Talent Acquisition Manager

Talent Acquisition Manager

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is looking for an experienced and people-focused Talent Acquisition Manager to lead our recruitment strategy and operations, ensuring we attract, appoint and retain exceptional talent in the UK and overseas.

This is a brilliant opportunity for a recruitment leader to shape a best-in-class candidate experience and build a strong, values-led talent pipeline that helps bring hope, healing and practical aid to some of the world’s most isolated communities.

Location: Folkestone, Kent or Cranfield, Bedfordshire (with hybrid working)

Rewards: Salary of £48,500, plus a generous pension scheme, annual leave entitlement, and other great benefits and professional growth opportunities.

Contract: Permanent, full-time

The Role

As our Talent Acquisition Manager, you will drive our recruitment operations for both UK and overseas staff, ensuring a best-in-class candidate experience.

Overseeing all recruitment activity through the UK office, you will own and manage the Applicant Tracking System, lead UK hiring, and design robust, personable selection processes that align with our faith, vision and values.

From recruitment campaigns and hiring events to refining assessment frameworks and monitoring recruitment metrics, you will drive continuous improvement while maintaining a practical approach to delivering an outstanding candidate experience.

Alongside strategic leadership, you will line manage and develop the Talent Acquisition Officer, manage recruitment budgets, and build strong partnerships internally and externally to strengthen MAF’s talent pipeline.

Additionally, you will:

- Create and deliver annual international recruitment action and promotional plans
- Lead proactive digital acquisition activity, including LinkedIn outreach
- Train and coach UK managers in effective recruitment and selection techniques
- Collaborate with MAF International and contribute to global recruitment initiatives
- Ensure legal compliance throughout the recruitment process
- Represent us at events

About You

To join us as our Talent Acquisition Manager, you will need:

- Experience at a managerial level for talent acquisition
- Experience delivering a best-in-class candidate experience
- Experience designing, implementing, and delivering successful projects
- Experience using and managing applicant tracking systems
- Experience controlling budgets
- Experience conducting interviews
- Experience preparing and delivering recruitment training
- A good understanding of recruitment-related employment law, compliance, and GDPR
- To be educated to a degree or equivalent level
- A full, valid driving licence and willingness to travel in the UK

About Us

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is a Christian organisation that uses light aircraft to deliver practical help, physical healing and spiritual hope to some of the world’s most remote and inaccessible communities.

For 80 years, MAF has been working in partnership with hundreds of other organisations to enable access to medical care, education, livelihood training and long-term support in over 24 low-income countries.

We believe that every community, however remote, should have access to the essentials of life – that’s why MAF’s flights are a lifeline, not a luxury.

The Benefits

- Salary of £48,500 per annum
- Annual leave entitlement of 22 days per year plus 8 paid public holidays per year
- Non-contributory pension scheme (10% of salary); employees may make voluntary additional contributions
- Death in service payment
- Flexible working policy
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme

You’ll shape and lead recruitment that directly supports our global mission, helping to make our flights a lifeline, not a luxury.

In return, you’ll step into a role with genuine purpose, leadership influence and long-term stability, giving you the opportunity to grow professionally while contributing to work that reaches far beyond the UK.

Christian Values, Beliefs and Ethos:

As a Christian mission, MAF UK seeks staff who share in the evangelical Christian values and beliefs as described in the mission, purpose, values, and beliefs statements. All staff will be required to actively support and demonstrate the Christian values of the organisation and to take part in organisational activities such as staff devotions, prayer meetings, and fellowship days.

Other organisations may call this role Recruitment Manager, Head of Recruitment, HR Manager, Human Resources Manager, In-house Recruitment Manager, Senior Recruiter, or Recruitment Lead.

The closing date for this role is 22nd March 2026.

So, if you want to join us as our Talent Acquisition Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.