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About The Role
ORS is seeking an experienced Senior Talent Acquisition Lead to take ownership of group-wide talent acquisition strategy and delivery. This is a senior, influential role within the People & Culture team, responsible for shaping how we attract, engage, and hire talent as the ORS Group continues to scale.
You will act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, lead complex and senior-level hiring, and drive continuous improvement across recruitment processes, employer branding, and workforce planning. This role combines hands‑on delivery with strategic leadership and offers real scope to shape the future of talent at ORS.
You’ll have autonomy in how you work, flexibility to work remotely, and the opportunity to make a real impact on how the ORS Group attracts and engages talent.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and deliver the ORS Group talent acquisition strategy in line with business growth plans.
Partner with SLT and senior stakeholders on workforce planning and critical hires.
Oversee and manage senior, specialist, and hard-to-fill roles across the group.
Set recruitment standards, processes, and best practices across ORS.
Lead employer branding, EVP development, and external talent engagement initiatives.
Use data and insights to inform recruitment decisions and report at leadership level.
Coach and support Talent Acquisition Partners and contribute to the wider People & Culture strategy.
Manage agency relationships and drive cost-effective hiring solutions.
Essential Requirements
Significant experience in senior or lead-level talent acquisition roles.
Proven ability to partner with senior leadership and influence hiring decisions.
Strong strategic thinking combined with hands‑on delivery capability.
Experience designing or improving recruitment processes at scale.
Excellent commercial awareness and data-driven decision-making skills.
Strong leadership, coaching, and stakeholder management capability.
Desirable Requirements
Experience leading talent acquisition within a multi-disciplinary or high-growth organisation.
Employer branding or EVP project experience.
Exposure to mergers, acquisitions, or group structures.
What We Can Offer You
Being part of ORS means more than just a job, it means joining a company that invests in you and your ambitions with transparency, structure and support.
We are delighted to offer a suite of benefits when you join ORS, which include:
Competitive salary
Performance-related bonus
Pension scheme with matching contributions
Remote-first hybrid model – use your home as a base and any of our office locations as you see fit
Work from abroad
Flexible working hours
Access to over 60 health disciplines through our Kara Connect Platform
Continuous Professional development (CPD) programme & funding
Paid maternity, paternity and fertility leave
Company and birthday annual leave days
Death in Service benefit
Tax saver – travel and bike to work
Culture, social, wellness and CPD committees
Talent Development Programmes
Access to leading career coach Gerry Duffy
About ORS
ORS is a world-class multidisciplinary building consultancy with more than 30 years of delivering technical excellence across the built environment. Our mission is simple but powerful: We endeavour to make the lives of our team, clients, partners and communities happier and better in the ways that really matter every single day.
Don’t just take our word for it! ORS has won numerous awards, recognising our Great Place to Work culture.
Winner of the Engineering Consultancy of the Year at the Engineering Excellence Awards 2025
Winner of the Graduate Programme of the Year at the Engineering Excellence Awards 2025
Winner of the Best Company to Work For at the Irish Design & Build Awards 2024 & 2025
Winner of the Best People Development of the Year at the Engineering Excellence Awards 2024
Winner of the Recruitment & Retention Strategy at the Workplace Excellence Awards 2024
Great Place to Work certified consecutively since 2017
Top 3 Company Best Workplaces in the medium-sized category at the Great Place to Work awards 2025
Best Workplaces for Health & Wellbeing 2025 Great Place to Work
Engineers Ireland CPD Accreditation since 2021
Awarded for Hybrid Way of Working at the 2022 Great Place to Work Awards
Silver Accreditation through Investors in Diversity 2025
ORS is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive company culture. We foster a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects and supports their individual strengths and experiences.
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Human Resources
Industries
Construction
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