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Seize the opportunity to shape early career offerings at a world-renowned health charity with significant funding and global challenges to tackle.
Overview
Salary
£70500
Location
London, UK - Hybrid
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Expires at anytime
Organisation Summary
The Wellcome Trust is a prominent global charity focusing on health improvements through funding scientific research, leading policy initiatives, and establishing partnerships. The Trust is preparing to invest £16bn over the next decade into new scientific discoveries impacting life, health, and wellbeing. They aim to address three critical global health challenges: mental health, infectious diseases, and climate-related health issues.
Role Summary
- Driving the delivery of Wellcome’s Early Career Strategy across the organization
- Creating a talent pipeline that supports the Trust's mission
- Playing a pivotal role in the development of Wellcome’s early career offerings from attraction to rotation management
Role Requirements
- Experience in managing early careers talent attraction, selection, development, and management
- Background in Talent Acquisition in diverse organizations
- Comprehensive understanding of how resourcing practices contribute to strategic business outcomes
- Comfort in manipulating and interpreting data
- Prior experience in partnering with HR Business Partners in delivering talent acquisition services
Application Process Details
- Applicants must submit an updated CV and answer two questions to demonstrate their qualifications
- The offices will be closed from December 23 until January 5, 2026 and any queries will be answered after reopening.
The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation dedicated to improving health for everyone by funding science, leading policy and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships. We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease, and climate and health. These challenges require the bold science we support, but they won’t be solved by science alone.
The role: We are seeking an experienced Early Careers Talent Acquisition Partner to drive the delivery of Wellcome’s Early Careers Strategy across the organization, creating a talent pipeline to support the delivery of our mission. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in shaping Wellcome’s early careers offering, from attraction through to rotation management.
Job requirements: The minimum requirements for this role include experience in managing early careers talent attraction, assessment, selection, management, and development. Candidates should be experienced in Talent Acquisition, gained in different organizations that have provided exposure to a variety of business practices. A deep understanding of how resourcing practice contributes to achieving strategic business outcomes is essential. Additionally, experience in developing process and outcome metrics and comfort with manipulating and interpreting data is required. Experience of operating in partnership with HR Business Partners to deliver talent acquisition services is also necessary.
Benefits: We offer a hybrid way of working which includes 3 days in our Euston Road offices (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office. We also provide a range of employee benefits, which can be viewed on our website.
Applications details: To apply for this role, please submit an up-to-date CV and answer 2 application questions to demonstrate that you meet the minimum requirements for the role. Please note our offices will be closed from Tuesday 23 December until Monday 5 January 2026. We will not be able to respond to emails sent to [email removed - click apply for more details] during this time and will reply to any queries on or after Monday 5 January 2026.
