Locum Talent Partner

Hakim Group are the fastest growing group of independent opticians in the UK and have achieved this by staying true to our award-winning values of being honest, ambitious, kind, industrious and meticulous.

Our people are the lifeblood of our business. We provide you with the tools to thrive in your role, providing you with a career structure designed to help you achieve your dreams and become the best version of yourself possible.

As our Locum Talent Partner, you’ll ideally be a hybrid worker spending 3 days per week in Darwen BB3 1AE

We offer a range of fantastic perks including a calendar of exciting events, an employee health plan, access to our financial flexibility fund and Rewards portal. You’ll also be embraced by our ever-expanding family of team members and introduced to our award-winning Hakim Group culture.

As our Locum Talent Partner, you’ll support and enhance the usage of our locum platform, build talent pools, ensure our practices can easily manage their locum requirements, communicate with locums, maintain compliance, and more.

You’ll have the opportunity to continually innovate the ways we work and play a key part in our continued growth.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

You will be part of the internal talent team working closely with our practice partners and area managers to be proactive in understanding future demand and business impact.

Embedding the Locum Platform that we launched recently, building engagement, highlighting best practices, optimising reporting to give us meaningful insights and building a fit for the future simplified locum strategy.

• Lead the ongoing evolution of the Locum Hub platform, ensuring its strategic alignment with Hakim Group’s broader goals of cost efficiency, talent acquisition, and operational excellence.
• Drive continuous improvement by analysing locum success, user feedback, and key metrics to enhance performance, engagement, and outcomes.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to define new features, refine workflows, and ensure the platform delivers maximum value for both practices and locums.
• Attract and Source quality locums to build an active talent pool of locums
• Lead the communication plan for locums keeping the talent pool engaged and updating about life at Hakim Group to support permanent employment.
• Work closely with the compliance team to ensure that practices and locums maintain full regulatory compliance in an efficient, paperless environment.
• Engage with locums to build a community of highly qualified professionals, facilitating better matches between locums and shifts and promoting long-term partnerships.

The Ideal Candidate

As a recruitment professional, you will understand business challenges and address them with confidence. You will embrace forward-thinking and innovation, consistently seeking improvement while balancing daily tasks with growth initiatives. You will be a natural communicator, personable and capable of interacting with, influencing, and building relationships at all levels. A proven track record in delivering a consistent end-to-end recruitment experience for both candidates and hiring managers is essential.

 Click apply below and we will ensure you are contacted as soon as possible by one of our team.