Talent Acquisition Partner

Do you thrive in a fast‑paced recruitment environment? Do you enjoy partnering with hiring managers to shape great hiring decisions? Are you motivated by finding the right talent that helps a business perform at its best? If so, this could be your next move.

As a Talent Acquisition Partner at GXO, you’ll play a key role in delivering an effective, cost‑efficient recruitment service across the business. Working as part of our central TA team, you’ll partner closely with hiring managers and HR teams, own end‑to‑end recruitment activity, and build strong relationships with both candidates and stakeholders to ensure successful, high‑quality hires.

We’re looking for someone to join us on a 6-month fixed term contract basis, based at our UK Head Office in Northampton. As a hybrid role, you’ll be expected to work 3 days per week in the office.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £35,000 - £40,000, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more! 

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Partner with hiring managers and site HR teams to understand current and future hiring needs
• Take detailed role briefs and translate them into clear, compelling job adverts
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, from sourcing and screening through to offer and onboarding
• Proactively source candidates using job boards, social platforms and direct sourcing methods
• Maintain accurate vacancy lists, reports and candidate tracking through our ATS

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Proven recruitment experience, either in‑house or agency (logistics exposure would be ideal)
• Strong experience using ATS systems, job boards and writing effective job adverts
• Confidence managing stakeholders at all levels and setting clear recruitment expectations
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast‑paced, high‑volume environment
• Excellent administration, organisation and relationship‑building skills, with a commercial mindset

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.