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This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced recruitment professional who enjoys influencing stakeholders, building talent strategies, and delivering exceptional candidate experiences.\nAs part of the Group HR function, you will play a critical role in attracting and securing high-quality talent that supports OUP's mission of advancing knowledge and learning. You will build strong partnerships across the business, proactively develop talent pipelines, and create innovative attraction strategies that support both immediate and long-term hiring requirements.\nThis role provides broad exposure across all aspects of talent acquisition, including sourcing strategy, stakeholder partnering, recruitment operations, employer branding, diversity and inclusion, recruitment process improvement, and market intelligence. It offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on organisational growth while working in a collaborative and globally connected HR environment.\nOpportunity\nAs a Talent Acquisition Partner, you will be responsible for managing the full recruitment lifecycle while partnering closely with hiring managers, HR colleagues, suppliers, and candidates to deliver a high-quality recruitment experience.\nKey responsibilities include:\nPartnering with hiring managers and HR business partners to source and attract outstanding talent in line with organisational design and reward principles.\nDeveloping recruitment plans for hiring managers using data, market intelligence, sourcing insights, and cost considerations to support informed hiring decisions.\nBuilding long-term relationships with business stakeholders to understand immediate and future workforce requirements.\nCreating and implementing attraction strategies and talent pipelines to support business objectives and workforce planning.\nProactively seeking market intelligence and candidate insights to build high-quality talent pools.\nEngaging with potential candidates through direct sourcing, networking, recruitment events, social media platforms, and talent communities.\nWorking towards direct hiring objectives and reducing dependency on external agencies wherever appropriate.\nCoaching hiring managers through every stage of the end-to-end recruitment process.\nAdvising managers on effective assessment and selection methods to identify the best candidates.\nChampioning diversity and inclusion throughout the recruitment process and supporting diverse shortlists.\nPromoting awareness of unconscious bias and inclusive hiring practices among hiring managers.\nKeeping up to date with recruitment legislation and communicating relevant updates to hiring managers and HR stakeholders.\nDelivering coaching sessions, briefings, and guidance on recruitment policies, legal requirements, and best practices.\nManaging recruitment operations to ensure candidates are assessed, selected, offered, vetted, and onboarded in accordance with OUP policies and procedures.\nManaging preferred supplier relationships and ensuring agencies remain compliant, effective, and aligned with OUP's values and requirements.\nCollaborating with HR Operations and wider HR teams to ensure recruitment processes and systems are efficient and effective.\nDriving continuous improvement within recruitment processes through training, feedback, process enhancement, and knowledge sharing initiatives.\nDelivering recruitment system and process training to hiring managers and stakeholders.\nEnsuring Information Security and Data Privacy requirements are maintained throughout the recruitment lifecycle.\nImplementing appropriate controls to mitigate data privacy risks and ensure responsible handling of candidate information.\nWorking cross-functionally with colleagues across HR services, operations, projects, and change initiatives to support business objectives and organisational alignment.\nSupporting additional projects and duties that contribute to OUP's wider mission and operational goals.\nImpact\nThis role is central to OUP's ability to attract, engage, and retain outstanding talent. By providing expert recruitment guidance, building strong talent pipelines, supporting inclusive hiring practices, and delivering an excellent candidate experience, you will directly contribute to the organisation's success and future growth. 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