Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant

Location
Sighthill
30/08/2026

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Salary
£37,694 - £46,049 per annum

Contractual hours
35

Basis
Full Time

Region
People Team

Job category/type
Professional Services

Date posted
14/08/2026

Job reference
0000023025

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant to join Edinburgh Napier University's Talent Acquisition team. This is an opportunity to lead recruitment activity across academic and professional services roles, partner with hiring managers across the University, and help attract exceptional talent that supports our teaching, research and student experience.

Combining recruitment expertise, stakeholder management and continuous improvement, you'll play a key role in delivering a professional, data-informed and candidate-focused recruitment service within a fast-paced and evolving environment.

About the Role

As a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant, you'll manage recruitment campaigns from attraction through to onboarding, providing expert advice and guidance to hiring managers throughout the recruitment lifecycle.

You'll use market insight, recruitment data and professional judgement to support hiring decisions, improve recruitment outcomes and deliver an outstanding candidate experience. Working across a varied portfolio of vacancies, you'll help ensure the University continues to attract talented individuals who align with our values and ambitions.

What You'll Do

Lead end-to-end recruitment campaigns across academic and professional services vacancies.
Partner with hiring managers to develop effective attraction, assessment and selection approaches.
Manage specialist, business-critical and hard-to-fill recruitment activity.
Build talent pipelines through proactive sourcing and candidate engagement.
Use recruitment data and market intelligence to inform hiring decisions.
Provide expert advice on recruitment best practice, right to work and immigration requirements.
Deliver a positive experience for candidates and hiring managers.
Support recruitment projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
Ensure recruitment activity complies with legislation, policy and best practice.

What We're Looking For

Significant experience in recruitment, talent acquisition or resourcing.
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
Experience managing multiple recruitment campaigns and competing priorities.
Proven ability to provide expert recruitment advice and support decision-making.
Experience using recruitment systems, data and market insight.
Knowledge of UK Right to Work and immigration requirements.
Understanding of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion within recruitment.
Excellent communication, organisational and problem-solving skills.
Experience of identifying and implementing service improvements.
Confidence sourcing and engaging passive candidates.

Why Join Us?

At Edinburgh Napier University, you'll be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking People Team, helping to attract the talent that supports our teaching, research and student experience.

Alongside a rewarding role with real impact across the University, you'll benefit from:

41 days annual leave
17.6% employer pension contribution
Strong wellbeing and family-friendly support
Excellent learning and development opportunities
An inclusive and collaborative workplace

If you're passionate about recruitment and want to make a real impact in a values-led organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

On this occasion, the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship or visa support for this role. International applicants will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.