Early Careers and Volume Talent Acquisition Specialist

Early Careers and Volume Talent Acquisition Specialist

• Support the end-to-end recruitment process for our Volume and Early Careers campaigns, creating an exceptional experience for candidates and hiring managers.


• 12-month fixed-term contract covering maternity leave.


• Hybrid role with up to 80% homeworking and 20% based at our Stratford-upon-Avon Head Office. Additional in-person attendance will be required during peak recruitment periods to support assessment centres, recruitment events and business engagement activities.

About the role

Our Early Careers & Campaigns team plays an important role in building NFU Mutual’s future talent pipeline. From graduate schemes and internships to volume recruitment campaigns, we partner with the business to attract, assess and hire talented people who will help shape the future of our organisation. Taking a skills-based approach to hiring, we look beyond experience to identify potential and help people develop rewarding careers with us.

As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you'll support the delivery of a range of Early Careers and Volume recruitment campaigns, partnering closely with Talent Acquisition Consultants who lead each campaign. You'll play a key role in managing candidate pipelines, screening and shortlisting applications, and supporting assessment centre activities. Through your organisation and attention to detail, you'll help keep recruitment campaigns on track while ensuring candidates receive a positive and engaging experience from application to offer.

Many of our campaigns recruit towards fixed cohort start dates, so effective planning, organisation and prioritisation will be essential. You’ll support multiple campaigns and deadlines, using our recruitment systems and technology to monitor progress, maintain accurate candidate information and identify where proactive action is needed.

Working collaboratively with the team, you’ll use sound judgement and attention to detail to support fair, evidence-based hiring decisions while keeping recruitment activity on track.

In this role, you’ll:

• Support the end-to-end delivery of Early Careers and Volume recruitment campaigns, helping to ensure key milestones and hiring requirements are achieved.


• Screen and assess candidates through application reviews, online assessments, introductory conversations and structured selection processes, applying agreed criteria consistently and objectively.


• Use sound judgement to make informed decisions to support fair, evidence-based processes


• Manage candidate pipelines using our applicant tracking system and other tools to monitor progress, maintain accurate records and take proactive action to address potential delays.


• Plan, coordinate and facilitate interviews, assessment centres and recruitment events, ensuring candidates, hiring managers and assessors have the information and support they need.


• Support multiple campaigns, activities and deadlines simultaneously, prioritising effectively and adapting your approach as requirements change.


• Work closely with Talent Acquisition Consultants to coordinate recruitment activity, resolve issues and support the successful delivery of recruitment campaigns.


• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience through clear, timely and supportive communication at every stage of the recruitment process.


• Ensure recruitment activity is completed accurately and in line with company policies, recruitment procedures and relevant compliance requirements.


• Champion diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the recruitment lifecycle, supporting consistent and inclusive selection practices.

Most importantly, you’ll help create positive and memorable experiences for candidates while supporting the business to make fair and informed hiring decisions.

About you

You'll be someone who enjoys bringing people together, building trusted relationships and delivering great outcomes. You'll be highly organised, naturally proactive and comfortable managing multiple tasks, while ensuring candidates and stakeholders have a positive experience.

You'll thrive in a fast paced environment where no two campaigns are the same, using sound judgement, strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to keep recruitment activity moving forward and on track.

You'll bring:

• Recruitment experience - Experience supporting the recruitment lifecycle, ideally within an in house early careers, campaign or volume recruitment environment


• Organisation and prioritisation – Strong organisational skills with the ability to work on multiple campaigns and deadlines simultaneously, ensuring activity is delivered to agreed timescales.


• Candidate engagement and customer focus - A passion for creating positive candidate experiences, providing clear communication, support and guidance throughout the recruitment journey.


• Planning and coordination - confidence coordinating interviews, assessment centres, recruitment events and selection activities.


• Recruitment systems and technology - experience using applicant tracking systems and other recruitment tools to manage vacancies, candidate pipelines and recruitment activity effectively.


• Judgement and decision making - the ability to review information objectively and support fair, evidence-based hiring decisions.


• Attention to detail - a high level of accuracy when managing candidate records, communications and recruitment processes.


• Adaptability and resilience - the ability to respond positively to changing priorities and campaign demands while maintaining a high standard of delivery.

At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.

We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

Benefits and Rewards

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:

• Salary circa £35,000


• Annual bonus (up to 10% of salary)


• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution


• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme


• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities


• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets


• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs


• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more


• Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance


• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year


• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme


• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary


• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.


• Salary sacrifice employee car scheme - subject to eligibility

Working at NFU Mutual

We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services organisations, and for over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us, so we’re proud to be recognised as “a great place to work”.

Our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2026 award was not only awarded with Distinction, but it also marked us as the first UK based company to earn a Gallup Exceptional Workplace award for eleven consecutive years. We’ve also been consistently recognised by Glassdoor. We appeared in the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK list in 2023, 2024 and 2026 — and in 2026, we were the highest ranked insurance business in the UK, highlighting our strong employee experience and the positive feedback our people share on the platform.

Additionally, we were named in the LinkedIn Top Companies 2026 list of “Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK”, and we’ve been certified as a UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.
We offer a supportive and empowering culture where people are inspired to perform, given opportunities to grow, and recognised and rewarded for their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable—so we’re successful now and in the future.