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A rare and exciting opportunity to lead and implement a high-impact early careers and outreach project while overseeing our recruitment coordination service. This fixed-term role, to cover maternity leave, offers a unique opportunity to be creative, shaping and delivering our future talent approach to realise our longer term ambitions. 

You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping how we attract, engage, and develop future talent across the University. You'll lead our school work experience programme and will work closely with the Head of Talent Acquisition to develop our early careers and future approach; from internship programmes, central graduate scheme and returnship initiatives, this role is all about building a diverse, inclusive, and future-ready workforce.

You’ll also maintain oversight of our core recruitment operations, having responsibility for the Recruitment Team Leader and indirectly a team of Recruitment Coordinators, ensuring continuity and excellence in service delivery.

You’re an experienced talent acquisition professional with a track record of designing and delivering early careers programmes or similar future talent initiatives. You bring strategic thinking, strong project management skills, and a passion for inclusive opportunity.

You’re confident working with stakeholders at all levels, and you know how to turn ideas into action. Whether it’s leading a team, managing recruitment campaigns, or building partnerships with schools and community organisations, you’re proactive, collaborative, and driven by impact.

You’ll also bring:

• Excellent knowledge of recruitment best practice and employment legislation
• A starter-finisher mentality 
• Experience managing recruitment services and leading teams
• A commitment to social mobility and inclusive talent development
• CIPD Level 5 (or an equivalent level of experience)

Our HR Recruitment team is a small, agile group that works closely with colleagues across the University to deliver a high-quality, customer-focused recruitment service. We’re proud of our Recruitment Brand and our values of pace, innovation, and service.

This maternity cover role is a chance to build on our strong foundations while helping us take a bold step forward in how we engage future talent. You’ll be joining a team that’s open to ideas, committed to progress, and ready to support you in making a real difference.

For an informal conversation about the role please contact Sarah Sutton, Head of Talent Acquisition ( ) or Francis Ondoro, Talent Acquisition Specialist ( )

This is a full time (36.5 hours per week) fixed term position to cover maternity leave, with an anticipated end date of September 2026, or the early return of the postholder. 

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace  
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn .

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader ; autism friendly university , committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff . 

Closing Date: 21 Sep 2025

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £38,784 to £46,049