Talent Acquisition Specialist – Head Office (12month FTC)

If you love beauty, you’re in the right place.

As the ultimate curator of over 100 of the most in-demand, highly innovative and boundary-pushing beauty brands, we are the go-to destination for worldwide beauty discovery.

Together through our neighbourhood stores, online presence and loyalty scheme, Space NK has built a flourishing community in which to discover beauty. The customer is at the heart of everything we do, and we will always endeavour to offer everything they need to help them explore, experiment, and enjoy our brands.

Talent Acquisition Specialist – Head Office (12month FTC) 

Role Purpose

We’re looking for a proactive and people-focused Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our team. In this exciting 360° recruitment role, you’ll manage the full hiring lifecycle for Head Office positions, partnering with stakeholders, sourcing exceptional talent and ensuring every candidate experiences a fair, inclusive and engaging recruitment process leaving a positive impression of Space NK.

The role will primarily oversee recruitment activity across Head Office, however will as and when needed support on Retail and Distribution Centre roles.

This role reports into our Senior Talent Acquisition Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment across a variety of roles, from initial brief to offer, providing expert guidance to hiring managers and a seamless hiring journey for our candidates
• Source and attract high-quality candidates using a mix of channels including direct attraction, job boards, social media, talent pools, networking and creative outreach strategies
• Champion Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) by embedding inclusive practices at every stage of the recruitment process and advising hiring managers on best practice.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships, offering regular progress updates, market insights, and consultative support to ensure aligned, timely hiring decisions.
• Strengthen our employer brand by representing us as an employer of choice supporting campaigns, events and storytelling that highlight our culture, values and Life at Space NK
• Utilise social channels and innovative attraction solutions, exploring new tools, trends, and technologies to engage both active and passive talent.
• Support wider talent initiatives and projects as needed, helping us continuously improve and evolve our talent attraction strategies and processes

Ideal Attributes

• End to end recruitment experience ideally across Head Office/Support functions within a retail environment or from agency partnering with retailers

• Understanding of inclusive hiring practices, recruitment policies, procedures and best practice

• Good understanding of relevant employment and recruitment legislation

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build relationships, influence and coach hiring managers on process, employer branding and candidate experience

• Experience using a variety of sourcing methods (headhunting, social media, talent pools, networking)

• Understanding of how to represent and promote employer brand through candidate interactions and social presence.

• Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and recruitment technology tools.

• Experience supporting or leading recruitment or talent-based projects

• The ability to thrive in a fast paced, high demand environment

• Proven organisational skills with attention to detail, ability to prioritise workload, time management, problem solving and innovative thinking.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Why Join Us?

Space NK benefits include the below:

• Up to 50% Staff Discount (brand dependent)
• 25 days annual leave plus usual statutory public/bank holidays
• Pension Scheme
• Third Party Discounts across fashion, entertainment and lifestyle
• Wellness support including via the Retail Trust, Vitality and Employee Assistant Programme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• Employee Forum

Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted.

All applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.

If you want to find out more about us, what it is like to work for us, all about our benefits, and our pledges on Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, please visit our website.

Space NK are an equal opportunities employer.

How We Will Use Your Information

We will use the information you provide to us with your job application to help us process your application for the specific job you have applied for. If you apply speculatively, we will process your application for the job/relevant business area that you detail within your email.

Please note that our current system does not use an automated filtering system.

All applications made via the website, through a third-party website or in-store will be kept on file for a period of 12 months.

This information will be retained and used to assess your suitability to similar positions that may arise in the future, or if the initial vacancy becomes live again during the 12-month period. If you would prefer us to not hold your information on file/ you wish to be ‘forgotten’ if you are not offered a position with Space NK, please email your ‘right to be forgotten’ to our recruitment email address with RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN as the title of the email. We will always inform you when we have deleted your application details, otherwise we will treat your application as consent to us holding this information.