Talent Specialist (UK and Europe)

Note: We'll only start reviewing applications from w/c 24th August, please bear with us before then.

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AVK continues to scale rapidly across the UK and Europe, delivering critical infrastructure projects and building capability across new product lines. As we grow, the quality of our hiring and the mobility of our internal talent are central to maintaining both pace and performance. 

This role blends end-to-end talent acquisition with internal mobility partnership. You’ll shape how we attract, assess and hire great people while also partnering with People Partners, L&D and our SLT (senior leadership team) to ensure our internal talent has clear, visible pathways to grow. 

You’ll be both strategic and hands‑on: building talent pipelines, designing hiring processes, supporting workforce planning, and helping teams make sound people decisions. This role is integral to embedding a data‑informed, proactive talent function that we’re building together. 

You will be joining a People Team focused on high standards, continuous improvement and a people‑first experience - both for candidates and employees. 

We currently have a talent team of 5 (inc. 2x Talent Specialists and an Early Careers Talent Specialist). This is a new role which will lead on our hiring across our finance, sales and other enabl