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Head of Talent Acquisition page is loaded## Head of Talent Acquisitionlocations: Worthingposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: October 14, 2025 (4 days left to apply)job requisition id: JR7225**Closing Date**2025-10-14**Head of Talent Acquisition** Location: WorthingPermanent – 37 hours per weekCompetitive Salary + Excellent BenefitsBuild the Workforce of the Future. Champion Diversity. Shape Southern Water’s Talent Strategy.Southern Water is on a transformation journey — and we’re looking for a visionary Head of Talent Acquisition to lead the charge in attracting, hiring, and onboarding the talent that will power our future.This is a high-impact leadership role, responsible for the end-to-end talent acquisition strategy — from employer brand and early careers to executive hiring. You’ll play a critical role in positioning Southern Water as an employer of choice, strengthening our workforce, and driving diversity across all levels of the organisation.As part of this role, you will be responsible for:* Strategic Ownership: Set and deliver the overall hiring strategy across all levels — from apprentices to senior leaders.* Brand Leadership: Build and protect Southern Water’s employer brand and reputation in the market.* Operational Excellence: Oversee recruitment, selection, and vetting processes to ensure quality, fairness, and compliance.* Early Careers Pipeline: Lead graduate, apprentice, and trainee programmes to build a strong future talent pipeline.* System Optimisation: Govern and improve recruitment systems for efficiency and a seamless user experience.* Manager Enablement: Equip hiring managers with the tools and confidence to recruit effectively.* Candidate Experience: Ensure a best-in-class experience from application through to onboarding.* Executive Hiring: Strengthen and tailor approaches to senior recruitment, ensuring quality, diversity, and support.* Talent Mapping: Lead proactive succession planning and talent pipelining for critical and future roles.* Strategic Alignment: Work closely with Organisation Effectiveness to align hiring with future skills and workforce plans.* Digital Innovation: Leverage platforms, data, and technology to enhance sourcing, selection, and candidate engagement.* External Partnerships: Build and maintain networks to access diverse and hard-to-reach talent pools.You will be a strategic talent leader with a passion for building inclusive, high-performing organisations. You will bring deep expertise in recruitment strategy, employer branding, and workforce planning — and you will know how to turn vision into action. You’re confident influencing at executive level and thrive in fast-paced, purpose-driven environments.We’re more than a utility — we’re a purpose-led organisation committed to sustainability, innovation, and community impact. Join us and help shape a workforce that delivers for our customers, our environment, and our future.We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications so if you are interested in the position please do send your application over today to ensure consideration.We value diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to facilitate your participation in the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are dedicated to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to showcase their skills and experience.Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.### Our Benefits* Company and performance-related bonus* Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution* Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary* Health benefits through a Cash Plan* Two paid community volunteering days a year* 25 days annual holiday* Occupational health service* Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences* Study support may be available for job-related qualifications* We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options**#LI-Hybrid** #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Location:
Worthing, England, United Kingdom
Salary:
£125,000 - £150,000
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Human Resources

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