Talent Sourcing Specialist

Animal Advocacy Careers is looking for a Talent Sourcing Specialist. You'll find senior leaders, founders, and specialists who could have a real impact for animals and start the conversation that brings them into AAC's programmes.

You'll own proactive sourcing and outreach, build the systems and referral networks that surface hard-to-hire talent, and connect them to AAC's programmes and advising.

• Find senior and specialist talent who fit target profiles (leaders, founders, fundraisers, policy specialists, campaigners) and bring them into AAC's programmes and career advising
• Design and run outreach that earns a reply from experienced professionals: personalised LinkedIn outreach, warm introductions, and direct approaches grounded in research
• Build outreach systems that compound: referral pathways, peer introductions, and alumni networks that surface new leaders over time
• Test different angles for different audiences and log results in experiments tracker
• Report regularly on pipeline health, outreach performance, and trends in the candidate market
• Develop and own AAC's approach to reaching senior talent: which channels, sectors, and methods to prioritise
• Map where target candidates are: the sectors, companies, networks, and communities worth a sustained presence
• Build relationships before a role exists, so when one opens, you already know who to approach
• Sharpen understanding of who the best candidates are and what skills transfer
• Identify and propose improvements to how the team works: better tools, smarter targeting criteria, or more efficient ways to track and manage pipeline
• Maintain and grow AAC's candidate database, keeping it current and useful
• Build shortlists when organisations request candidates
• Help shape and test a new service piloting light talent acquisition: candidate vetting and shortlisting

Required:

• A track record of sourcing, headhunting, or proactive outreach that got hard-to-reach people to respond
• Excellent written communication; you write outreach that sounds like a person, not a template
• Strong research instinct; you dig into someone's background and find the specific, true reason they might care
• Comfort with rejection and long timelines
• High agency; you'll build this function from close to nothing, spotting what's missing and acting on it
• Organised across many relationships at once, documenting and keeping your work visible to the team

• Experience designing or improving a sourcing or recruitment process
• Familiarity with executive search, senior recruitment, or the people side of leadership hiring
• Experience building referral systems or communities
• Background in or exposure to mission-driven, nonprofit, or advocacy work
• Experience with LinkedIn Recruiter, a CRM, or outreach tooling

• You think in systems, not just tasks
• You're energised by this type of work
• You treat feedback as data, give it straight, and want to know where you stand
• You work independently while keeping the team informed
• You care about doing this for animals, and it shows up as rigour

Complete the application form on the link below. Selected candidates will be invited to complete a series of work tasks, followed by a cultural and behavioural interview (video call), a technical interview (video call), and a short meeting with the CEO (video call).