Talent Acquisition Co-ordinator

Job Description

Talent Acquisition Co-ordinator

• A 12-month opportunity within NFU Mutual’s Talent Acquisition team
• A fast-paced, varied role supporting end-to-end recruitment activity, coordination, compliance and data management
• Hybrid working with a blended approach – 80% home-based and 20% from our Stratford-upon-Avon office

About the role

This is an excellent new opportunity to support NFU Mutual’s award-winning Talent Acquisition team on a 12-month fixed term contract basis. As a Co-ordinator, you’ll provide essential support across the end-to-end recruitment process, ensuring vacancies are set up accurately and managed in line with agreed processes. You’ll play a key part in coordinating interviews and assessments, managing schedules, preparing materials and issuing communications to ensure a smooth and professional experience for both candidates and hiring managers.

You’ll also support candidate communications at key stages, helping to maintain a consistent and positive experience throughout the recruitment journey. Alongside this, you’ll maintain accurate recruitment records and documentation, ensuring all activity is compliant with data protection requirements and audit expectations, whilst also supporting internal candidate processes through checks, tracking and information preparation.

The role involves contributing to the ongoing improvement of recruitment processes by maintaining templates, guides and recruitment packs, as well as supporting data capture, MI reporting and analysis to provide visibility of performance and inform decision-making. Working as part of a collaborative team, you’ll provide flexible support across a range of activities, particularly during busy periods, campaigns or team absence, ensuring delivery remains consistent and high quality.

About you

You’ll be highly organised and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, staying on top of competing demands whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy. Strong time management and attention to detail are key, as you’ll be handling a range of tasks that require careful coordination and consistency.

You’ll be a confident communicator, both written and verbal, able to build effective relationships and provide clear, professional support to stakeholders at all levels. You’ll bring resilience and a proactive mindset, remaining calm under pressure and taking accountability for delivering high-quality outcomes.

We’re also looking for someone who shows initiative and isn’t afraid to get involved, suggest improvements or step in to support the wider team when needed. You’ll be adaptable and open to change, with a flexible approach that allows you to respond positively to evolving priorities.

To be successful, you’ll be able to demonstrate the following (essential):
• Experience working in a fast-paced corporate environment (regulated sector preferred)
• Experience in coordination-based roles, including diary and scheduling management
• Experience capturing, analysing and reporting on data, including MI and KBIs
• Experience and confidence using multiple systems, with experience of ATS platforms preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel, along with prior use of databases and reporting tools

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 in the range of £34,000 - £37,000 depending on skill set and experience


• 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.