Talent Advisor (6-month FTC, Part-time)

We’re Pentland Brands: a global family business behind some of the world’s most iconic active and lifestyle brands. We bring integrity, energy and ambition to our work, setting high standards and striving to deliver great outcomes without ego.

Shape the work behind some of the world’s most loved sport, outdoor and lifestyle brands.

At Pentland Brands, every role helps move our brands forward. Whether you’re supporting our people, improving our systems, growing our commercial performance, strengthening operations or shaping better ways of working, your impact reaches across a portfolio of iconic brands used by consumers around the world.

We are seeking a highly organised and proactive Talent Advisor to join our wider HR team. In this role, you’ll play a vital part in attracting, sourcing, and recruiting the best talent to help drive the growth and success of Pentland Brands.

You’ll collaborate closely with hiring managers to ensure a seamless candidate experience, while providing essential administrative and coordination support across the end-to-end recruitment process.

This is a part-time, 4 days a week onsite role.

What you’ll be doing:

Talent Acquisition

• Lead end-to-end recruitment processes, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer negotiation.

• Proactively build and maintain talent pipelines for critical and future roles.

• Utilise data and insights to inform hiring decisions and optimise recruitment processes.

• Collaborate with external recruitment agencies and search partners, ensuring quality and consistency in service delivery.

• Work closely with the broader HR team to align recruitment efforts with overall people strategies.

• Provide coaching and guidance to hiring managers on interview techniques and candidate assessment.

• Deliver a seamless and positive candidate experience, ensuring timely and transparent communication.

• Act as an ambassador for Pentland Brands, promoting the company’s values, culture, and EVP throughout the hiring process.

• Contribute to employer branding initiatives, including social media campaigns, careers site content, and talent marketing activities.

What you’ll bring:

• Proven experience in a Talent Acquisition or Recruitment role, preferably in a creative or fashion industry

• Strong track record of delivering end-to-end recruitment across multiple functions and seniority levels.

• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and advise.

• Skilled in direct sourcing techniques (LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, etc.) and building talent pipelines.

• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills.

Why Pentland Brands?

Pentland Brands is the name behind some of the world’s best-known sport, outdoor and lifestyle brands, including Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury, Endura, Ellesse, Kickers and Mitre.

We are a global family business with a clear purpose: pioneering brands that make life better. Across our teams, functions and locations, we work together to create products, experiences and partnerships that help people live more active, confident and positive lives.

Joining Pentland Brands means becoming part of a business where your work can have real reach, across multiple brands, markets, teams and disciplines. It is a place for people who want to contribute, collaborate, improve how things are done and help build the future of brands with heritage, ambition and global impact.

Perks & Benefits

We offer a competitive salary, discretionary bonus, hybrid working, flexible start and finish times, generous holiday allowance, product discounts, sample sales, enhanced family-friendly policies, healthcare support, gym and fitness discounts, cycle to work scheme and electric car scheme.

You can find full details of our benefits and perks on our UK Benefits page .

The Interview Process

We want our interview process to feel clear, straightforward, and supportive. If your experience and expectations look like a strong match for the role, here’s what you can expect next:

1. Talent Team Intro Call - A 30-minute video call with our Talent Team to get to know each other, talk through the role and your experience, and answer any questions you have.

2. Experience Interview - A more in-depth interview (usually online) with the hiring manager to explore your skills, experience and approach, and how these align with the role, our principles, and our ways of working.

3. Final Interview - A final in-person interview at our office, focused on deeper discussion and practical application, giving you the chance to meet more of the team and see Pentland Brands in action.