Location
Various Locations
Advertising Salary
Up to £40,000 + Benefits
Vacancy Type
Fixed Term Contract
Talent Acquisition
Level:
Support

About The Role

Hippo Digital is a rapidly growing digital consultancy passionate about building and delivering transformative digital solutions for a diverse range of Public and Private sector clients. We are recruiting for a Talent Acquisition Partner (6-month FTC) to support in our next phase of growth. 

Our collaborative and agile culture empowers our teams to make a genuine impact. As a Talent Acquisition Partner at Hippo Digital, you will be responsible for identifying, attracting, and hiring talented individuals across our specialisms. This is a high-impact role ensuring we bring in top-tier Engineering, Data, Design, Delivery and other Techies who thrive in a consultancy environment.

Our talent strategy empowers Hippo to build and support secure, scalable, and well-engineered ecosystems by finding the right people for the right challenges. You will leverage deep market insights and innovative sourcing techniques to deliver world-class engineering teams for our customers.

Your Role in a Nutshell:

  • End-to-End Recruitment: Lead the full recruitment lifecycle across our core specialisms (Engineering, Data, Design, Product, and Delivery), focusing on high-calibre talent from Mid-level to Principal.
  • Multi-Disciplinary Sourcing: Utilise different sourcing strategies to identify specialists across the digital spectrum.
  • Trusted Advisor: Act as a strategic partner to stakeholders across all practices providing data-driven market insights.
  • Inclusive Excellence: Drive a culture of excellence and diversity, ensuring interview processes (from portfolio reviews for UCD to pair programming for Engineering) are inclusive, rigorous, and representative of Hippo’s values.
  • Candidate Experience: Ensure a seamless experience for all candidates, managing feedback loops to maintain Hippo’s reputation as a top-tier digital consultancy.
  • The Consultancy Mindset: Support the scaling of our capabilities by identifying professionals who combine deep craft expertise with the communication skills required for high-impact client work.
  • Negotiations: Manage offer negotiations across various seniority levels, articulating Hippo’s value proposition and the impact of our digital transformation projects.

Skills and experience that you need

  • Sector Expertise: Good experience as a Talent Partner with a proven track record of scaling multi-disciplinary teams (Engineering, Design, Data, and Product) in a fast-paced environment.
  • Digital Literacy: A strong understanding of modern digital delivery, including;
    Engineering: Java/Python/React and Cloud-native architectures.
    Data: Engineering, Analytics, and Data Science.
    UCD: User Research, Content Design, Service Design, and Interaction Design.
    Product & Delivery: Agile methodologies, Product Ownership and complex delivery management.
  • Expert Sourcing: Advanced skills in identifying passive talent across platforms, tailoring your approach to the specific nuances of each role.
  • Assessment Mastery: Solid understanding of varied assessment methodologies, from facilitating code reviews and system design sessions to understanding the nuances of a Design portfolio or a Product case study.
  • Consultancy Awareness: Experience working within a digital agency or consultancy, understanding the importance of billability, stakeholder management, and the soft skills that make a consultant successful.
  • Data-Driven Mindset: A methodical approach to recruitment, using ATS platforms and analytics to track pipeline health, conversion rates, and quality-of-hire.
  • Exceptional Communication: The ability to translate Hippo’s vision across different disciplines.

What makes us great

As well as a competitive salary which we’re transparent about from the outset, you can also expect a range of benefits:
  • Contributory pension scheme (Hippo 6% with employee contributions of 2%)
  • 25 days holiday plus UK public holidays
  • Perkbox access for a wide range of discounts
  • Critical illness cover
  • Life assurance and death in service cover
  • Volunteer days
  • Cycle-to-work scheme for the avid cyclists
  • Salary sacrifice electric vehicles scheme
  • Season ticket loans
  • Financial and general wellbeing sessions
  • Flexible benefits scheme with options of:
    • private health cover
    • private dental cover
    • additional company pension contributions
    • additional holidays (up to an extra 2 days)
    • wellbeing contribution
    • charity contributions
    • tree planting

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Hippo

At Hippo, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace that works for everyone. We understand that having a diverse team unlocks our capacity for innovation, creativity and problem solving. Only by building a community of diverse perspectives, cultures and socio-economic backgrounds can we create an environment where all can contribute and thrive.

We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process that reflects our workplace culture. We are a registered Disability Confident Employer, Mindful Employer, Endometriosis Friendly Employer and a member of the Armed Forces Covenant. Hippo continually strives to remove barriers, provide accommodations and offer reasonable adjustments to ensure equity throughout our practices.

Hi, we’re Hippo.

At Hippo, we design with empathy and build for impact. We do this by combining data-informed evidence, human-centred design and software engineering.  We're a digital services partner who is genuinely invested in helping our clients thrive as modern organisations. Our delivery methodology is truly agile, from concept to reality, supporting innovation and continuous improvement to achieve your desired outcomes.

We firmly believe that technology should serve humanity, not the other way around. We take a human-centred approach to everything we do because we understand that complex problems require a service design approach. This means understanding how users behave and ensuring our solutions work for them in the real world. 

Our combination of data, design, and engineering delivers bespoke digital services that make a positive and meaningful impact on organisations and society. We're confident in our abilities, authentic in our approach, and passionate about what we do. If you're looking for a digital services partner that can deliver real results, let us help you build for the future and make a lasting impact.

Hippo locations

We are headquartered in Leeds and have offices across the UK in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London and Bristol. We're on the lookout for top talent nationwide but you need to be located within reasonable travelling distance from one of our offices which will be your contracted office location.  Given the dynamic nature of a consulting business, you may be required to work on-site at a Hippo office or at an in/out of town client location for a number of days per week (client dependent) and therefore candidates will need to be open/flexible to travel. Plus, we offer a generous relocation support package of up to £8k (please ask for terms and conditions) to help make your move a smooth one.

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