Talent Specialist

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Talent Specialist

Hybrid / UKBased FullTime

Defence & Aerospace Sector

Why Join Us

At Raytheon UK we dont just recruit we help shape the future of national security and aerospace. Join our Talent Acquisition team and enjoy:

• A meaningful mission: Contribute to cuttingedge defence and aerospace programmes that matter.
• Flexible hybrid working: Balance your week between home and office with the support you need to thrive.
• Career development: Work alongside an experienced team thats passionate about growing talent including yours.
• A generous package: Enjoy a generous salary comprehensive benefits and opportunities to progress.
• A collaborative culture: Be part of a forwardthinking TA function making a real impact.
• Early Finish Fridays: Take advantage of our 1:30pm finish every Friday!

Your Role as a Talent Specialist

As a Talent Specialist at Raytheon you wont just be filling roles you will be delivering talent programmes that protect national security and enhance aerospace technology. Youll recruit a mixture of corporate and deeply technical roles including securitycleared and specialist talent developing your sourcing skills and gaining exposure to niche positions. You will have autonomy to shape sourcing strategies engage directly with talent and manage relationships with stakeholders giving you influence and visibility across the business.

You will join a supportive and empowering team led by a manager who values trust autonomy and professional growth. We focus on developing expertise in delivery stakeholder engagement with clear direction and open communication. With a culture where ideas are heard success is shared and people are set up to thrive.

What Youll Be Doing

• Own the endtoend recruitment process across a range of roles. (c25 roles)
• Build strong partnerships with hiring managers to shape hiring strategies.
• Proactively source top talent via LinkedIn Recruiter job boards and targeted search.
• Develop and maintain pipelines for niche and cleared talent in engineering cyber and project delivery.
• Deliver excellent candidate and stakeholder experiences with timely updates and clear communication.
• Use Workday to manage candidate pipeline.
• Support offer and onboarding stages ensuring full compliance with clearance and righttowork checks.
• Contribute to team initiatives and process improvements

What Youll Bring

Essential:

• Proven experience sourcing through LinkedIn job boards and talent platforms.
• Comfortable managing up to 25 open requisitions (some could be multiples of the same position) working with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent communicator with strong stakeholder engagement skills.
• Recruitment experience in technical specialist or regulated sectors.
• ATS proficiency and a datadriven approach to tracking progress.
• Solid knowledge of UK hiring compliance and employment law.

Desirable:

• Experience recruiting in defence aerospace or securitycleared environments.
• Understanding of SC/DV clearance processes and MOD contracts.
• Familiarity with early careers internal mobility or pipelining initiatives.

Ready to shape the future with us

Apply now and help us find the people who make a difference.

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday (increasing to 27 days) statutory public holidays.
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution).
• 6 times salary Life Assurance.
• Flexible Benefits scheme.
• Discretionary Bonus scheme.
• Enhanced family friendly policies.
• 37hr standard working week with an early finish on Fridays whilst operating a Hybrid Working Model

Important dates:

Application submission Deadline: Friday 23rd May

1st stage interview (Via MS Teams) W/C 26th May

2nd stage interview (Via MS Teams) W/C 2nd June

Please note:

You must be based in the UK and already hold or willing to obtain Security Clearance. We do not offer sponsorship for this role.

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