Head of Talent

Role Overview - What is it?

The Head of Talent is responsible for developing and driving The Housing Network’s (THN) employer brand and employee value proposition by leading all aspects of internal and external talent attraction and sourcing ensuring THN recruits, and retains diverse, values-aligned talent following Safer Recruitment principles and builds rich talent pipelines through the planning and delivery of effective recruitment campaigns, data production and analysis.
The Head of Talent partners with the Head of HR, Marketing Manager and Operations leaders to create a seamless people experience from attraction through to onboarding, career development, and retention.

• Lead the design and delivery of THN’s resourcing strategy to meet current and future workforce needs.
• Develop and maintain THN’s Employee Value Proposition (EVP), ensuring it is effectively communicated internally and externally to strengthen employer brand.
• Drive innovative attraction campaigns, digital presence, and recruitment marketing aligned to THN’s values and B Corp commitments.
• Work collaboratively with managers to build workforce plans that balance organisational growth with sustainability and values.

• Ensure full compliance with safer recruitment principles across all recruitment and selection activity.
• Embed all pre-employment checks (DBS, references, right-to-work, qualifications) and ensure they are consistently and rigorously applied.
• Develop policies, processes, and guidance to embed safer recruitment across the organisation.
• Ensure hiring managers are trained and supported to understand their safeguarding responsibilities in recruitment and selection.
• Monitor and audit recruitment practice to provide assurance of compliance with safeguarding and safer recruitment standards.

• Line manage and develop the recruitment team, ensuring capacity, resilience, and progression.
• Build capability across managers through coaching, toolkits, and training on effective, values-driven and safer recruitment.
• Champion inclusive recruitment practices to support diversity, equity, and belonging at THN.

• Ensure timely and accurate production and analysis of attraction and sourcing data.

• Proven experience in leading talent acquisition/resourcing within a fast-paced, values-driven environment.
• Experience planning and executing volume recruitment activity to resource mobilisation programmes.
• Experience of creating stories to drive attraction and sourcing activity.
• Strong understanding of EVP, employer branding, and candidate attraction strategies.
• In-depth knowledge of safer recruitment principles, safeguarding responsibilities, and compliance requirements.
• Experience line managing and developing a team.
• Strong relationship-building and influencing skills with senior leaders and managers.
• Commercially aware with an ability to balance growth, compliance, and cultural alignment.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced organization
• Resilience
• Commitment to purpose
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Stakeholder management

We believe our values should reflect in our behaviour towards our colleagues, partners and residents while we work to achieve our Strategy 2024>29. These values are to be;
Innovative, Dynamic, Dependable, Respectful, and Kind.

The Housing Network is committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity amongst the workforce.

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

As an employer we welcome applications from candidates with lived experience, demonstrating our commitment to capturing the value of "expertise by experience" and providing More than a Voice for our residents.

All job offers are subject to a DBS check (level to be advised through the hiring process) and references.