Summary

Traditional headhunters are slow and charge a massive success fee, making them unsuitable for entrepreneurial ventures that are in a hurry, on a tight budget and needing very specific skills. To fill this gap, at TPC we have designed a unique and refreshing proprietary process to deliver clients a tailored shortlist of 3-5 outstanding candidates in 2-3 weeks at a fraction of the cost of a traditional headhunter.

Through our Venture Consulting services, we support entrepreneurial ventures to work with and hire the best available talent to scale their businesses. To achieve this we offer mentors, advisors, fractional leaders, experts and consulting teams from the 10,000 diverse, fractional business builders and experts within our community. Many clients ask us to support their senior full-time hiring too - that’s where our Talent Partners come in. 

As demand continues to grow for our offerings we are looking for Talent Partners to support the delivery of full-time roles on a per-project basis. This is an exciting opportunity to work with Founders and C-suite executives of fast-growing startups and scale-ups where placing the right candidate can lead to exponential business growth.

Who we are

The Portfolio Collective (TPC) was set up by Ben Legg (former COO of Google Europe) in July of 2020 with our COO Fiona Chorlton-Voong. We could see that in the near future half of all professionals globally will be portfolio professionals, and that they will need support in launching and sustaining successful portfolio careers. You can learn more in our recent Future of Careers article. We are now a team of 11 (+ 30 fractional community members) who are passionate about shaping the future of work. In our first two years we have scaled rapidly, with key achievements including:

• Attracted over 200,000 unique visitors to our website
• Conducted 300+ events
• Built a professional networking platform with over 10,000 high-calibre members

We have raised over £1 million to date, having recently closed a successful crowdfunding campaign. Get to know what we offer by joining and exploring our community.

What is the role

As a Talent Partner you’ll take full ownership of the headhunting process for one of our clients, thereby managing the client relationship, assessing potential candidates and ensuring all community members have a positive experience of the hiring process.

Specifically this would involve:

• Writing job descriptions.
• Building assessment frameworks.
• Interviewing candidates for screening.
• Handing over shortlists to clients.
• Informing candidates of their outcome.

Requirements

Essential:

• 6+ years of professional experience.
• 3+ years in recruitment, people or operations roles.
• Project management experience, specifically hiring a range of diverse roles.
• Experience at a rapidly growing start-up, scale-up or other entrepreneurial venture.

Time Requirement

This role is on a per project basis and is estimated to take around 16-24 hours per process depending on the availability of candidates and needs of the client.

Location

This is a flexible and remote role. However, most clients are European based so the individual would need to accommodate European working hours.

Remuneration

You would be paid on a per project basis - £900 on submission of the candidate shortlist to the client and £300 on successful hiring from the shortlist by the client.

Next Steps

If interested and suitable, please apply below.  Also ensure that your TPC profile is complete, as - if suitable - we will review it to find the best possible candidate.