Job Description:

About the role:

At AO, we're all about finding smarter ways to get things done. Behind every delivery, installation and recycling collection is a team of brilliant people making it happen. As we continue to grow, we're looking for a skilled recruitment advisor who'll help us find the talented people that keep our operation moving.

This isn't a role for someone who waits for applications to land. We're looking for someone who's proactive, curious and loves getting out into the market to find great talent before anyone else does.

• Salary: £ 35,000 per annum 
• Shift Pattern: Monday - Friday 
• Hours: 37.5 Hours per week 
• Job Type: Full time - 12 month FTC
• Location: AO Plc, Alpha Building, Weston Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 6BF

We're big believers that great things happen when people come together. As a primarily office-based team, you'll be in the office five days a week, collaborating, learning, and celebrating successes alongside your colleagues. 

It's all about One AO, One Team, One Goal and achieving great things together.

Here's What You Can Expect To Be Doing:

You'll take ownership of end-to-end hiring across exciting and evolving areas of the business, finding talented people that others might miss. Whether you're headhunting specialist talent, building long-term talent pipelines or creating attraction campaigns that get people talking, you'll have a real impact on how we grow.

You'll use LinkedIn Recruiter, social media, networking and direct sourcing techniques to engage top talent, while partnering with hiring managers to provide recruitment expertise, market insight and hiring recommendations.

Above all, you'll deliver a brilliant candidate experience and help us find smarter, better ways to attract exceptional people to AO.

A Few Things About You:

You'll be a proactive recruiter who loves building relationships, spotting talent and finding opportunities where others don't. You're comfortable picking up the phone, engaging passive candidates and challenging traditional approaches to recruitment to deliver great hiring outcomes.

We're looking for someone who's naturally curious, commercially minded and excited by the opportunity to help build teams in new and evolving areas of the business.

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• Experience managing end-to-end recruitment in-house, agency or RPO environments.
• Strong sourcing and headhunting experience using LinkedIn Recruiter and other direct attraction methods.
• The confidence to identify, engage and build relationships with passive candidates.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and partner effectively with hiring managers.
• Experience managing multiple vacancies and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• A proactive mindset and a passion for finding exceptional talent.
• Experience creating strategic hiring plans and delivering recruitment campaigns to support business growth.
• The ability to use recruitment data and market insights to shape hiring decisions and attraction strategies.

Experience recruiting specialist or hard-to-find talent would be ideal, but what matters most is your ability to build great relationships, think creatively and deliver the best recruitment outcomes.

Our Benefits:

• At least 5% contribution pension scheme
• Healthcare Cashback Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Packages
• Expression of wish service
• Make a difference days (x2 fully paid charity days a year)
• Share-save Scheme
• Gain exclusive ticket access to AO Arena, Sales Sharks, and Manchester Thunder.

To see all our benefits and perks, visit our AO Benefits page

Join us and power up your career — apply now with AO.