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Talent Acquisition Business Partner - South & Midlands
Human Resources Recruitment
💰 Salary Not shared
📊 Market 3,333 GBP–4,583 GBP/mo (39,996 GBP–54,996 GBP/yr)
About the Company
Europe-wide passenger transport company Arriva is the leading passenger transport operator in Europe, employing around 36,200 people and delivering 1.5 billion passenger journeys each year, with businesses across 11 European countries. Our services include local buses (scheduled and demand-responsive); inter-urban commuter coaches; local, regional and national train services; waterbuses, bicycles and school transport. We operate passenger transport services in Czech Republic; Croatia; Hungary; Italy; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Slovenia, Spain and the UK. We also have a rolling stock leasing company in Romania. Ground Passenger Transportation Specialties: Public Transport, Bus, Rail, Transport leader, Pan-European public transport, Customer first, Sustainable transport solutions, Passenger Transport, Mobility Solutions, Ground Passenger Transport
Responsibilities
- ● Leading end-to-end recruitment across high-volume operational roles, ensuring an efficient, consistent and well-managed process across multiple sites, with a particular focus on driver recruitment.
- ● Building and maintaining strong talent pipelines to support both immediate hiring demand and longer-term workforce needs.
- ● Using market insight and local knowledge to provide visibility on talent availability, competitor activity and hiring trends, enabling better decision-making and workforce planning.
- ● Partnering closely with HRBPs, Operations, L&D and Training Schools to ensure candidates move efficiently through assessment and onboarding, maintaining pace, quality and compliance.
- ● Coordinating activity across the wider TA team, ensuring delivery is aligned, consistent and focused on achieving strong hiring outcomes across your region.
- ● Developing external partnerships to strengthen local attraction, representing Arriva within the market and supporting community and recruitment activity where needed.
- ● Using data to track performance, monitor key metrics such as pipeline health and conversion, and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and outcomes.
- ● Acting as an ambassador for Arriva's employer brand, ensuring a consistent and engaging candidate experience at every touchpoint.
Requirements
- ● Proven experience delivering recruitment in high-volume, operational environments
- ● Strong direct sourcing capability and experience engaging passive talent
- ● Experience leading or supporting volume hiring campaigns and pipeline delivery
- ● Confidence partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing hiring decisions
- ● Experience building talent pipelines and supporting internal mobility
- ● Experience managing or developing others within Talent Acquisition
- ● Strong understanding of local labour markets and attraction strategies
- ● Comfortable working in a fast-paced, matrixed environment
- ● Experience using ATS platforms (e.g. Workday) and recruitment data
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