Talent Acquisition Partner (3-4 months FTC)
Base Salary upto £60k, 2 days in the office initially (New Malden Office), available immediately
About Homeprotect
We founded Homeprotect on a simple principle – to provide protection to people underserved by the home insurance industry.
We’re experts at insuring people who want to build or buy a unique property, renovate, rent a home or leave it unoccupied. We can cover people who travel a lot, run a business from home or even collect rare treasures. We protect people who love living in a listed building, having a view of a river or sunbathing on a flat roof.
We can do this because our smart tech enables our customers to get an instant, online quote to cover a huge range of complex needs and our UK customer support teams are on hand to provide information and support when only a real person will do.
Our insurance has already empowered hundreds of thousands of people to protect their homes and the things they love. But we’re not content with being the leading provider of what’s called ‘non-standard’ insurance. We believe there’s no such thing as ‘standard’. We’re all unique and we all deserve home insurance designed with our individual needs in mind – something our combination of real people and smart tech enables us to do.
Our simple promise? Whoever you are and wherever you live, with Homeprotect we’ve got you covered.
What It's Like To Work Here
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our people. We’re a small but perfectly formed team, made up of insurance industry specialists alongside a diverse mix of technologists, data scientists and customer and marketing champions from all sorts of industries and backgrounds. We all bring our individual expertise, an appetite for innovation and a shared ambition to empower people to protect their homes and the things that they love.
Working in a fast-paced environment where change happens regularly is how we do things. But we also recognise that you’ll do your best work when you have the right balance, and that’s why we have fully embraced hybrid working, and in some cases, fully remote working, giving our teams the flexibility to choose the right location and working hours for them. We prefer to focus on the outputs of their work, not where they complete it. That said, there will be times when getting together in one location makes sense, but day-to-day, our teams have the freedom to decide where to work and we trust that they’ll make the right decision balancing the business needs and their own preferences.
Most companies think their culture is great, however at Homeprotect, we have the proof to back this up. We have been recognised externally as a Great Place to Work for the last six consecutive years
Sound good? Read on to find out more about joining our team…
Key Responsibilities
We’re hiring an experienced in‑house Talent Acquisition Partner on a fixed‑term contract (3-4 months) to deliver ambitious hiring plans across permanent and early‑careers roles, including leading our first Summer 2026 intern programme. We’re looking for someone who is available to start within two weeks. You’ll manage end‑to‑end recruitment for permanent hires via direct sourcing and agencies, and own the full attraction, selection and onboarding of interns - driving a fast, fair and compliant process aligned to Homeprotect values, legislative requirements and FCA expectations. We’re looking for a highly motivated, commercially minded partner with excellent stakeholder skills who will bring in brilliant people, not just fill seats.
Permanent hiring (end‑to‑end)
- Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, success profiles, interview plans and selection assessments.
- Source proactively (LinkedIn Recruiter, talent pools, referrals, job boards) to reduce time‑to‑hire and cost to recruit, as well as engaging agencies on niche, hard to fill roles.
- Run structured selection process from advertising, screening and carrying out first stage interviews and assessments, ensuring that the short list candidates shared with hiring managers are of high calibre.
- Manage offers, negotiations and contracts; coordinate onboarding handovers with People and IT Operations.
- Maintain ATS hygiene and reporting (pipeline, time‑to‑hire, source effectiveness, DE&I metrics where lawful).
Summer internship programme (end‑to‑end attraction, selection and onboarding)
- Attraction: Quickly establish the specific skills and experience required for the interns to be successful in each area and ensure adverts are targeted to attract high calibre candidates through university careers channels.
- Selection: Manage applications; screen and shortlist; design/run assessments and interview days; ensure constructive feedback is provided.
- Offers & compliance: Prepare offers; coordinate onboarding handovers with People and IT Operations and keep interns engaged prior to them joining.
- Onboarding: Build and run the intern onboarding schedule from both a soft skills and compliance perspective and support hiring managers to plan their technical onboarding. Assign buddies/mentors, act as a POC for their first few weeks, gather feedback and report outcomes.
Compliance and process improvement
- Ensure compliance across all hiring: equal opportunities, right‑to‑work, UK GDPR/PECR; support SMCR touchpoints for certified roles (e.g., regulatory references via HR/Compliance).
- Promote employer brand and continuously improve candidate experience and hiring efficiency.
- Produce regular MI for stakeholders; recommend data‑led optimisations.
Recruitment Projects
- As a member of the HR team, there may also be opportunities to contribute to broader recruitment and employer brand projects.
Requirements
We would love to hear from people with the following skills and experience for this role:
- 3+ years’ in‑house recruiting experience in the UK, managing permanent hiring end‑to‑end; early‑careers/intern recruitment exposure a strong plus.
- Experience hiring in insurance/financial services or other regulated/volume environments and with a good understanding of Technology roles is highly desirable.
- Proficiency with ATS and LinkedIn Recruiter; comfortable covering volume and niche roles.
- Strong stakeholder management, structured interviewing, planning and reporting skills; clear written and verbal communication.
- Desire to hire highly talented candidates, but to ambitious timelines, not simply seek to fill roles as quickly as possible.
- Employer branding/content creation and inclusive hiring practices.
- Solid knowledge of UK hiring compliance (right‑to‑work, equal opportunities, UK GDPR); awareness of FCA Conduct Rules/SMCR considerations.
Benefits
We think we have a fantastic company culture and welcome new team members with open arms. We also offer a great range of benefits, including:
- A genuinely flexible approach to work. We are really supportive of you flexing your hours and location to help you keep everything in your life in balance.
- Opportunities to focus on your professional growth whether that’s through training or other personal development opportunities - we want you to build your long-term career with us.
- Discount of 50% and 15% for friends and family when you choose to take out a home insurance policy with us.
- An in-house wellbeing programme including seminars and workshops from wellbeing coaches and professionals.
- Home working starter kit and money to spend on additional equipment you may need.
- Charitable giving scheme, so you can donate to our partner charity, or one of your choices.
- The opportunity to work alongside brilliant people, because this isn’t something that every organisation can offer!
On top of that, we also offer all the standard stuff, like:
- 25 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays) and the ability to buy and sell >5 days annually.
- Private medical cover for all employees
- Life insurance
- Annual discretionary bonus scheme
- Pension contribution
- Local and national retail discounts
Have we captured your imagination? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
Unique As Standard
We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds, as long as you meet the knowledge, skills and experience criteria for the role and have the right to work in the UK. We think everyone can excel in the right environment – no matter your gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, disabilities or beliefs. We believe in celebrating difference, and everything that makes both our customers and people unique, by creating an environment where everyone can thrive.
We encourage you to let us know if you need any extra help with your application, or if you have any requirements at any stage of the recruitment journey.
Equally, lots of our staff at Homeprotect work flexibly and in a variety of ways, whether that’s different core hours or remote working. Please chat to us at your application or interview stage about the flexibility you need, as we’re always happy to explore what's possible for the role.
Your data will be maintained in line with our ‘recruitment data privacy policy’ found here.