Senior Talent Acquisition Manager

Time commitment: Full time     

Location: Hybrid working (3 days per week in London office, 2 days at home). We consider flexible working requests if this is not possible for you.

Reporting to: Mark Jenkins, CEO & co-founder

Application process: Please complete your application on our website. The deadline is Wednesday 20th August.

 

About Paloma

Mark & Darshak founded Paloma as they were frustrated that families are waiting 2-10 years for NHS children’s autism and ADHD assessments. Learn more about the crisis in NHS children’s neurodevelopmental services from this Children’s Commissioner for England here: https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/blog/childrens-commissioner-warns-of-invisible-crisis-as-delays-and-inequalities-laid-bare-among-children-with-neurodevelopmental-conditions/

Paloma’s mission is to make children’s autism and ADHD assessments and care available on the NHS within 4 weeks of GP referral. We are making this happen by redesigning care pathways, building new software & AI tools, and training up a specialist clinical workforce.

We are growing incredibly fast to meet the need for autism and ADHD care, and we have:

• Raised £5m pre-seed funding from leading healthcare investors (Triple Point Ventures and Heal Capital)
• Grown our fantastic team to 80 people, and are hiring ~100 more over the next 12 months

How is Paloma Health different from other Neurodevelopmental providers?

• We are clinically-led, Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered, and rigorous in recording our outcomes and family experiences.
• Our in-house product & engineering team that ensures we can:
• Give families a more consumer-like experience of healthcare
• Free our clinicians from documentation to focus on supporting families
• Our strong culture, including transparency, a sense of community, and supporting staff career development
• The experience of our founders (Dr Mark Jenkins & Darshak Shah), who have previously built tech-enabled NHS obesity and ophthalmology services. Combined, their previous companies have treated over 1 million NHS patients in the last 15 years!

The Opportunity 

As the Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, you will:

• Driving our central role recruitment yourself and through external Talent freelancers where needed.
• Drive our clinical team recruitment by managing our Talent Acquisition Partner.
• Continuously improve our hiring strategy and processes with our CEO to ensure we attract the best talent. This includes building our employer brand, and a mixture of headhunting and recruiting.
• Own our Talent software systems and processes.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast-growing organisation and have a significant impact on both our team and the families we serve. With you demonstrating high performance in this role, you can potentially grow the team and be promoted to Lead and Head of Talent with time.

Responsibilities

• Develop our employer brand to attract the best talent.
• Own end-to-end hiring strategy and processes to ensure a seamless recruitment process from sourcing to onboarding.
• Manage our relationship with any external job board or organisations required to support talent acquisition projects.
• Own and refine recruitment software tools, data, and analytics to drive hiring efficiency.
• Foster an inclusive and high-performance People & Talent culture

About you

You are a highly capable Talent professional who can operate autonomously, thrive in ambiguity, and line manage one Talent Acquisition Partner and Talent freelancers in a rapidly growing organisation. You are passionate about creating a positive and inclusive workplace culture and have the skills to drive strategic and operational initiatives.

Ideally, you have a passion for healthcare and/or health tech and a drive to make an impact.

Qualifications and experience

Required:

• Proven experience in talent acquisition in a fast-growing startup or scale-up, with at least 1 year of line management experience within talent acquisition.
• Deep understanding of hiring for technical and operational roles, including evidence of how you have brought creative thinking to recruiting
• Experience building employer brand and recruitment processes, and evidence of refining those processes based on learning and feedback.

Desirable:

• Experience in recruiting clinical roles, especially skilled professionals from small talent pools
• Experience working in a CQC-registered healthcare setting.
• Familiarity with the NHS or other healthcare systems.

Why Join Us?

You will be part of a mission-driven organisation that’s transforming access to Autism Assessments in England. We offer:

• A strong and positive culture that prioritises staff well-being, transparency, and career development.
• Protected time and budget for team connection, learning, and community-building.
• Salary of £80,000 per year, with some flexibility based on experience.
• Annual salary reviews, 5% employer pension, and company laptop.
• Share options in Paloma Health. We all benefit from our success!
• A unique leave benefits package includes 25 days of annual leave, your birthday off, and 10 days of paid sabbatical leave every three years of service.
• Home Office Equipment Allowance, and Professional Registration Fees Allowance for Assessors.
• Access to NHS discounts, including the Blue Light Card (as we are an NHS provider).

Equality & Diversity: Paloma Health is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and throughout the application process. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristics.

We understand that applying for a new job takes a lot of work, and we value your time. We are looking forward to reading your application.

Join us in revolutionising access to NHS autism and ADHD care in England!