Talent Sourcer (Tech) at Octopus Energy

Kraken is the technology tentacle of the Octopus Energy Group. 

We're looking for a Talent Sourcer to join our recruitment team in London. You will work closely with our other recruiters and hiring managers across the Octopus Energy Group - we share ideas and look to continually evolve the way we do things to improve candidate experience and help hiring managers hire amazing people.

Your focus will be on hiring across Kraken; as part of the wider Octopus Energy group, Kraken helps world-leading businesses across the industry do everything from managing and optimising energy resources, to delivering excellent customer experiences at a lower cost.

This role will focus on hiring for a range of roles across software development, data science, infrastructure, and product management; both in the UK and internationally. You will need to be adaptable however, and have the ability to hire across other areas of the group if the need arises.

At Octopus Energy, we're super passionate about attracting amazing talent to join us on our exciting journey. Maintaining an excellent candidate experience throughout the entire recruitment journey is key for us.

What you'll do This role is focused on sourcing, screening and progressing candidates through the interview pipelines to recruiters and hiring managers Build great relationships with candidates, with a view of short and long term hiresConstantly provide an amazing candidate experience and look to always improve this across the team Work collaboratively across the wider recruitment team, and Kraken TechnologiesTake a consultative approach to recruitment - focusing on speed, quality and diversity What you'll needExperience sourcing or recruiting across challenging roles, in a fast moving businessExperience hiring within investments or asset management would be fantastic! Super organisation skills, and an ability to prioritiseYou love to work with all kinds of people - you’ve got no functional shoulder pads - it’s not ‘my team versus other teams’, it’s ‘we’re all working together to change the energy system globally, and I’ll lend anyone a hand’You'll need to interview candidates, so previous experience screening and assessing candidates across a variety of roles for both hard skills and cultural qualities is needed Why else you'll love it hereWondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!Octopus Energy is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We won best company to work for in 2022, on Glassdoor we were voted 50 best places to work in 2022 and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadershipVisit our UK perks hub - Octopus Employee BenefitsIf this sounds like you then we'd love to hear from you.

Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Octopus, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.

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