About the role
At West Northants Council, everything starts with our people — ambitious, curious and committed colleagues who want to make a real difference. As we continue to strengthen and modernise our recruitment service, this is an exciting time to join us. Our Talent Acquisition team plays a vital role in helping the organisation THRIVE, ensuring we attract great people who reflect the communities we serve.
As a Talent Acquisition Officer, you’ll be at the heart of our day‑to‑day recruitment activity. Working closely with the Senior Talent Acquisition Officer and Talent Acquisition Manager, you’ll deliver high‑quality, inclusive and efficient hiring support across a wide range of roles. From managing candidate journeys to supporting hiring managers, you’ll help shape brilliant recruitment experiences and champion West Northants Council as an employer of choice.
What will you be doing?
Working closely with the Senior Talent Acquisition Officer and Talent Acquisition Manager , you will be responsible for the delivery of operational recruitment activity. You will be a friendly, knowledgeable first point of contact for hiring managers who need to recruit, and candidates making applications.
You'll use our Tribepad ATS system, and a range of other platforms including LinkedIn and Indeed, to advertise our opportunities as well as to source potential candidates, later conducting screening conversations to ensure fit, and to walk candidates through our processes.
The Talent Acquisition Officer will longlist applications, guide managers though shortlisting, and then arrange interviews and offers, before supporting our compliance colleagues to complete all onboarding checks.
You will be proactive in the community, attending local careers events to build and maintain talent pipelines for future vacancies.
About you
You’re enthusiastic, organised and genuinely passionate about people and good recruitment practice. You thrive in a fast‑paced environment and enjoy the challenge of juggling multiple priorities while keeping candidates and hiring managers at the centre of every decision. You will have worked in a recruitment role before, and be confident using a variety of advertising tools, as well as speaking to candidates and hiring managers on a regular basis. Experience of using Tribepad would be an advantage.
Our benefits
You can also see our full list of employee benefits on our careers site here: Why you should work for us | West Northamptonshire Council.
About us
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.
Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.
We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner
The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.
If you need additional support or reasonable adjustments during the application process, including needing the job description in another format or language, please email careers@westnorthants.gov.uk for support.
West Northants Council, where careers thrive.
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