The vacancy
Are you an experienced recruiter ready to take the next step into a more strategic, insight‑driven role? Do you enjoy improving systems, shaping better ways of working, and helping managers plan for the future? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
We’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Manager to lead the evolution of our recruitment service and help us build a proactive, high‑quality approach to attracting talent across the Group.
About the Role
This is an exciting time to join our People Services team. As we modernise our recruitment practices, you’ll play a key role in shifting the function towards proactive attraction, smarter use of insight, and a seamless candidate experience.
Your focus will be on:
1. Designing smarter, insight‑led attraction strategies
2. Building talent pipelines for hard‑to‑fill and business‑critical roles
3. Strengthening our employer brand and digital presence
4. Optimising our ATS and new onboarding tools
5. Supporting internal mobility and contributing to future workforce planning
6. Coaching and equipping hiring managers to deliver great recruitment
7. Leading and developing our Recruitment Administrators so campaigns run smoothly day‑to‑day
You’ll support the recruitment team in delivering a smooth and consistent service, stepping in on priority or specialist campaigns while also having dedicated time to focus on strategic attraction and ongoing improvements.
It’s a hands‑on role with genuine strategic influence, ideal for someone with strong recruitment experience who is ready to step into a broader, improvement‑led position.
What You’ll Be Doing
8. Shaping targeted attraction activity using labour‑market and workforce insight
9. Overseeing and quality‑assuring campaign delivery led by the recruitment team
10. Leading on complex, business‑critical or sensitive recruitment
11. Developing hiring manager capability through coaching and best‑practice guidance
12. Challenging and improving existing processes and ways of working
13. Managing agency relationships and driving cost‑effective sourcing
14. Using data and analytics to inform decision‑making and improve performance
15. Embedding the Networx onboarding tool and enhancing digital workflows
This role is central to helping the College prepare effectively for peak seasonal recruitment, ensuring we have the right people in place to deliver an outstanding experience for our learners.
About You
We’re looking for someone who is:
16. A confident recruiter with experience across sourcing, attraction and process management
17. Curious, improvement focused and always looking for better ways of working
18. Comfortable analysing data and using insight to inform decisions
19. Able to influence and coach hiring managers
20. Organised and resilient, especially in high volume periods
21. A supportive, inspiring leader with a commitment to developing others
22. Ready to step into a more strategic TA role and help shape our future direction
Experience in education or seasonal/cyclical recruitment is helpful, but not essential.
Why Join DN Colleges Group?
At DN Colleges Group, we’re proud of the work we do, and proud to support our staff to do work that genuinely matters for our learners and the communities we serve. In return for your expertise, we offer an exceptional benefits package, including:
23. 46 days annual leave (30 bookable + Christmas closure + 8 bank holidays)
24. Professional growth, with ongoing CPD and opportunities to shape best practice
25. Wellbeing support, including our EAP, same‑day GP access, retail benefits and electric car scheme
26. On‑site perks, from coffee shops and food halls to floristry, hair & beauty services and our gym
If you’re ambitious, proactive and excited to drive change, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now to help shape the future of talent acquisition at DN Colleges Group
Additional Information
Safer Recruitment: To help us maintain a safe environment for our learners and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, we carry out online and social media checks for all shortlisted candidates. Before starting with us, all employees must also complete the required safer recruitment clearances, including an enhanced DBS check.
Right to Work: Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.
If you would like to have a confidential conversation about this role, please contact Sarah Penman (Associate Director) at
About us
Here at Doncaster College and University Centre we understand that choosing what to do next can be a huge decision. It’s not just about the course you choose to study, it is about the tutors, the experiences and the friends you meet along the way.
We have over 120 courses at full and part-time, from entry level right up to university level. As well as the vast amount of courses on offer, we ensure all our students get the right support and guidance whether it is through our careers service, our additional learning support, counselling, student finance and many other services all tailored to each individual.
Our exciting and modern campus is in a central location, packed with workspaces designed to industry standard. We work directly with employers allowing you real work experience and industry insight that you will not get from sitting behind a desk.
The benefits
All employees at DN Colleges Group enjoy a generous annual leave allowance, as well as an additional 2 weeks closure over the Christmas period. We encourage all our teams to take regular breaks, no longer than 3 weeks, to enjoy a healthy work life balance.
DN Colleges Group are committed to Health and Wellbeing of all our employees. We have an increasing number of provisions exclusive to our employees, designed to help you stay at your best or to assist and provide support when you need it.
Health and fitness suite
Generous annual leave
2 weeks off at Christmas
Electric car scheme
27. Vivup – Employee Wellbeing and Benefits platform
28. Wellness initiatives, onsite during your working week. This could include health visitors, financial advisers, or physio specialists.
29. Onsite fitness classes, at lunchtime or after work in conjunction with our Sports colleagues.
30. Cycle to Work and Electric car scheme
31. Free Eye Care Vouchers
32. Discounted Hair and Beauty services
33. On site nursery
34. Online access to Remploy which is our 24/7 confidential mental health and counselling resource.
35. In house counselling/safeguarding specialists to assist in Wellbeing
Lets Teach Programme
Let’s Teach The LET’s teach programme supports new members of teaching staff in terms of college systems and key teaching and learning areas including new staff lesson visits and postcard peeps. Each new member of staff has an allocated Lead Practitioner who works closely with them throughout the programme.
Let’s Bloom
The LET’s Bloom Programme aims to connect our experienced and qualified teachers to share best practice and support continued risk-taking as we continue to add depth to our teaching craft. Teachers volunteer on this one year programme, working closely with the Learning Enhancement Team, capturing their experimentation in a journal.