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Talent Acquisition Administrator – 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
£25,500 - £27,500 per annum - plus benefits
Reports to: Talent Acquisition Partner
Department: Chief Operating Office
Contract: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Hours: Full time 35 hours per week
Location: Stratford – High Flex
Closing date: 20/11/2025 23:55 Closing date continued
This will remain open internally until 23/11/2025 23:55
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we’re looking for someone talented, someone innovative and ambitious, someone like you.
We have an exciting opportunity to join us as a Talent Acquisition Administrator. We need you to support Cancer Research UK’s talent function with the skills needed to provide administration and coordination support to the Trading Talent Acquisition team for all internal & external recruitment and related activity. Provide inbox and phone line support to the wider Talent Acquisition team.
What will I be doing?
Act as the primary point of contact for all internal and external recruitment enquiries, including ownership of the resourcing hotline and recruitment inbox, ensuring that all requests are dealt with correctly and promptly to ensure excellent candidate and hiring manager experience
Develop strong working relationships with HR and Trading colleagues to ensure the service to all customers is fully integrated and we are meeting customers’ expectations
Support the Talent Acquisition team in the administration of trading and senior recruitment within defined SLAs, including virtual and face-to-face interview scheduling, shortlisting for entry-level roles and advert posting where support is required
Provide administrative support for value-add activity within Talent Acquisition, specifically within attraction
Provide administrative support within TA Attraction with regards to a social media calendar and advertising materials including candidate packs
Provide other administrative and project support to the wider Talent Acquisition team as necessary
Ensure equality, diversity and inclusion is celebrated and considered as part of all decisions taken
What skills are we looking for?
Experience of working within a fast-moving office environment, delivering to deadlines with different priorities
Microsoft Office skills (particularly in MS Excel)
Practical experience of working with and entering data into databases and ensuring high standards of data integrity and accuracy
Experience of working in an environment dealing with highly confidential and sensitive information
Strong customer service mindset, focussed on continuous improvement of service provision
Ability to build excellent relationships and manage multiple stakeholders
Highly organised and conscientious with strong prioritisation skills
Strong attention to detail
Calm under pressure with the ability to work at pace to meet deadlines
Understand the need for confidentiality, discretion and diplomacy
Able to work effectively and flexibly as part of a team
Comfortable dealing with a balance of planned activities and ad-hoc requests
What will I gain?
Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that’s impressive.
In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.
Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.
We don’t forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.
Our work – from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy – will change the world. It’s exciting to be part of our team.
For the full job description and more information about working with us email recruitment@cancer.org.uk.
How do I apply?
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.
For more information on this career opportunity please visit our website or contact us at recruitment@cancer.org.uk.
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Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk or 020 3469 8400 as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.