Resourcing & Talent Advisor

We're looking for an experienced Resourcing & Talent Advisor to join our Talent team and help us evolve how we attract and recruit talent across The FA.

This is a varied, hands-on recruitment role with the opportunity to work across the breadth of our organisation. One day you could be recruiting for a high-volume campaign, the next sourcing a hard-to-find specialist or partnering with a senior leader on an executive appointment.

We're looking for more than someone who can manage a recruitment process. We want an excellent recruiter who is curious about the market, knows how to find great people and is keen to try new approaches. You'll combine strong delivery with proactive sourcing, talent pipelining and market insight, while providing a great experience for candidates and hiring managers.

You'll also join us at an exciting point in the development of our Talent function. Our 2026-28 Talent Strategy is focused on becoming more proactive, evidence-led and innovative, with significant opportunities to improve how we use data, technology and AI, build talent pipelines and strengthen our employer brand and assessment approach.

What will you be doing?

• Manage end-to-end recruitment across a varied portfolio, from volume campaigns and specialist roles through to senior and executive appointments, delivering a great experience for candidates and hiring managers.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand their talent needs, providing insight and advice on the most effective attraction, sourcing and assessment approaches.
• Proactively identify and engage talent through direct sourcing, networking and talent mapping, building pipelines for recurring, specialist and business-critical skills.
• Develop creative and inclusive approaches to attraction and employer brand, helping us reach and engage a broad and diverse range of talent.
• Use recruitment data, market insight, technology and AI to inform hiring decisions, improve our processes and identify new ways of working.
• Contribute to the continued development of Talent Acquisition at The FA, including strengthening our approach to assessment, candidate experience and proactive talent planning.

What are we looking for?

• End-to-end recruitment experience gained in-house, within an agency, or a combination of both, with experience recruiting across multiple disciplines and levels, from volume through to specialist and senior appointments.
• Strong direct sourcing and talent identification skills, with experience engaging passive candidates and developing pipelines for hard-to-fill or future talent needs.
• A consultative approach to stakeholder management, with the credibility to advise hiring managers, understand their challenges and shape effective recruitment solutions.
• Experience using a range of attraction channels, recruitment technology and assessment approaches to deliver inclusive and effective hiring.
• A curious and innovative approach, with an interest in using data, market insight, technology and AI to improve recruitment outcomes and candidate experience.
• Strong judgement, communication and organisational skills, with the ability to manage a varied recruitment portfolio while maintaining a high-quality candidate and hiring manager experience.

Why join us?

This is a great opportunity for a recruiter who enjoys both delivering recruitment and making recruitment better.

You'll have exposure to an unusually broad range of careers and talent markets, while helping us deliver an ambitious transformation of Talent Acquisition at The FA. You'll have scope to bring ideas, test new approaches and help us build stronger pipelines, improve assessment, make better use of technology and create an outstanding experience for candidates and hiring managers.

What's in it for you?

We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles. To achieve this, we have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English Football. We are also delighted to offer a world-class, Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire, which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.

We pride ourselves on offering a competitive salary as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role. But that is not all; we also have a range of exciting benefits, some of which can be found below:

• Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium, alongside a host of regular internal events throughout the season, encourages you to connect and learn with your colleagues and look after your mental health and well-being.
• Free, nutritious lunches at Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park.
• Private medical cover funded by The FA.
• A contributory pension scheme.
• An additional 'Thank You' day's leave, volunteering days, as well as 25 days of annual leave (based on a full-time, permanent contract)
• A hybrid working model which offers greater flexibility.

For more information on what it is like to work at The FA, please visit our FA Careers page, https://www.thefa.com/about-football-association/careers

Currently, we are working within a hybrid working model whereby the expectation is to work from your contractual location for part of the week, and as and when required by the team. The remaining days can be worked remotely. We will continue to monitor this model, and it may be adjusted in future if deemed necessary. The contractual location of this role can be found on the FA Careers page.

We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The Football Association actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work. 

We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this during your application.

As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.