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About the Role

As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you’ll be central to delivering to our hiring plans. You’ll own end-to-end recruiting — from intake to offer — for a range of teams, ensuring a best‑in‑class experience for candidates and stakeholders. You’ll report to the Talent Acquisition Manager and partner closely with hiring managers across the business.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Talent Acquisition Manager and stakeholders to define requirements through structured, insight-driven role briefs.
• Craft compelling job briefs and align on candidate profiles and assessment criteria to attract the best talent for Dare.
• Own 360° recruitment: strategic sourcing, outreach, screening, assessment coordination, interviewing, debriefs, offers.
• Build and maintain strong, diverse pipelines using multiple channels.
• Run an efficient process: conduct initial screening interviews and add structured feedback to our ATS, schedule interviews, keep candidates informed, and provide constructive feedback to unsuccessful applicants.
• Leverage our ATS, ensuring it's continuously updated with high-quality, compliant data.
• Track recruiting metrics (e.g., time‑to‑hire, pipeline conversion, interview quality/feedback, candidate experience) to drive continuous improvement.
• Champion an exceptional candidate experience at every touchpoint.

Requirements

• Proven in-house recruiting experience with full-cycle recruitment ownership.
• Ability to recruit across different areas of the business as we grow – Core Business, Finance, Business Operations, Trading, Power Risk & Operations, Technology and everything in between.
• Strong stakeholder management and a passion for delivering outstanding candidate experience.
• Hands-on experience with ATS platforms (we use Team Tailor) and LinkedIn Recruiter. talent databases, and creative outreach strategies.
• Comfortable leveraging AI to streamline sourcing and screening.
• Ability to influence and coach stakeholders, driving high-bar hiring decisions.
• Build trust with candidates and teams; communicate with clarity and discretion.
• Use data to prioritise, report progress, and refine processes.
• Ability to operate autonomously, escalate thoughtfully, and safeguard confidential information.
• Anticipate bottlenecks, problem‑solve proactively, and manage time effectively.
• Experience in a high-growth scale-up environment, ideally with exposure to financial services, trading or commodities.

Skills

• Full-cycle recruitment
• Stakeholder management
• Candidate experience
• ATS platforms (Team Tailor)
• LinkedIn Recruiter
• Talent databases
• Creative outreach strategies
• AI for sourcing and screening
• Influencing and coaching
• Data analysis and reporting
• Autonomous operation
• Problem-solving
• Time management

Location

• City of London

Work Type

• Permanent
• Full-time
• Onsite

Salary/Compensations

• Competitive salary

Benefits

• Vitality health insurance and dental cover
• 38 days of holiday (including bank holidays)
• Pension scheme
• Annual Bluecrest health checks
• A personal learning & development budget of £5000
• Free gym membership
• Specsavers vouchers
• Enhanced family leave
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Credited Deliveroo dinner account
• Office massage therapy
• Freshly served office breakfast twice a week
• Fully stocked fridge and pantry
• Social events and a games room

About the Company

• We are an energy trading company generating liquidity across global commodities markets.
• We combine deep trading expertise with proprietary technology and the power of data science to be the best-in-class.
• Our understanding of volatile, data-intensive markets is a key part of our edge.
• At Dare, you will be joining a team of ambitious individuals who challenge themselves and each other.
• We have a culture of empowering exceptional people to become the best version of themselves.

Equal Opportunity

• We believe in a workplace where our people can fulfil their potential, whatever their background or whomever they are.
• We celebrate the breadth of experience and see this as critical to problem-solving and to Dare thriving as a business.
• Our culture rewards curiosity and drive, so the best ideas triumph and everyone here can make an impact.
• Please let us know ahead of the interview and testing processes if you require any reasonable adjustments or assistance during the application process.