Talent Acquisition Partner
- Team
- Support Functions
- Location
- Dublin 1, Dublin
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Position type
- Full Time
- Salary
- Competitive + Benefits
- Closing date: 15th August 2025
How We Hire
Everyone is welcome at M&S. No exceptions. It’s your background, abilities and differences that make you, uniquely you. And when you’re part of M&S, that individuality has the potential to make waves.
About the role
This section tells you all you need to know about the position and its responsibilities, outlining everything we hope to see in a successful candidate.
All the details
We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Talent Acquisition Partner to join our team in Ireland. This role will support our 38 stores and our Support Centre across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland with all their talent acquisition needs. Travel will be required to cover Dublin and Belfast/Lisburn.
It’s fast-paced, full of variety, and needs someone who shows curiosity, resilience and confidence in building relationships. You’ll be someone who identifies opportunities, adjusts when things change and sincerely cares about getting it right — for the business and for the candidate.
We aim to deliver M&S magic by providing outstanding quality, value, service, and innovation.
What you'll do
- Supervise and get involved in the day to day, end-to-end recruitment process presenting a positive candidate and Hiring Manager experience at all times. Responsibilities cover ad creation, CV screening, briefing calls, Hiring Manager coaching and upskilling, offering positions and drafting contracts aligned with our TA plan
- Locate qualified candidates through market mapping, job postings, social media, referrals, and industry events
- Guide candidates through the process, working closely with Hiring Managers and People Partners to secure top talent
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement by staying updated on industry trends and standard methodology in TA to assist and advise Hiring Managers in enhancing capability
- Ensure compliance with all employment laws and regulations, maintain accurate and up-to-date recruiting documentation and ensure general housekeeping of all recruitment systems and trackers
Who you are
A dynamic People person and an outstanding communicator who can encourage teams (this role will lead a Team of up to 6). Someone who has the ability to interpret and translate functional resourcing needs, turning them into exciting and realistic attraction and selection strategies.
Strong communication skills are necessary for building relationships, influencing, and persuading at all levels. Analysing and challenging ways of working using methodical and data-driven decisions will be required in this role. Having experience and knowledge of e-recruitment practices and recruitment technology, including Applicant Tracking Systems, CRM & Social channels is essential. If this is gained from the Retail industry then even better!
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Meet the Team
Being an in-person business
We're at our best when we're close to customers, and for many of us at M&S, that means working in store every day.
To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected. It also means we can solve problems as soon as they arise, learn and grow as a team, build trust, and get closer to our colleagues.
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Make Your Mark
Opportunities to be heard
Your voice and your ideas matter here. Our 8 colleague networks are places to find support, listen to each other and encourage debate. You can pitch ideas ‘Straight to Stuart’, our CEO, or get involved in our BIG (Business involvement Group).
Experience the business
You’ll spend 7 days each year helping in store and getting closer to our customers. We also organise Insight Days, so you can learn more about specific business units, like Foods.
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Benefits
How to Apply
Here’s what to expect at each stage of the application process. This can change depending on the role you’ve applied to. If you need any reasonable adjustments made at any stage, let us know and we can help.
Send us your application
Fill in our short application form and hit submit.
Online assessment
Depending on the role, you may be invited to take part in an online assessment. Should you be invited to an online assessment your Talent Acquisition Partner will be more than happy to support you with any questions.
Interview
We'll invite you to join us for an interview. This could be remote or in person. Here, we'll ask you some role based technical questions and examine the behaviours we're looking for.
Decision
After we’ve decided, we’ll be in touch. If you’ve been successful, we’ll officially invite you to join the team and let you know the next steps.
Talent Acquisition Partner
- Team
- Support Functions
- Location
- Dublin 1, Dublin
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Position type
- Full Time
- Salary
- Competitive + Benefits
- Closing date: 15th August 2025
- Reference: 95722