Sourcing Lead

Role & responsibilities-

• Managing a team of diverse individuals, setting them up for success and enabling them to grow their careers
• Setting clear objectives and having regular quality conversations (weekly 121s) to discuss individual performance, development, and wellbeing
• Talent champion training, coaching, and advising your team to build its technical and strategic capability. Ensuring development plans are in place for each member of the team and discussed regularly
• Recognising and rewarding growth, promoting talent, and addressing underperformance
• Leading and inspiring high performance, driving team performance to ensure successful delivery against key metrics through engagement and accountability
• Regular and informal touch points to discuss performance: resolving issues, sharing knowledge, and celebrating successes
• Supporting the team in ensuring understanding and application of effective recruitment techniques and the innovative use of available tools
• Positive role model, proactively leading the team to think strategically and adapt to changes and new initiatives, seeing challenges as an opportunity
• Subject matter expert, providing support to the team to develop bespoke, targeted sourcing plans and ensuring that they can bring insights-driven solutions to recruitment challenges. Helping them to challenge barriers to success
• Maintaining accuracy in reporting and tracking to drive accountability, manage capacity, and identify areas of improvement and strong performance. Recognising core trends that might drive change
• Talent reviews and succession plans
• Encouraging the team to think commercially and be aware of potential further client opportunities
• Partnering with senior stakeholders, building influential relationships
• Acting as a Trusted Advisor, using data and insights to drive confidence in recruitment strategies, set expectations, and challenge barriers to success in a constructive and solutions-focused way
• Business reviews to discuss performance against targets
• First point of call for escalations, supporting the team and partnering with Recruiters to ensure quick and robust resolution
• Partnering with CST team to deliver a seamless the company experience to both Hiring Managers and candidates

Preferred candidate profile-

Demonstrated expertise in independently sourcing and closing niche and high-demand roles without agency support; effectively managed a team of 6+ recruiters, leveraged market mapping insights, and optimized sourcing strategies to ensure timely and successful hiring.