Job Description:
Head of Talent Acquisition - Bupa Dental CareCompetitive Salary, Bonus & Benefits
UK / Hybrid (regular travel to Bupa offices)
Permanent - 37.5 hours per week
Closing Date: 15th July 2025
We make health happenAt Bupa, we're here to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives - and make a better world. That's our purpose, and it runs through everything we do. As part of Bupa Dental Care, you'll be joining one of the UK's largest corporate dental providers, where we're transforming how dental care is delivered.
This role is your chance to shape the future of talent acquisition in a fast-moving, people-first business. You'll lead the charge in attracting top clinical and operational talent, helping us deliver outstanding care to our patients. If you're passionate about people, purpose, and progress - this is where you can make a real difference.
Lead our clinician attraction strategy: Designing and delivering a market-leading approach to attract self-employed dentists and specialists across the UK and Ireland.
Modernise and lead end-to-end recruitment: Oversee recruitment for all employed and practice-based roles - from nurses to operational teams
Transform our team and tools: Build a high-performing, inclusive recruitment team. Introduce smarter, more agile ways of working, and optimise our systems
Champion our brand and candidate experience: Bring our employer brand to life
Collaborate and influence: Act as a strategic partner to senior stakeholders across Clinical, Operations, People and Commercial teams
Collaborative, commercial, and people-focused leader who thrives on driving change
Proven experience in talent acquisition leadership - ideally in healthcare or retail
Strategic thinking and commercial acumen
Ideally knowledge of clinical or self-employed talent markets
A track record of transforming recruitment teams, systems, and experiences
Strong stakeholder engagement skills, especially with senior leaders
Data literacy and the ability to use insights to drive improvement
A passion for inclusion, talent development, and purpose-led culture
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
25% Management Bonus (annual, discretionary)
Car allowance (paid as cash)
Family health insurance
Pension scheme
Enhanced parental leave
25 days holiday, increasing through length of service
Discounts on dental and health services
Opportunities to grow your role and career globally
We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa". We champion diversity and understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
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Locations:
Angel Court, London, Bupa Place, Clinic & Dental - Bristol, Unit 1, Pinetrees, Staines
Bupa’s purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We do this by providing a broad range of healthcare services, support and advice to people throughout their lives. People are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we make health happen.
Every company needs an ethos, and we're no different. Through good days and challeging times, we always work with our values in mind. These are: Brave - Make new possibilities happen. Caring - Act with empathy and respect. Responsible - Own your decisions and actions.
We don't have shareholders at Bupa, which means we're free to invest our profits where they matter: our patients, our facilities, our research, and you.
As a healthcare provider, we have a duty to do the right thing. By our customers, our people and our partners. The Bupa Code holds us to this duty. It's our promise to protect, care for, and build trust with everyone who relies on us.
Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.
You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.Free
to be you.
Back in September 2018, we made a pledge. That we'd do whatever we could to make Bupa a diverse, kind and inclusive place to work.
Everyone deserves a positive working environment. Everyone deserves to have their voice heard. Everyone deserves freedom from bullying, harassment and discrimination.