Talent Acquisition Specialist (sourcing)

 Location: UK - Hatfield, UK - London | Job-ID: 216795 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Human Resources

Life on the team

As a Talent Acquisition Specialist (sourcing), you will support end-to-end recruitment by focusing on candidate attraction, sourcing, and qualification across a variety of roles and skillsets within the business. This is a growth role, ideal for someone who wants to build strong foundations in talent acquisition within a high-performing team. 

You will play a key role in generating candidate pipelines, delivering a great candidate experience, and keeping recruitment activity moving smoothly through strong organisation and day-to-day TA administration. 

What you'll do

• Proactively source and attract candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, job boards, referrals, and market mapping 
• Build and maintain strong relationships with candidates, acting as a professional and engaging first point of contact 
• Qualify candidates through CV review, screening calls, and structured assessment questions aligned to role requirements 
• Support the delivery of hiring activity by coordinating candidate journeys, interview logistics, and recruitment administration 
• Draft, post, and optimise job adverts across multiple platforms including LinkedIn and other social channels 
• Maintain accurate candidate and vacancy information in SuccessFactors (ATS), including data hygiene and system updates 
• Support continuous improvement through process tidy-ups, documentation, template optimisation, and tool utilisation 
• Partner with Talent Acquisition colleagues to ensure pipelines are active, processes are efficient, and service levels are met 
• Contribute to attraction initiatives with Employer Branding and Marketing by sharing market insights and content ideas 
• Represent Computacenter positively in the market, ensuring a consistent and high-quality candidate experience 

What you'll need

• Experience in a talent acquisition, resourcing, recruitment coordination, or agency sourcing role 
• Strong interest in candidate attraction and direct sourcing, with curiosity to learn advanced search techniques (Boolean) 
• Familiarity with technology recruitment or an interest in developing knowledge of the IT landscape 
• Confident communicating with candidates by phone, email, and LinkedIn, with a professional and personable style 
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail, comfortable managing multiple tasks and priorities 
• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter and/or an ATS (SuccessFactors ideal, but not essential) 
• Candidate-experience focused, with a proactive and team-oriented mindset 
• Comfortable working with process, data accuracy, and administration as part of delivering a high-quality TA service 

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.

Our business may be about technology, but first of all it’s about people

With over 20,000 people across 22 countries, we are proud of our inclusive culture - where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and truly belong.

As an equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to ensuring fair and equal access to opportunities for all. Your application will be considered on its merits, regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, or any other characteristics protected by law. What matters most to us is that you share our vision and values, and bring the experience and skills we’re looking for.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats. We also guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

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!