Talent Associate
Zinc
People & HR
London, UK
GBP 35k-40k / year + Equity
Posted on Aug 28, 2025
We are on an exciting growth trajectory and are constantly on the look out for stand out talent to fuel our 🚀 !
To make that possible, we need a hands-on recruiter who can take ownership of roles end-to-end, work smarter (Think AI & Automation), build brilliant candidate relationships , and partner with our hiring managers to deliver a world-class experience.
You’ll join our People & Ops team, working closely with the wider leadership team to support their team growth, and play a big part in ensuring we hit our ambitious hiring goals for the rest of 2025 and 2026!
You’ll join our People & Ops team, working closely with the wider leadership team to support their team growth, and play a big part in ensuring we hit our ambitious hiring goals for the rest of 2025 and 2026!
- Department
- People & Talent
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- Zinc - London
- Workplace type
- Hybrid
- Compensation
- £35,000 - £40,000 / year
- Reporting To
- Sam Norman
Key Responsibilities 🗝️
Own full-cycle recruitment — from briefing and JD drafting to sourcing, interviews, and offers.
Partner with hiring managers 🤝 — build trust, ask smart questions, and push for clarity.
Source creatively 🔎 — refine searches, iterate, and go beyond keywords to find great talent we expect you to already be using AI to supercharge your sourcing!
Screen candidates — run CV reviews and discovery calls to spot fit early.
Deliver an excellent candidate experience 💬 — keep communication proactive, clear, and empathetic.
Partner with hiring managers 🤝 — build trust, ask smart questions, and push for clarity.
Source creatively 🔎 — refine searches, iterate, and go beyond keywords to find great talent we expect you to already be using AI to supercharge your sourcing!
Screen candidates — run CV reviews and discovery calls to spot fit early.
Deliver an excellent candidate experience 💬 — keep communication proactive, clear, and empathetic.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise 🚀
ESSENTIAL
- Analytical and data-driven approach 📊
- AI & Automation first sourcing and process management
- Pinpoint Experience
- Strong organisational skills — able to juggle multiple roles at pace
- Emotional Intelligence by the 🪣
NICE TO HAVE
- Commercial awareness of startup/scaleup hiring challenges 🚀
- Comfort using data dashboards or recruitment metrics to track progress 📊
- Interest in building a personal brand on LinkedIn or within the recruitment community 🌐
- Awareness of employer branding and candidate experience best practices ⭐
What we offer 🍉
Zinc offers a chance to work on a product that brings a fresh perspective on data ownership in hiring
- 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your birthday off 🎉
- £1200 annual benefits allowance (ThanksBen, from month 2)
- Early finish Fridays (16:00)
- Yearly company retreat abroad ✈️
- 30 days to Work from anywhere 🌍
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave (2 months full pay, then statutory)
- Statutory pension with NEST (3% employer, 5% employee)
- Zinc shares, issued through the EMI Scheme
- Unlimited access to MoreHappi coaching
- Company socials, quarterly team socials Free Monday lunches
- Nursery workplace benefit scheme (Yellownest)
- Option to lease an electric car through Electric Car Scheme
- Celebrated Zinc anniversaries 🥳
About Zinc
Who we are ⚡
Zinc builds automated reference and background checking tools designed to improve candidate experience and set new industry standards. Founded in 2017 by a team with extensive HRTech experience, Zinc is an early-stage startup rapidly growing as it redefines efficiency, transparency, and fairness in background checks.
📚Read more about our story here: https://zincwork.com/mission
We're a culture first company, by this we don't just mean an active calendar of both company and team organised events 🍔🍻🎯 (which we do have 🤩),Zinc's culture is defined by a respectful and autonomous approach to all employees, fostering support for new ideas, promoting a flexible work environment, and operating within a flat structure. While socials, lunches, and events enhance the experience, the core of Zinc's culture drives employees to embrace innovation, share successes, and feel motivated about the company's future.
🪴We recently redefined our company values:
🧩The pieces that make Zinc: Pragmatic, Integrity, Empathy, Collaborate, Empowered, Speed.
Our Hiring Process
Stage 1:
Video Exchange
Stage 2:
Talent Discovery Call ✨
Stage 3:
Google Meets Interview 💻
Stage 4:
Final In-Person Interview 🧍♀️🧍♂️
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