Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning Lead

Are you ready to shape the future workforce of a thriving, forward thinking college group?

We're looking for an influential and strategic Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning Lead to transform how we attract, retain, and grow exceptional staff across our colleges. This is a rare opportunity to elevate recruitment from a transactional function to a proactive, data led, people centred strategy that drives curriculum delivery, learner success and organisational growth.

As our Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning Lead, you'll oversee all end to end recruitment, resourcing, and workforce planning activities across East Surrey College and John Ruskin College. This includes: leading and shaping our talent strategy, driving high quality, inclusive recruitment, building talent pipelines and strengthening employer brand, and using data to drive decisions.

The successful candidate must have:

• Good knowledge on recruitment legislation and best practice
• Experience of driving resourcing tools
• Experience of end to end recruitment or resourcing cycle
• Educated to Level 5 or equivalent experience
• Maths & English GCSE / Level 2 equivalent (achieved or willing to obtain)

If this sounds like you and you will enjoy working in a forward thinking, friendly, fast paced, changing environment with state of the art facilities, we would love to hear from you. In return, we offer a competitive salary, as well as staff benefits a choice of two excellent pension schemes, a brilliant holiday package, free onsite parking and access to our fully equipped gym along with discounted in house Spa and Salon treatments.

Closing Date: Friday 20 th February 2026

Applications will however be shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before this closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. As much as we would love to respond to all applicants, due to the sheer volume of applications we receive we are unable to respond to all unsuccessful candidates.

Please refer to the attached Job Description, Person Specification and Competency Framework and apply using the button below.

Orbital South Colleges Group are committed to Equal Opportunities, encouraging applications from all sectors of the community to reflect our diverse student population. We are also committed to PREVENT and Safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Both College Campuses are smoke free zones.

As part of our pre employment checks, successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS, references will be taken and evidence of all qualifications and awards will also be required before commencement of employment. Failure to do so may lead to offers being withdrawn.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK as we do not sponsor work permits, and work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK.