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Our Talent Acquisition team play a key role in finding the best talent to help us achieve our strategic goals. As a Senior SME Specialist Recruiter, you'll be at the forefront of our recruitment efforts, leading the charge in attracting and securing the best talent in your area of expertise. You'll really know your stuff - understanding the intricacies of the roles within your specialism, know the marketplace and competitors, and have a keen eye for what drives and attracts top talent to Virgin Money. We're growing our team and seeking SME's within specialised fields including; Tech, Cyber, Risk, Fraud, and Finance.
What you'll be doing:
+ Lead and own the operational delivery for specific specialist roles.
+ Work closely with Senior Strategic TA Partners and hiring managers to understand immediate and future resource demands, focusing on building diverse talent pipelines.
+ Develop and execute bespoke recruitment campaigns, leveraging our employer brand to attract the best talent in your specialism.
+ Own and deliver on the full end to end delivery lifecycle through to start date.
+ Write compelling job adverts that reflect the Virgin Money tone and attract top candidates.
+ Manage multiple open vacancies, ensuring timely progression and communication with hiring managers and candidates.
+ Collaborate with stakeholders and drive activity for campaigns at pace.
+ Directly sourcing candidates directly using LinkedIn and Talent Insights.
+ Expertise on sourcing underrepresented talent.
+ Conduct qualifying calls with candidates and provide shortlists of candidates.
+ Manage the offer process and support onboarding.
+ Lead meetings with senior stakeholders to discuss roles, provide updates, address challenges and offer solutions.
+ Continuously seek to improve recruitment processes and the candidate experience.
+ Use recruitment data to drive activity, provide insights to influence decisions, share successes and highlight areas of focus.
+ Collaborate with colleagues and lead on critical projects across the team.
+ Stay ahead of market trends and external factors impacting talent acquisition., As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com
Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.
If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.

+ Significant recruitment experience - ideally gained inhouse within professional services or agency where you've specialised in Tech, Cyber, Risk or Finance.
+ A track record of effectively influencing at a senior leadership level to ensure the best outcomes.
+ Excellent knowledge of social media platforms and be highly active on LinkedIn with a flair for creating engaging posts to attract candidates.
+ A strong network of candidates within your area of specialism.
+ A successful background in direct sourcing and headhunting talent for niche roles.
+ Experience of handling a high number of roles with the ability to work at pace and spin lots of plates.
+ Data skills to own reporting for your roles as well being able to tell the story.
+ Experience of creating and managing and delivering campaigns for specialist roles.
+ A proactive, forward-thinking approach with a lust for learning as you stay updated with the latest trends and research.
+ Ability to oversee and manage external partners to drive performance and increase impact.

+ 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt.
+ Market-leading pension.
+ Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
+ Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness.
And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.
Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.
We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.
Say hello to Virgin Money
We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we're a workforce to be reckoned with, and we're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer-obsessed and work tirelessly to deliver on our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money.' This means we're able to do banking differently, and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference by creating memorable moments and red-hot experiences for our millions of customers. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.
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Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.

+ Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more.
+ Up to five extra paid well-being days per year .