At Audley Travel, we turn careers into adventures. We're dedicated to creating unique travel experiences for our clients and fostering a dynamic, rewarding environment for our team.
Join Audley and become part of a supportive community that prioritises your development. Our inclusive culture, along with competitive salaries and benefits, supports your well‑being and growth.
If your passion is travel and you’re looking for a career that excites and inspires, Audley Travel is the perfect place for you. Join us to create unforgettable journeys together. Find out more here
What you’ll be doing
As a Talent Acquisition Partner, you’ll play a key role in delivering the people strategy by partnering closely with hiring managers to attract, engage and hire exceptional talent across all areas of the business. You’ll lead on proactive sourcing, drive innovative attraction campaigns, champion our employer brand and ensure every candidate enjoys a brilliant experience. Alongside day‑to‑day recruitment delivery, you’ll also shape recruitment processes, manage key talent pipelines and provide data‑driven insights to support strategic workforce planning.
Key Responsibilities:
Recruitment Delivery
* Partner with hiring managers across the business (UK and US) to deliver against hiring plans within agreed timeframes.
* Work collaboratively with the wider People Team and managers to understand future workforce needs and influence talent and resourcing decisions.
* Manage the full recruitment lifecycle while delivering an exceptional candidate experience.
* Coordinate assessment processes, including calls, video and aptitude testing.
* Work with the People Development team to ensure smooth and timely onboarding for all new starters.
* Maintain the applicant tracking system (ATS), ensuring all vacancy and offer activity is accurately recorded and supporting hiring managers with system usage.
Candidate Attraction
* Develop and execute direct sourcing strategies to attract high‑calibre candidates.
* Use innovative and creative methods to build proactive talent pipelines.
* Lead recruitment advertising activity and manage careers social media platforms.
* Optimise careers site content to increase both the quality and volume of applications.
* Champion the employer brand through various channels and initiatives.
* Drive engagement with the employee referral programme and other attraction initiatives.
Process, Insights & Best Practice
* Review, develop and implement inclusive recruitment processes and procedures.
* Track, analyse and report key recruitment metrics, including activity levels and costs.
* Stay informed on market trends and best practice, sharing insights to help improve resourcing approaches across the business.
About you
You’re an experienced Talent Acquisition professional who thrives in a fast‑paced, evolving environment. With a strong background in proactive sourcing and relationship‑building, you bring credibility, commercial awareness and a consultative approach to every interaction. You’re passionate about delivering brilliant experiences for candidates and stakeholders alike, and you’re motivated by continuous improvement -both personally and within the recruitment function.
What You’ll Bring
Experience & Expertise
* Progressive in‑house recruitment experience, ideally within the travel industry.
* Proven capability in sourcing high‑volume and specialist roles within a fast‑moving, changing environment.
* Experience designing and implementing a variety of attraction and selection methodologies.
* Comfortable managing and working to service level agreements (SLAs).
* Strong working knowledge of applicant tracking systems (ATS).
* Understanding of recruitment legislation, policy and best practice.
Skills & Behaviours
* Ability to build strong relationships at all levels, earning trust and credibility.
* Skilled at managing and influencing key stakeholders.
* Confident operating in ambiguity while maintaining focus on results.
* Pragmatic problem solver with sound business judgement.
* Collaborative, consultative and able to communicate with clarity and impact.
* High levels of emotional intelligence, with strong listening and interpersonal skills.
* Highly organised, detail‑focused and adaptable to changing priorities.
* Able to manage competing demands and deliver to tight deadlines.
* Assertive, self‑motivated and driven to achieve high-quality outcomes.
* Calm, resilient and solution‑focused even during periods of pressure or change.
* A positive, ‘can‑do’ attitude with a commitment to providing an exceptional customer experience.
Mindset & Values
* A role model for Audley’s values and behaviours.
* Actively keeps up to date with industry trends, external factors and competitor insights.
* Passionate about personal development and sharing knowledge with others.
* Embodies the Audley values: being positive, being the difference, being one team, and being passionate about travel.
Why Audley
We are committed to our employees’ quality of life and value the importance of flexibility. We offer hybrid working, allowing you to split your time between one of our wonderful offices and working remotely from home, or you can choose to work fully remotely anywhere in the UK.
There’s more:
* Discretionary bonus
* Holiday - 25 days rising to 30 days with length of service
* A day off for your birthday
* A day off for volunteering to support a charity, local support group or community work of your choice
* Healthshield health cash plan - money back for costs associated with everyday healthcare (including optical, dental, medical, prescriptions, physio), and access to medical and wellbeing resources such as a GP service, employee assistance programme and counselling
* Life insurance
* Discounted Audley trips (for you and your friends & family) and exclusive access to staff travel discount websites
* Wellhub – a wellbeing platform that gives you unlimited, discounted access to top gyms, studios, and wellbeing apps
* Benefits Platform – a reward scheme that gives you discounts and cashback with hundreds of retailers
If you’re interested in this opportunity, we’d love to hear from you. Click apply and start your journey with us at Audley Travel!
We believe it's our people that make the difference and who build Audley into the success it is today. We pride ourselves on enabling people to reach their full potential through promoting and celebrating a diverse and inclusive working environment.
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