Talent Acquisition Specialist

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Location: Strawberry Fields Digital Hub, Chorley (with occasional travel to other sites and events)

Salary: £32,000 to £37,000 DOE

Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Are you a proactive, values-led internal recruiter looking for a role where you can make a real difference? Active Pathways and Evermore Care are seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our People Services team in Chorley. You will manage recruitment end-to-end, build strong relationships with hiring managers, and lead engaging recruitment campaigns across our care homes and mental health services.

This is a varied and fast-paced role combining hands-on recruitment, forward planning, KPI reporting, and occasional project work. You will run recruitment events, assessment centres, and careers fairs, using data to guide decisions while ensuring safe staffing remains at the heart of what you do. You will also play a key role in shaping our employer brand, improving the candidate journey, and supporting internal projects that enhance People Services.

Please note: Due to the complexity of this internal role, we cannot progress candidates with only agency recruitment experience.

The Best Bits

• Extra paid day off every year for your birthday
• 33 days annual leave, including bank holidays
• Additional days annual leave awarded at 2 and 5 years’ service
• Enhanced Company Sick Pay – up to 1 week full pay after 2 years’ service
• Health Cash Plan – covers dental, optical, virtual GP, counselling, and includes discounted gym membership

What You'll Do

• Manage full recruitment across care homes and mental health services, including advertising roles, headhunting, shortlisting, coordinating interviews, leading assessment centres, and onboarding
• Act as the key contact for all recruitment queries, building strong relationships and providing tailored support
• Run values-based assessment centres for high-volume roles, ensuring a consistent approach to hiring
• Manage and optimise our Applicant Tracking System (Talos360) to enhance the candidate journey and recruitment efficiency
• Lead recruitment campaigns and represent us at careers fairs, boosting our employer brand
• Support new service launches by delivering timely recruitment campaigns to secure the right staff
• Identify recruitment blockers, make practical recommendations, and contribute to continuous improvement

Who We're Looking For

• Proven experience in internal recruitment, ideally in health or social care
• Confident running recruitment events and assessment centres
• Excellent relationship-building skills with stakeholders at all levels
• Organised, adaptable, and able to manage multiple priorities
• Comfortable using ATS platforms (Talos360 experience a bonus) and recruitment analytics
• Knowledge of UK employment law, safer recruitment practices, and effective onboarding
• Willingness to travel to sites and recruitment events across Lancashire & Yorkshire
• Passionate about delivering an excellent candidate experience and promoting a positive employer brand

Why Join Active Pathways & Evermore Care Homes?

Active Pathways and Evermore Care are award-winning brands in healthcare and social care, known for their commitment to quality, innovation, and compassionate service delivery. Active Pathways has built an outstanding reputation over the past twenty years for delivering mental health rehabilitation in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Evermore Care is delivering luxury care to elderly residents in state-of-the-art facilities.

Our Core Benefits:

• Mileage paid at 45p for any travel on top of your usual commute
• Supportive and friendly team environment with ongoing training and development
• Workplace pension scheme
• Free Blue Light Card membership
• Funded Professional Membership – where relevant to your role
• Career Development – structured support through our Your Pathway, Your Future development programme
• Free enhanced DBS checks, on-site parking, and lunch (for site-based roles)

If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and make a lasting difference to people’s lives, apply now or get in touch to find out more – we’d love to hear from you.

While this day may not always fall on your exact birthday due to service needs or non-working days, you can take it anytime within three months of your birthday.