Recruitment Manager – Interim
London (Zone 1) – Hybrid Working
2–3 days per week in the office
£500 per day (via Umbrella)
Contract
We are seeking an experienced Recruitment Manager to lead a busy organisation through a period of high-volume and complex recruitment activity. This hands-on role requires someone who can operate both strategically and operationally, ensuring recruitment processes run efficiently while maintaining a high-quality candidate experience.
Key Responsibilities- Manage end-to-end recruitment across high-volume vacancies.
- Lead recruitment activity for complex, specialist, and senior-level roles.
- Work closely with hiring managers to define role requirements and recruitment strategies.
- Oversee agency relationships and ensure effective use of external suppliers.
- Drive efficient recruitment processes, ensuring roles are filled in a timely manner.
- Monitor recruitment pipelines and provide updates on progress and key hiring metrics.
- Ensure best practice in candidate experience, compliance, and selection processes.
- Support workforce planning and prioritisation of critical hires.
- Identify underperformance and take proactive steps to elevate team performance quickly.
Requirements- Proven experience as a Recruitment Manager or Senior Talent Lead.
- Strong experience managing high-volume recruitment environments.
- Ability to manage complex or specialist hiring campaigns.
- Excellent stakeholder management with senior leaders and hiring managers.
- Experience improving or streamlining recruitment processes.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, delivery-focused environment.
Sector & Recruitment Performance ExperiencePublic sector experience is highly relevant, particularly for candidates who are familiar with:
- Working within strict budget constraints
- Data-driven performance cultures and metrics reporting
- Target-focused, delivery-led environments
Experience in optimising recruitment performance is essential, including:
- Managing service catalogues and service activity metrics
- Increasing the number of offers made
- Enhancing LinkedIn sourcing and candidate search activity
- Boosting interview volumes
- Driving overall team output and consistently achieving hiring targets
The Hiring Manager is looking for a leader who will tackle underperformance decisively and quickly elevate team performance.
Working Arrangement- Hybrid working – 2–3 days per week in a London Zone 1 office
- £500 per day via umbrella
- Immediate or short-notice availability preferred
