Talent Acquisition and Operations Specialist

Location: Onsite Warwickshire, UK

Salary: £38,000 - £40,000 per annum

Employment Type: Full-time

Reports to: Senior Manager, Talent Operations and Enablement

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About the Role:

The Learning Experience (TLE) and Banana Moon are looking for a Talent Acquisition and Operations Specialist to own day-to-day recruitment delivery and talent systems execution across our TLE UK childcare centres and Banana Moon nursery locations.

Responsibilities:

Based at Banana Moon Head Office in Warwickshire, this role combines hands-on recruiting with hands-on ownership of our applicant tracking system, GoHire.

• Manage vacancies and candidate pipelines directly with centre and nursery leaders.
• Partner closely with our Senior Manager, Talent Operations and Enablement to execute recruitment systems, workflows, processes, and initiatives.
• Recruitment Delivery:
  • Own day-to-day recruitment activity across TLE UK centres and Banana Moon nursery locations.
  • Partner with Centre Directors, Nursery Managers, and operational leaders to understand current and upcoming staffing needs.
  • Build and manage vacancies in GoHire and ensure job adverts are accurate, engaging, and appropriately targeted.
  • Manage candidate pipelines and proactively drive qualified candidates through the recruitment process.
  • Conduct candidate screening and support interview coordination where required.
  • Maintain strong candidate communication throughout the recruitment journey.
  • Follow up with hiring managers to ensure candidates are reviewed, interviewed, and progressed in a timely manner.
  • Identify hard-to-fill vacancies and execute targeted sourcing and attraction activity.
  • Support full-cycle recruitment activity from vacancy opening through offer and handoff into pre-employment.
  • Maintain the weekly recruitment tracker and reporting rhythm, highlighting pipeline health, sourcing wins, risks, and required actions for Operations and Talent leadership.
  • Support the transition of successful candidates into safer recruitment and pre-employment processes.
• Talent Systems and Operations:
  • Execute GoHire initiatives designed by the Senior Manager, Talent Operations and Enablement, including system configuration, workflow builds, testing, and rollout of new functionality.
  • Build and maintain jobs, templates, workflows, and recruitment content within GoHire.
  • Support ongoing configuration and optimization of the ATS.
  • Provide first-line system support to hiring managers and troubleshoot routine GoHire issues.
  • Conduct regular system audits to ensure vacancy, candidate, and hiring data remain accurate.
  • Test system changes and new functionality before rollout.
  • Support user adoption and provide practical guidance to hiring managers using GoHire.
  • Maintain recruitment process documentation, user guides, and standard operating procedures.
  • Identify system or process gaps and recommend improvements to the Senior Manager, Talent Operations and Enablement.
  • Support recruitment reporting, data integrity, and ongoing process improvement.