Head of Recruitment

Head of Recruitment

Full time onsite London

A high growth organisationis seeking an experienced Head of Recruitment to lead and transform its end to end recruitment delivery function. This is a senior, hands on leadership role with accountability for high volume, fast paced recruitment. The role sits within the senior leadership team and plays a critical part in enabling operational performance and workforce mobilisation.

You will take full ownership of recruitment delivery performance, balancing immediate labour demand with proactive workforce planning. Working closely with operational leaders, you will drive improvements in fill rate, speed to mobilisation, redeployment and overall recruitment effectiveness, while building a resilient, scalable recruitment function. This role will suit a pragmatic leader who enjoys operating close to the detail, but who can also step back to design structure, process and capability for the future.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive measurable improvements in fill rates, mobilisation speed and redeployment outcomes.
• Introduce proactive future planning to reduce reactive and last minute hiring.
• Build and develop recruitment pipelines for known skills shortages.
• Lead, develop and performance manage a recruitment team, embedding clear KPIs and operating rhythms.
• Improve discipline around CRM/ATS usage, data quality and reporting.
• Own and improve recruitment processes from role intake through to mobilisation and onboarding.
• Ensure robust compliance processes are maintained, including right to work, qualifications and client specific requirements.

About You

• Proven experience leading high volume recruitment.
• A strong track record of managing and developing recruitment teams in fast moving, demand led environments.
• Experience recruiting supervisory, technical roles.
• A data led, process aware mindset with the confidence to challenge and improve existing ways of working.
• The ability to operate credibly with senior operational stakeholders while remaining hands on when required

Working Model

This is an onsite role, with a regular on site presence required in London and occasional visits to operational sites.

Why Apply?

This is a rare opportunity to shape and lead a recruitment function that is central to operational delivery, in a business that values pace, accountability and continuous improvement. You'll have visibility, influence and the scope to make a genuine impact.

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