Talent Acquisition Specialist - 6 Month Contract

What’s the Opportunity

We are looking for a passionate Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our team. In this role you will influence hiring decisions at an early stage. Your goal will be to bring on top talent, while showcasing our employer brand and championing our high performance culture.

You’ll manage and drive the full recruitment cycle, acting as a trusted partner to candidates and Hiring Managers as you work to build a personal and friendly experience that is representative of Distilled and our market-leading brands, Daft.ie, DoneDeal.ie and Adverts.ie.

What will I be doing

• Partner closely with Hiring Managers to fully understand their requirements and recruit candidates that will be successful

• Manage, drive, and own the full cycle recruiting process by creating robust pipelines through active sourcing on multiple channels, screening CV's, pre screen interviewing and closing candidates

• Identify, prescreen and evaluate both passive and active candidates

• Obsess about the candidate experience and keep candidates informed with quality communications throughout the interview process

• Represent Distilled’s vision and values with integrity and professionalism

• Track and analyse metrics and report on hiring progress to the business and HR team.

• Concentrate on crafting strategic plans for sourcing candidates with a diverse group of backgrounds for each of your roles

• Build and maintain long-term relationships with top talent in the industry

• Actively promote our employer brand by sharing social posts regarding open roles and marketing our perks and Company culture, do this by utilising LinkedIn, X, Facebook and Instagram

What skills and experience do I need

• 3+ years recruitment experience in a high growth environment

• Outstanding sourcing and talent research skills, experience sourcing technical and sales roles is an advantage

• Ability to proactively network and establish effective working relationships with candidates and internal Hiring Managers

• A passion for building teams and delivering an exceptional candidate experience

• Ability to rigorously prioritise, organise, and multitask; simultaneously building and managing candidate pipelines for multiple roles at varying stages of the process

• Strong analytical skills and ability to track sourcing metrics, draw insights, and translate into action

• Curiosity and problem solving mentality; able to learn about and source for novel roles, research talent availability, and develop creative solutions to sourcing challenges

• Validated abilities to attract passive candidates and build a diverse pipeline

• A strong communicator and energetic teammate who helps make everyone successful

• A proactive HR team member who is always on the lookout for ways to make our team and processes better!

• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing mediums as well as Applicant Tracking Systems, experience with Recruitee a plus

What’s it like to work here

You will have the opportunity to work with one of Ireland's fastest growing Internet companies. You will get the chance to create a significant contribution to our strategic direction. Projects are exciting and employees are given wide scope for creativity and innovation

Benefits - what you can expect

• Our goal is to maintain a culture where people look forward to work – whether in our centrally-located office in Dublin or working from home, which is optional for all employees.

• We do that by making Distilled a place you'll be listened to and trusted to do your job. Where you can have fun, learn and feel appreciated. And where you get focused career development, growth and progression opportunities.

• We understand that the tools you have to do your job can make a difference too. So while MacBooks are our standard, we’re happy to get you the equipment you need to do your job.

• We want you to feel confident that this is the right place for you, your career, your wellbeing and your future..

More about Distilled

We exist to make buying and selling in Ireland simple.

We put our people first, creating an inclusive environment where we can develop products that put our users first. We value people’s work and time, creating a community where they have an opportunity to make an impact and grow.

Our challenge is to enhance our market-leading products using insights and empathy to present our users with the perfect match.

What we build is technology, but what we do is create connections for life’s most meaningful moments. We are Distilled and we bring people together.

Our Values

We have five core values: We have a growth mindset. We like to simplify things and make things happen. We collaborate across teams, business units and brands. We're passionate about what we do.

These values give us a framework for leadership and daily decision making. They embody how we behave and present ourselves — as individuals and as a business — both internally and externally for our colleagues, our users and our customers.

We are a diverse bunch of people here in Distilled, and we want to continue to attract and retain a diverse range of people into our Company. We do not discriminate based on gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race and membership of the Traveller community.