We're growing fast - your job will be to make sure the hiring process doesn't slow us down.
Minerva Defence is one of the fastest-growing defence technology companies in Europe. We create the software, hardware and networking that make unmanned systems effective on the modern battlefield, all ideated, designed and manufactured end-to-end in the UK and in active use today. We are deliberately low-profile: a team of around 70, small in headcount and outsized in effect. We look for people who are not just talented but genuinely committed to the work, the team, and the purpose behind it.
You will coordinate recruitment across all open roles, supporting hiring managers from the point a vacancy opens through to a signed offer. Hiring is split between our London software team and the engineering and production teams on site in the West Midlands, so the role involves scheduling across very different working patterns. The work covers interview scheduling and candidate communication, offer paperwork and internal approvals, and keeping the applicant tracking system accurate. You will also support the wider People team on projects such as onboarding and HR systems.
Responsibilities
- Schedule interviews across all open roles and all stages, working around interviewer diaries
- Prepare offer paperwork from our automated templates and get it out quickly
- Chase the internal approvals a hire needs, through to signed contract
- Build and automate pulse surveys for candidates and hiring managers, and turn what they say into specific process changes
- Keep the ATS accurate so pipeline reporting can be trusted
- Support the wider People team on projects such as onboarding and HR systems
- Help the wider People team run the central London office
Requirements
Minimum:
- Experience coordinating interviews or managing complex multi-person diaries at volume
- Experience working day to day in an applicant tracking system
- Experience handling confidential personal data accurately, such as offer or employee records
- Able to build a survey or a simple automation yourself in everyday tools
- Eligible for UK SC clearance (UK citizen or 5+ years UK residency)
- Able to work from our central London office at least three days a week
Preferred:
- Experience in a company hiring quickly across engineering and production
- Familiarity with an ATS such as Workable, Greenhouse or Lever
- Familiarity with UK employment paperwork and right to work checks
- Experience in a security-cleared or otherwise regulated environment
Benefits
We offer competitive compensation including;
- Share options vesting over three years
- Bupa private medical insurance
- 6% employer pension contribution
- 25 days leave plus bank holidays
- Enhanced mat/pat leave
- Enterprise level AI tooling
- Relocation support/home office budget
Skills Required
- Experience coordinating interviews or managing complex multi-person diaries at volume
- Experience working daily in an applicant tracking system
- Experience accurately handling confidential personal data, such as offer or employee records
- Ability to build a survey or simple automation using everyday tools
- Eligibility for UK SC clearance, requiring UK citizenship or at least five years of UK residency
- Ability to work from the central London office at least three days per week
- Experience in a company hiring quickly across engineering and production
- Familiarity with an ATS such as Workable, Greenhouse, or Lever
- Familiarity with UK employment paperwork and right-to-work checks
- Experience in a security-cleared or otherwise regulated environment
What We Do
Minerva Defence is a UK sovereign defence-technology company building full-stack unmanned systems for modern warfare. Its capabilities span hardware, software, networking, autonomy, navigation and effectors; it also designs and manufactures uncrewed aerial systems in the UK. The company describes its mission as supplying sovereign defence technology built in Britain for the UK and its allies, with operational deployment and real-time frontline feedback informing its work.
