Job Description

Description

As a Talent Acquisition Sourcing Associate at Sumer, you'll be at the heart of our growth, helping us find and attract top talent. Based in our hub in South Africa, you'll work hand in hand with the wider Talent Acquisition team in the UK to deliver smart, targeted sourcing strategies.

Your focus will be twofold: supporting recruitment for our Sumer Offshore Services (SOS) team in South Africa and manging high-volume hiring campaigns across the UK. This means you'll be involved in a wide range of roles - from specialist positions in Audit, Accounting and Tax, through to functional and business support areas like Marketing, HR and Finance.

Sumer is a fast-growing group of accountancy firms, and our people are at the centre of that success. By building strong pipelines and bringing in the best talent, you'll directly contribute to our ability to expand, strengthen our services, and deliver for our clients.

The Role

Work with our Talent Acquisition Business Partners who represent each of our brands in the Sumer group and manage pipelines for multiple roles. Own high-volume recruitment - sourcing and coordinating our SOS hires and supporting large-scale UK recruitment campaigns. Proactively find and engage top talent through Linkedin, job boards, social media, referrals and professional networks. Maintain a strong pipeline of candidates for both current and future roles. Collaborate with our other Talent Acquisition Sourcing Associate on market mapping and sourcing strategies Keep up to date with talent trends, tools, and competitor activity to shape sourcing strategies. Spot opportunities to improve how we attract, source, and engage talent, making the process faster and more effective. Use recruitment tools and analytics to track progress, measure success, and continuously refine sourcing activity.

The Person

Skills and experience:

Proven experience in sourcing and recruiting talent directly for multiple roles simultaneously, with minimal reliance on agencies. Background in managing large candidate pipelines, ideally across both professional services and business support functions. Strong coordination skills to juggle multiple processes, tasks, and candidate pipelines simultaneously. Ability to conduct interviews and screen candidates to assess skills, qualifications, and cultural add effectively. Track record of identifying and actioning improvements in sourcing and attraction. Experience recruiting in the UK would be desirable but not essential

You may be the sort of person who is:

Proactive:

always a step ahead, anticipating challenges before they become issues.

Organised:

able to keep multiple plates spinning without dropping the detail.

Creative:

brings fresh ideas for sourcing and candidate attraction, especially for hard-to-fill or high-volume roles.

Culturally Aware:

values and embraces diverse experiences, making sure that sourcing and candidate engagement are inclusive and welcoming to everyone

Resilient:

thrives under pressure and enjoys the pace of high-volume recruitment environment.

Collaborative:

enjoys working closely with others, contributing ideas, and engaging in conversations that move the team forward.

Belong @ Sumer

At Sumer, we know everyone's journey is different. That's why we're committed to fairness, removing barriers, and giving people the support they need to do their best work. If you need any support during the hiring process, just let us know.

Our values represent what matters most to us and guide how we work every day:

We Shine Together We Do the Right Thing We Make It Count


We know diverse teams make us stronger. That's why we're creating an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs and differences are valued and celebrated.

About Sumer Offshore Services

We are dedicated to being the champions for SME businesses. Working together with our colleagues in the UK we are able to remotely deliver a range of accounting, tax, audit, advisory and business services to clients across the UK and Ireland.



Whether its to free up time so that businesses can focus on the things that matter, help grow the business, or work through the trickiest of problems, we are here to help you succeed.