Talent Acquisition Partner

Location: UK - Hatfield | Job-ID: 220768 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Human Resources

Life on the team

As a Talent Acquisition Partner, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our workforce by identifying and securing top talent across the business. You will take full ownership of the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, ensuring a seamless and engaging experience for candidates while working closely with hiring managers and international teams.

Your responsibilities will include the search and selection of candidates across a range of skill sets, as well as effective management of both candidates and stakeholders throughout the recruitment process.

Beyond delivering on your individual responsibilities, we’re looking for someone who is enthusiastic about contributing to broader team goals. In return, you’ll have the opportunity to be part of exciting and challenging international projects.

What you'll do

• Process Ownership, Design & Improvement: Take full accountability for the end-to-end recruitment process, ensuring it is efficient, streamlined, and aligned with business needs. Lead the design and continuous improvement of international recruitment processes, driving innovation and reshaping practices to achieve optimal results. Identify and implement new ideas to enhance our existing hiring manager experience.
• Strategic Advisory: Provide expert guidance to senior, international stakeholders on recruitment methodologies, market trends, and innovative talent strategies. Collaborate closely with international teams to ensure alignment and share best practices globally.
• Talent Sourcing: Attract skilled, culturally aligned, and diverse candidates through advanced direct search techniques (e.g., Boolean), targeted advertising, social media campaigns, and creative talent generation strategies.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Foster strong relationships with hiring managers, HR colleagues, and business leaders across all areas of Computacenter’s key international hiring geographies, ensuring alignment on recruitment goals and priorities, with a focus on working collaboratively across international teams.
• Candidate Assessments: Conduct structured interviews, competency-based evaluations, CV reviews, and behavioural assessments to identify and secure the best-fit talent for the business. 
• Team Collaboration: Work closely with Talent Acquisition team members to share expertise, and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Candidate Experience: Regularly assess and refine the candidate experience to ensure a world-class journey from application to onboarding, continuously striving for excellence.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with international teams, insights teams, Employer Branding, and HR functions to align recruitment strategies with business objectives, fostering a global approach to talent acquisition.

What you'll need

• Technology Recruitment Expertise: In-depth understanding of the IT landscape, with the ability to source, assess, and attract top-tier talent across various technical disciplines to meet the evolving needs of Computacenter’s business.
• Market Knowledge: Up-to-date with current recruitment trends, market dynamics, and best practices, ensuring Computacenter’s TA function remains competitive and innovative in attracting and retaining talent.
• Effective Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills to effectively engage and collaborate with candidates, hiring managers, and key internal stakeholders across the business, ensuring alignment with recruitment goals.
• Advisory and Influencing Skills: Confidence in advising senior stakeholders and influencing talent strategies within Computacenter’s internal TA function to ensure recruitment processes and outcomes align with broader organizational objectives.
• Relationship Builder: A natural collaborator, skilled in building strong, lasting relationships within the internal TA function. Proven and exemplary experience working with, and managing business leaders
• Candidate Experience Focus: A strong commitment to delivering an outstanding candidate experience, ensuring that all stages of the recruitment journey are positive, engaging, and aligned with Computacenter’s values and employer brand.
• Team Player: You enjoy working as part of a collaborative team, sharing knowledge, supporting colleagues, and contributing to shared goals. You thrive in a fast-paced environment where teamwork, communication, and mutual support are key to success.
• Agency background: Experience within an agency recruitment environment would be beneficial but is not essential.

IMPORTANT - The successful applicant will be expected to be in the office 2 days a week (minimum)

About us

We are a leading independent technology and services provider, trusted by large corporate and public sector organisations. We are a responsible business that believes in winning together for our people and our planet. We help our customers to source, transform and manage their technology infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling people and their business.

We’re a place where you can belong

With over 21,000 people across 22 countries, we are proud of our inclusive culture - where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and truly belong.

You’ll see this reflected in our recruitment process too. We aim to provide fair access to opportunities and an inclusive, barrier‑free experience. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values, and bring the skills and experience we need.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme. If you opt in and meet the minimum criteria for the role, you’ll be guaranteed an interview, and we’re happy to support any reasonable adjustments.  Please let us know when you apply.

If you share our values and want to make a meaningful impact in a supportive, forward-thinking environment - we’d love to hear from you!