(Senior) Talent Acquisition Partner (Maternity Cover)

Join our Talent Acquisition team for this maternity cover role for approximately 1 year, based in either Denmark or the UK. You’ll work across countries and functions, taking ownership of recruitment while helping us continuously improve how we attract, assess and hire talent.

Your mission

As our Talent Acquisition Business Partner (Maternity Cover), you’ll deliver high-quality, end-to-end recruitment across Awaze, primarily supporting Specialist to Manager-level hiring. During peak recruitment periods, you’ll also take ownership of and manage high-volume recruitment activity, flexing your priorities to ensure increased hiring demand is delivered effectively while maintaining a strong candidate experience.

You’ll partner with hiring leaders across multiple countries, shaping effective recruitment strategies and keeping hiring activity moving. As our Teamtailor subject matter expert, you’ll also help improve our recruitment technology, processes and ways of working.

What you'll be doing

• Own end-to-end recruitment for Specialist to Manager roles, from sourcing and attraction through to offer and handover

• Partner with hiring leaders across countries to understand their needs, advise on recruitment strategy and keep hiring on track

• Develop and continuously improve sourcing and candidate attraction strategies based on market needs and results

• Own and manage high-volume recruitment during peak hiring periods, coordinating recruitment activity from attraction and screening through to offer while balancing wider recruitment priorities

• Lead screening, assessment and feedback conversations, ensuring a great candidate experience

• Act as our Teamtailor subject matter expert, improving workflows, system utilisation and recruitment processes

• Support employer branding and talent pipeline activity across our markets

• Coach hiring leaders and support junior TA colleagues on recruitment and interview best practice

Who we’re looking for

You’ll thrive in this role if you enjoy taking ownership, building trusted relationships and finding practical solutions in a fast-moving international environment. You’ll be comfortable working independently, balancing competing priorities and adapting your approach to different markets, cultures and stakeholders.

We’re looking for someone who brings:

• Strong experience delivering end-to-end recruitment, ideally across junior, Specialist and Manager-level roles

• Experience managing high-volume or volume recruitment campaigns, with the ability to organise, prioritise and progress multiple vacancies and candidates efficiently during periods of peak hiring demand

• Excellent sourcing skills and experience selecting, assessing and adapting candidate attraction strategies

• Advanced hands-on experience with Teamtailor, including configuration, workflows and optimization

• Experience working in a multinational or cross-country organisation and partnering confidently with middle and senior stakeholders

• Confidence conducting screening, assessment and feedback conversations and advising hiring managers on recruitment decisions

• Strong cultural awareness and the ability to adapt communication and recruitment approaches across different countries and stakeholder groups

• The judgement and initiative to work independently in a fast-paced, changing environment and manage competing recruitment priorities

• Fluent English; if you are based in Denmark, fluent Danish is also required

How you'll make an impact

• Build trusted relationships with hiring leaders, providing credible advice and constructive challenge

• Strengthen candidate attraction and recruitment outcomes across our markets

• Improve Teamtailor adoption, workflows and ways of working

• Adapt recruitment approaches to different markets and cultures while maintaining consistent Awaze standards

• Share recruitment best practice with colleagues and hiring leaders

• Successfully manage periods of peak recruitment demand, ensuring volume hiring is delivered efficiently without compromising candidate experience or wider recruitment priorities

Why you’ll want to work at Awaze

We offer a versatile position in a strong professional and social environment - one you’ll have the opportunity to influence and help shape. You’ll be part of an international company that invests in the future, and join a dynamic, fast-paced department with skilled and committed colleagues who support each other.

We’re a people-first business - and we know that our success starts with our teams. Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll enjoy:

• Generous discounts on holidays across our brands

• Flexible hybrid working – with the autonomy to work how you work best

• Real opportunities to grow, learn and shape your role as well as careers progression vertically or horizontally, cross countries and responsibilities.

About Awaze

Our mission is clear - to create amazing holidays with Europe’s widest choice of holiday homes.

With more than 110,000 properties across Europe, we are the largest managed vacation rentals business in the region. Our ambition is not only to be the biggest, but the best provider of holiday homes in Europe.

As travel continues to evolve, we are focused on what comes next. We will keep strengthening our relationships with guests and homeowners, continuously improving the way we work, and delivering strong performance. By making things simpler and smarter, we are building a business that is ready for what’s next - powered by proud, passionate and inclusive people.

Worth knowing

• This is a maternity cover position reporting to the People Director. The role can be based in Virum, Denmark or Manchester, UK and involves working with stakeholders across multiple countries.

• We expect the duration to be approximately 1 year depending on when we're be able to bring someone on board.

• Your CV tells us about your experience – we're equally interested in what motivates you. In your application, we'd love to learn what gives you energy at work, the kind of environment where you do your best work, and why you see yourself succeeding in this role.

• This role may occasionally involve travel within Europe.

What’s next?

If this sounds like the right next step for you, hit “Apply” and follow the instructions to submit your application. We tailor our recruitment process to each role to give both you and our hiring teams the best possible chance to assess whether this could be the start of a successful collaboration. You’ll hear from us shortly after we’ve reviewed your application.

We’re committed to running an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment, and if you have any specific requirements or adjustments needed for the interview, just let us know when you accept your invitation - we’re happy to accommodate.