Talent Researcher, Pipeline and Insights Specialist

Talent Researcher, Pipeline & Insights Specialist

Role Summary: 6 months contract role.

Key Responsibilities

• Talent Research & Market Intelligence
• Conduct talent mapping and market research for strategic and hard-to-fill roles.
• Identify talent trends, competitor hiring activity, and emerging skills within target markets.
• Develop talent landscape reports and workforce insights to support hiring strategies.
• Benchmark talent availability, location trends, and candidate expectations.
• Provide market intelligence on salary trends, talent shortages, and competitor activity.

Pipeline Development & Candidate Sourcing

• Build and maintain diverse talent pipelines for priority skill areas.
• Proactively source passive candidates through LinkedIn, talent communities, networking events, referrals, and other sourcing channels.
• Create and manage talent pools for future hiring needs.
• Develop candidate engagement campaigns to nurture prospective talent.
• Support recruiters with high-quality candidate identification and talent recommendations.

Recruitment Analytics & Insights

• Produce regular reporting on recruitment performance metrics.
• Analyse pipeline conversion rates, source-of-hire effectiveness, time-to-hire, and candidate engagement trends.
• Identify bottlenecks within the recruitment process and recommend improvements.
• Develop dashboards and executive-ready reports that support workforce planning decisions.
• Translate recruitment data into actionable business insights.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner with recruiters, hiring managers, and HR leadership to understand current and future talent requirements.
• Participate in workforce planning discussions and strategic hiring initiatives.
• Provide consultative insights on talent availability and recruitment market conditions.
• Support diversity and inclusion initiatives through targeted sourcing strategies.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, Industrial Psychology, Analytics, or a related field.
• 3–6 years' experience in talent sourcing, recruitment research, workforce planning, talent intelligence, or recruitment analytics.
• Strong experience using LinkedIn Recruiter and talent sourcing tools.
• Experience working with ATS and CRM platforms.
• Advanced Excel and reporting skills.

Preferred Experience

• Within professional services, consulting, technology, financial services, or corporate recruitment.
• Exposure to workforce planning and talent intelligence methodologies.
• Experience with Power BI or recruitment dashboards.