Talent Acquisition Specialist

Core responsibilities:

• Manage full lifecycle recruitment for assigned customer groups, from role briefing through to offer acceptance for complex, niche/safety-critical engineering, production/manufacturing roles
• Proactively headhunt, source, and engage high-calibre candidates using a variety of channels and tools
• Screen and assess candidates against technical capability, soft skills, leadership potential, and cultural alignment
• Partner cross-functionally with colleagues in People Operations, Reward, and Finance to ensure smooth hiring outcomes

This role enables the company's growth strategy by securing exceptional talent to pioneer electric aviation, helping deliver zero-emissions aircraft that will set new safety standards for air travel and shape the future of Advanced Air Mobility.

Required skills and experience:

• Proven experience delivering end-to-end recruitment, either in-house or agency-side
• Prior exposure to hiring complex, technical, or specialist roles within engineering, manufacturing technology, or similarly demanding markets
• Experience operating in a fast-paced, scaling organisation with evolving priorities
• Strong stakeholder management capability, with the confidence to challenge and influence when required

Benefits include:

• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
• 5 extra days per year to buy or sell
• 5 extra days holiday for marriage or civil partnership
• Additional 4% of salary to spend on extra benefits
• Award-winning digital health and wellbeing service (Help@Hand)
• Company performance-based bonus
• Company Share Scheme open to every employee
• Company Pension Scheme with 5% matching
• Daily breakfast provided

Vertical Aerospace is pioneering electric aviation with their eVTOL (electric, vertical, take-off and landing) 'zero emissions' aircraft called Valo, which aims to set new safety standards for air travel and achieve airliner-level safety certification by 2028.