Senior Talent Sourcer - Front Office

End Date

Friday 06 March 2026

Salary Range

£39,825 - £44,250

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working

Job Description Summary

JOB TITLE: Senior Talent Sourcer - Front Office
SALARY: £38,295 - £42,550
LOCATION(S): Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds and Halifax
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

Job Description

About this Opportunity

The Sourcing and Research team delivers candidate sourcing, research and market intelligence solutions to support the direct hiring activities of Lloyds Banking Group Specialised Recruitment team. As a Senior Talent Sourcer, you set the standard for what good looks like when it comes to the quality of talent entering the recruitment process.

You will primarily support the Business & Commercial Banking, Corporate & Institutional Banking, and Insurance, Pensions & Investments. The core of the role will be understanding the business needs, developing and executing sourcing strategies, building a warm bench and attracting high-potential passive talent.

You will provide ownership of sourcing strategies for a defined business area, ensuring delivery of high-quality talent pipelines aligned to organisational goals. You will act as a subject matter expert in sourcing methodologies, leveraging advanced tools and techniques to identify and engage passive candidates while championing candidate experience.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

We’re on an exciting journey and there couldn’t be a better time to join us. The investments we’re making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

What you'll need

• Strategic sourcing methods by utilising advanced tools and techniques to identify, engage, and attract high-quality candidates, particularly for Front Office business pillars. Focusing on contributing to the development of comprehensive sourcing strategies aligned with team goals.

• Deep knowledge of market intelligence tools such as LinkedIn Talent Insights, Talent Neuron, Draup, Horsefly and web-based researching techniques to deliver market insights to support hiring decisions.

• Understanding of direct sourcing and talent research methods by leveraging various channels and databases such as LinkedIn, online communities, social media profiles, competing companies and more, utilising search string and data mining.

• Conduct comprehensive research before interpreting/translating data and talent findings to create accurate, timely and well-informed market mapping, talent scan and intelligence reports.

• Contributing insights to enhance existing sourcing methodologies and adopting more advanced technologies by optimising all available tools (e.g., HiredScore, CRM, LinkedIn Recruiter) to improve efficiency and candidate engagement.

• Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to calibrate sourcing approaches, ensuring alignment with workforce planning and recruitment goals.

• Maintain accurate candidate records in Workday and ensure compliance with LBG hiring policies and regulatory standards.

• Leverage data insights to optimise sourcing strategies, report progress in business reviews, and proactively mitigate risks in talent pipelines.

• Increase individual knowledge and practical application of AI by setting up a personalised learning journey, sharing external AI trends monthly, and incorporating AI-driven approaches into sourcing workflows.

• Act as the team’s point of contact for a specialist area (e.g., Market Intelligence, Diversity Sourcing, Outreach Strategy), driving innovation and best practice.

• Role-model LBG culture and values through hybrid working, continuous learning, and external market awareness to innovate sourcing practices.

• Drive continuous improvement in the team's sourcing practices.

• Set the bar for what a candidate centric journey should be. Champion candidate experience by ensuring personalised outreach and seamless engagement throughout the sourcing process. Uses expertise to serve as the organisational authority on meeting high candidate expectations. Sets and maintains a continued focus on delivering the candidate excellence. Implements' strategies and plans that deliver the right outcomes and high levels of candidate satisfaction.

And any experience of these would be really useful

• Strong sourcing fundamentals, including Boolean search, candidate outreach, and initial talent mapping.

• Good stakeholder communication skills, with the ability to take briefs and provide clear updates.

• In-house Front Office recruitment and proactive sourcing experience is essential.

• Previous experience of hiring or headhunting senior-level positions into commercial, corporate or investment banking is required.

• Market mapping and research

• Experience in using Workday ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter, Avature CRM, LinkedIn Talent Insights, Talent Neuron, Draup and Avature.

• Competent in core sourcing tools and recruitment systems, with willingness to learn new technologies.

• Data-aware mindset, able to use basic metrics to prioritise work and monitor pipeline health.

• Collaborative and adaptable, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and supporting team priorities.

• Proactive learner, continuously developing sourcing skills and staying open to feedback and coaching.

About working for us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks.  We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. 

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.