Talent Acquisition Partner

At Gearset, we build a cutting–edge DevOps solution for the millions of developers building applications on Salesforce, the world's biggest enterprise PaaS. In a few short years, Gearset has become the DevOps solution of choice for some of the world's biggest companies, including IBM, McKesson, and even Salesforce themselves.

Gearset is Cambridge's fastest growing startup, rocketing from 7 people in 2017 to over 140 today. People are the thing that makes Gearset great. We build great products, create engaging marketing, sell consultatively in a way users love, and work with them to deliver all round customer success. This is all only possible because of the team we've built and how we work together. Fundamentally, the team we've built is the thing that makes Gearset what it is.

We're looking for an experienced, proactive Talent Acquisition Partner to join our People team and help Gearset reach our ambitious growth plans. We've more than doubled the size of our team in the last twelve months, and we want to do the same again next year.

We need an experienced recruiter to hit the ground running, helping us proactively find and hire exceptional people to join our team. You will be joining our team of Talent Acquisition Partners and will recruit across a diverse range of job roles across the entire company.

You'll join a rapidly–growing, award winning company, where you can really make an impact. You'll understand the technical nature of the roles we hire and the industry we operate in. You'll be passionate about people and the candidate experience. You'll thrive on using your initiative and will bring your ideas to headhunt talent and continue to evolve our employer brand.

Working at Gearset, you will:
Build your knowledge quickly – Partnering with our hiring managers, so you fully understand the skills, talent and roles we need to grow
Be focussed to proactively source, identify and approach outstanding talent to join us
Think creatively and outside the box – so we are known by the best candidates within our industry for even the most hard to fill roles
Get to grips with the technical nature of the majority of Gearset candidates – connect and build relationships in a personalised way, so you are not just another recruiter filling their inbox
Be our brand ambassador – getting candidates excited and motivated to apply, explaining our product, company values and what it is like to work at Gearset
Own the candidate experience – you will be passionate about ensuring that every candidate gets the best experience at every stage of the process with us
Screen candidates effectively to find out if they'll be a good fit for our team before passing them on for interview to keep our pipeline efficient
Analyse, track and report on your hiring pipeline and interviewing process – to ensure we deliver on our hiring goals and SLAs
Proactively identify opportunities for improvements early on and take ownership to work with your hiring managers and the People team to deliver these results
Train and upskill our hiring managers to constantly improve and strengthen our recruitment process and ensure we maintain our high hiring standards to recruit the best people

Our ideal candidate will have:
A bachelor's degree or equivalent direct work experience
Experience in talent acquisition – headhunting, sourcing and proactively building a pipeline of talent, thinking outside of the box
Experience working in a fast paced start–up environment or fast growing company
A track record of recruiting across all level roles – entry through to senior leadership – in a tech environment, and have hired technical roles
A mix of agency and in–house experience is highly desirable

Nice to haves:
Experience of using Lever ATS
Leading recruitment teams

Skills you need:
Results driven and proactive – proven experience of owning the end to end hiring process and not compromising on quality
Analytical – ability to use data to drive decision making, measure ROI and track progress
Superb communication skills, exceptional writing skills and attention to detail
A technical predisposition, and the desire to learn
Fantastic organisational skills, and the capacity to manage a pipeline of candidates across multiple channels
A strong team working focus

Benefits:
Hybrid working with a mixture of working from our Cambridge office and working from home
Salary is between GBP40,000 and GBP60,000 depending on experience, plus a quarterly team bonus plan
BUPA health care
Free lunch
You'll work with an amazing team of friendly, approachable, and knowledgeable people

Who are Gearset?

At Gearset, we work with a laser focus on quality in everything we do. Whether in development, marketing, sales, or customer success, we pride ourselves on building a deep understanding of our users, then solving their problems with a team of smart, pragmatic and focused people.

Gearset are a multi–award winning company, we recently received three awards from Best Companies in 2021, including being the 8th best mid–sized company to work for, 3rd best technology company in the UK, 4th best company in the East of England as well as numerous awards won in 2020 including Excellence in Wellbeing.

We're proud of what we've built and how we've built it. We work as a team, where attributes of trust, openness and honesty are key, as they allow us to have a feedback–driven culture that keeps us always improving. We're always hiring. If you're interested in joining us you should check out our Glassdoor reviews to find out why people like working at Gearset