Talent Acquisition Manager

Department: Business Services - People

Location: Bristol

Description Join DAC Beachcroft and help shape the future of talent At DAC Beachcroft, we're one of the UK's leading international law firms, providing legal advice and strategic support to insurers, businesses and public sector organisations across the UK, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Our success is built on the quality of our people, and we're committed to attracting, developing, and retaining exceptional talent that enables us to deliver exceptional outcomes for our clients. We are looking for an experienced, commercially minded Talent Acquisition Manager to lead our recruitment function and shape how we attract the people and capabilities needed to support our growth. Working closely with our Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) partner, hiring managers and People colleagues, you will oversee legal, business services and early talent recruitment, combining strategic insight with effective delivery.

Why Join DAC Beachcroft? This is far more than a recruitment management role.

This is an opportunity to shape talent acquisition across the firm. Working closely with Partners, senior business leaders and People colleagues to build a talent strategy that supports both current business objectives and future growth ambitions. You'll play a key role in shaping workforce plans, strengthening our direct sourcing capability, enhancing our employer brand, and ensuring exceptional candidate experiences at every stage of the recruitment journey. Ultimately, your work will directly contribute to the long-term success, capability, and competitiveness of the firm.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the Talent Acquisition team, creating a high-performing, customer-focused function.
• Develop and deliver a talent acquisition strategy aligned with business priorities, growth plans and workforce needs.
• Partner with senior leaders and People colleagues to anticipate hiring needs, address talent gaps and build strong pipelines.
• Oversee recruitment across legal, business services and early talent, ensuring a consistent, inclusive and high-quality experience.
• Strengthen direct sourcing, talent mapping, market intelligence, and employer branding to attract priority skills.
• Manage RPO, agency and search partners, recruitment budgets, and supplier performance to deliver quality and value.
• Use recruitment data and insight to improve decisions, outcomes, and service performance.
• Drive continuous improvement in recruitment processes, technology, and ways of working, ensuring legal and regulatory compliance.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise You will bring strategic talent acquisition expertise, strong leadership capability, and commercial awareness.

You'll likely have :

• Significant experience leading a Talent Acquisition, Recruitment or Resourcing function in legal, professional services or another complex organisation.
• A strong track record of delivering recruitment strategies that support growth, transformation and future capability needs.
• Proven people leadership skills and the ability to build an accountable, collaborative, and high-performing team.
• Credibility and influencing skills to partner effectively with senior leaders and executives.
• Strong knowledge of direct sourcing, talent pooling, workforce planning, and recruitment market trends.
• Experience managing recruitment suppliers and using data, technology, and process improvement to enhance performance.
• Commercial judgement, excellent communication skills and a commitment to inclusive recruitment and a positive candidate experience.

What You'll Bring You will be a collaborative and pragmatic talent professional who enjoys building strong working relationships and finding effective solutions to recruitment challenges. You'll be comfortable balancing strategic priorities with day-to-day delivery and helping the firm attract the talent it needs to succeed.

Additional Information As a Disability Confident Scheme employer, we’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage (including the application, assessment or interview process), please contact [email protected] in confidence with the vacancy reference in the subject line, and we’ll be happy to help.

We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.

Note for Recruitment Agencies DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in-house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).

Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable.

For PSL queries, please contact: [email protected] or [email protected]