Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Overview

We're hiring a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to join our People team!

In this strategic role, you'll lead the design and delivery of a multi-year, data-driven talent acquisition strategy. Partnering closely with senior leaders, you'll align hiring plans with business goals, address critical capability gaps, and drive workforce planning at scale.

You'll play a key role in strengthening our employer brand and embedding our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) across every touchpoint-ensuring an exceptional candidate experience while attracting top-tier, diverse talent.

What we need from you

• Proven experience in a senior recruitment or talent acquisition role, ideally within professional services or legal sectors.
• Deep expertise in end-to-end TA strategy, workforce planning, and aligning talent with business objectives.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Data-driven, with experience using applicant tracking systems (preferably Teamtailor) and recruitment analytics.
• Knowledge of employer value proposition development and enhancing the candidate experience.
• Strong external TA networks and insights to continually engage and upskill the TA function.
• Solid understanding of talent metrics (quality-of-hire, time-to-fill, source effectiveness, DE&I metrics) and predictive workforce insights.
• Aware of how roles, skills, and capabilities impact broader business strategy.

What you'll be doing

• Develop and execute a proactive, multi-year talent acquisition strategy aligned with specific business unit objectives and workforce plans, focusing on critical roles and future capability gaps.
• Coach and develop the Talent Acquisition team, enhancing skills in advanced sourcing, stakeholder management, and data-driven consulting.
• Proactively partner with senior leaders to influence workforce planning, translating complex business objectives into measurable, data-driven TA strategies that address capability gaps and pipeline needs.
• Design and implement innovative sourcing strategies across multiple channels to secure and engage diverse, top-tier talent for critical roles.
• Leverage advanced talent analytics (e.g., quality-of-hire, time to impact, source effectiveness, DE&I metrics) to deliver insights and data-backed recommendations to leadership.
• Define and embed the firm's EVP, using data and storytelling to attract top talent, strengthen employer brand, and position the company as an employer of choice.
• Leverage AI, automation, and advanced analytics to generate actionable talent insights, enabling faster, smarter, and more strategic people decisions.

Benefits

Our successful candidate will have an incredible opportunity to develop a rewarding and successful career with an award-winning law firm in a flexible and agile working environment.

We provide a competitive salary and benefits package, including 25 days' holiday (increasing to 32 days through our loyalty recognition programme) plus the option to purchase an extra five days each year.

We also offer a pension scheme, private medical insurance, life assurance and income protection insurance, as well as plenty of opportunities to get involved in our colleague committees to make a real impact in the local community.

About Brabners

Brabners is purpose-led independent law firm. A certified B Corp with award-winning environmental credentials, we seek to demonstrate that business can bring about positive change by being innovative, diverse and sustainable.

With over 200 years of history, we're proudly anchored in the North but serve businesses and individuals across England and Wales.

We have won awards for being innovative at the Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards and diverse as Manchester Law Society's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champions. We are also recognised as one of the 25 best large companies to work for in the UK and have won The Legal 500 Future Lawyers awards for job satisfaction, quality of work, social life and work/life balance.

We have a number of colleague-led affinity groups including for LGBTQ+, REACH, physical and mental health and social mobility, as well as a sustainability, environmental and green group.

It's all part of how we make the difference.