Talent Partner (Self-Employed Associate)

Manage the complete recruitment process for client assignments, from shaping the role and attracting candidates to
supporting interviews and offers, to help clients make confident hiring decisions

About The Role

We’re looking for people who believe recruitment should be about more than getting somebody into a vacant seat as quickly as possible.

As a Talent Partner working alongside Partners in Profit, you’ll help our clients make one of the most important decisions they make: who they invite into their organisation.

You’ll work with clients to understand what they actually need, help shape the role they’re recruiting for and support a thoughtful recruitment process that gives both the organisation and the candidate a genuine opportunity to work out whether they’re right for each other.

Sometimes that will mean challenging the original brief.

We want Talent Partners who are comfortable asking: “What do you actually need this person to achieve?” rather than automatically advertising whatever specification they’re handed.

You’ll work independently on agreed client assignments while collaborating with the founders and wider Partners in Profit team where useful.

This isn’t traditional recruitment agency work driven by CV volume and placements at any cost. We’re much more interested in good decisions, good relationships and long-term fit.

Key Responsibilities

Brief Development

• Understand why a client is recruiting and what the role needs to achieve
• Challenge unrealistic briefs where needed
• Turn conversations into a realistic recruitment brief

Attraction & Advertising

• Create job descriptions and adverts giving a genuine picture of the opportunity
• Advise on salary expectations and essential requirements

Candidate Assessment

• Attract and screen candidates through appropriate channels
• Hold initial conversations to understand capability, thinking and fit beyond the CV

Process & Decision Support

• Support shortlisting, interviews and structured feedback
• Help clients make better-informed hiring decisions (not made-for-them decisions)

Candidate Experience

• Keep candidates informed and treated professionally throughout
• Ensure this applies equally to successful and unsuccessful candidates

You'll Thrive If You

Are genuinely interested in what somebody is capable of, not just their CV
Are comfortable challenging an unrealistic recruitment brief
Believe potential can matter as much as previous opportunity

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• Clients and candidates both understand what they’re recruiting or applying for
• The recruitment process is organised and proportionate
• Strong candidates aren’t unnecessarily excluded by poor job design
• Candidates are treated respectfully regardless of outcome

Future Scope

Senior & Specialist Recruitment

Take on more senior or niche client assignments.

Recruitment Process Design

Help shape and improve the wider recruitment approach.

Employer Brand & Attraction

Develop employer brand and talent attraction strategy for clients.

Candidate Assessment

Specialise in structured assessment and selection methods.

Inclusive Selection

Champion fair, bias-aware selection processes.

Talent Mapping & Research

Build talent-mapping and market research capability.

At a Glance

Salary

Agreed per assignment / scope of work

Employment type

Self-employed Associate

Hours

Agreed according to individual assignments

Hybrid working

Primarily remote/hybrid, with client meetings where required

Reporting to

Partners in Profit founders / agreed project lead

Interested?

We're building something extraordinary and would love to hear from you.

THE IMPACT YOU'LL MAKE

Your work will help clients build stronger teams by finding people who are genuinely the right fit.
Improve hiring decisions
Create a better candidate experience
Build long-term team success