialist recruitment, aiming to align talent acquisition with the broader business goals and workforce planning needs.

Pub Operations will be accountable for business units nationally, partnering with key stakeholders across the business and recruiting within your geographical area for managed divisions and Pub Partners including critical roles and operational roles excluding core PLT vacancies.

The primary base at Burton or Bury, with potential for occasional travel to other sites as needed.

Job Description

Your role as Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

• Collaborate closely with the Talent Acquisition Management team and HR Business Partners to align strategic talent plans.
• Partner with the Recruitment Delivery Manager to ensure the execution of high-volume recruitment strategies for corporate entry-level and pub leadership roles within SLAs.
• Collaborate with wider Senior Talent Partner, Attraction team and Recruiters to ensure recruitment practices are effective across all levels and areas of the business.
• Engage with external vendors and networks to leverage talent intelligence, and market changes, to enhance talent pipelines, and ensure our hiring approach is inclusive, innovative, and effective.

What you’ll bring… 

• Demonstrable business partnering experience in talent acquisition or wider people teams, with a strong ability to analyse needs and develop hiring forecasts that support long-term workforce needs.  
• Skilled in identifying future talent needs and planning proactive recruitment campaigns to build robust talent pipelines.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of managing and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills and insights-led mindset, to support data-driven decision-making.
• Advanced proficiency in using recruitment technologies, including ATS and CRM systems, to enhance recruitment processes, and improve efficiencies and candidate experiences.
• Strong understanding and ability to drive inclusive hiring practices that promote diversity and equity within the workplace, and ensure processes are fair and robust.
• Established networker with a track record of building and maintaining relationships both within and outside the industry, leveraging external insights and best practices to enhance our approach.
• Innovative thinker with a proven ability to solve complex recruitment challenges, driving continuous improvements and creative solutions in talent acquisition.

Additional Information

We’re all about rewarding our team’s hard work, that’s why…

You’ll receive a competitive salary, pension contribution as well as:

• The chance to further your career across our well-known brands – as one of the industry's top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career. 
• Discount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands – so you enjoy your favourite food and drink at a discount.
• Free employee assistance program – mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support because you matter!
• Discount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels. – so you can enjoy a weekend away without breaking the bank.
• Refer a friend – who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you could earn £1,500 for referring them!
• Wagestream – access your wage before payday for when life happens.
• Retail discounts – Receive up to 30% off at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with three mobile along with many more…