Recruitment Business Partner (Newcastle Upon Tyne)

Job Summary / Overview
Salary - Up to 31K DOE
Hybrid

As a Recruitment Business Partner, you’ll own the end-to-end recruitment journey for operational roles across your campaign area, ensuring Teleperformance is consistently seen as an employer of choice. You’ll play a critical role in attracting, engaging, and hiring large numbers of top-quality agents and support roles to support our fast-growing operations as well as driving social value sourcing initiatives.

You’ll act as a trusted advisor and business partner, collaborating closely with stakeholders across Operations, HR, Training, and Workforce Management to deliver recruitment strategies that meet both business and client needs. Your focus: fast, efficient, and high-quality recruitment. You’ll support the growth and management of our offshore teams to ensure they work to the required standard.

The role requires you to be on site a minimum of 3 days per week.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities (may perform other duties as requested not specifically addressed in this document)

• o Lead the full lifecycle recruitment process for large-scale operational hires, from role briefing and sourcing to offer and onboarding.
• o Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements and create strategies that attract large volumes of qualified candidates quickly.
• o Source candidates proactively across multiple channels including job boards, social media, professional networks, schools, and referrals. Working hand in hand with the Recruitment Delivery Manager and/or Sourcing Manager
• o Screen, interview when required, and assess candidates to ensure the right fit for each role, while maintaining efficiency to meet high-volume targets.
• o Coordinate pre-employment checks (backgrounds, references, etc.) to ensure compliance and smooth onboarding for all.
• o Maintain accurate recruitment data in the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and provide regular reporting on recruitment metrics and KPIs.
• o Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external recruitment partners to ensure recruitment goals are met.
• o Deliver a world-class candidate experience, acting as a brand ambassador at every touchpoint.
• o Continuously improve recruitment processes, tools, and strategies to drive efficiency, quality, and scalability.
• o Be a partner to your segment of the business, support strategy and high-quality recruitment for your assigned clients
• o Support with offshore resource development and upskilling
• o Drive and grow our social value standing, providing insight and analysis to diversify pipelines and maintain good data

What You’ll Bring – Essential Criteria

• o Proven experience delivering high-volume recruitment as the lead recruiter, in a BPO or fast-paced operational environment
• o Experience managing recruitment for operational roles at scale (agents, customer service, or call center positions)
• o Experienced in leading a team of recruiters or recruitment administrators as part of a recruitment function
• o Experienced in recruiting social value candidates and/or working in social value employment
• o Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• o Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment, managing competing priorities while maintaining quality.
• o Knowledge of UK employment law and recruitment compliance practices is strongly preferred.
• o Proficiency in ATS platforms (e.g., iCIMS, JobTrain, Taleo, SAP) and Microsoft Office tools.
• o Excellent problem-solving, organisation, and time-management skills