Executive Recruiter

Executive Recruiter  
Locations: Salford Quays, Kirkstall Forge, Leeds, Staines or London  
Full-time position: 37.5hours    
Salary Range: £50,000 - £60,000 per annum 
Hybrid and flexible working options available. 

About the Role 
The Executive Recruitment team at Bupa plays a vital role in ensuring the ongoing success of our business by attracting engaged and talented individuals. This role spans across our insurance business and functional teams, delivering our resourcing strategy and ensuring both candidates and Hiring Managers have an unforgettable recruitment experience. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Partnering with senior executives to define strategic hiring needs, develop candidate profiles, and agree on recruitment strategies. 
• Leading the end-to-end recruitment process for executive positions, from sourcing to offer acceptance, serving as a trusted thought partner to hiring managers. 
• Providing a consistently positive candidate experience by building trusted relationships, guiding, and communicating throughout the candidate journey. 
• Working closely with Business Partners to understand upcoming needs and create proactive pipelines when possible. 
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of recruitment processes and practices. 
• Using creative and diverse sourcing strategies to attract top-tier executive talent. 
• Managing assessment and interview processes, supporting and advising Hiring Managers on tools and methods. 
• Partnering with the Attraction & Branding team to create and deliver targeted sourcing plans for key projects and hard-to-fill areas. 

What We Are Looking For From You 

• Extensive experience as a professional in-house recruiter, ideally at the executive level. 
• Specialist recruitment knowledge within one or more corporate functions such as Finance, Technology, Audit & Risk, or HR. 
• Proven ability to develop strong and successful relationships at a senior level, acting as trusted counsel to senior leaders. 
• High levels of emotional intelligence, able to manage and influence stakeholders and candidates.

• A genuine care for creating an outstanding candidate and hiring manager experience, with demonstrated ways to enhance the candidate journey and add value to recruitment processes. 
• Strong assessment capabilities, with experience in competency interviewing and creating assessment processes. 
• Demonstrated ability to work with high levels of agility, administration, and attention to detail. 
• Experience in market mapping and developing pipelines for critical roles. 

If you are passionate about recruitment and have the skills and experience, we are looking for, we would love to hear from you! Join us to help us attract the best talent to drive our business forward. 

Apply now to become a part of our dynamic team and make a difference in the world of executive recruitment! 

Benefits 
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits. 

Joining Bupa in this role as a Executive Recruiter you will receive the following benefits and more:  

• Flexible Holidays scheme: 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with the option to buy or sell. 
• Environmental – Electric Car Scheme and Payroll giving scheme. 
• Financial – Wagestream, Discounts platform, Loan and saving schemes and Enhanced Pension Scheme. 
• Mental and Physical - Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind, Health Assessment, Family mental health line. 
• Social: Volunteering days and Be You at Bupa Network 

Why Bupa? 

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. 

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.  That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. 

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.