People & Culture and Talent Acquisition Specialist

About us
Talent Garden is a leading AI Transformation School in Europe, empowering individuals and organizations to thrive in the AI ecosystem through diverse learning experiences. With online, offline, and hybrid courses, corporate programs and work and events spaces we offer an unparalleled vision to combine work life and learning.
Founded in Italy in 2011, Talent Garden has trained over 25,000 professionals in digital skills and business innovation, developed tailored corporate education programs for Fortune 500 companies, and built a network of 13 campuses in 6 countries, hosting over 4,500 innovators from startups, corporate labs, investors, and SMEs.
The role
We are on the lookout for a People & Culture and Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our People & Culture team.
In this role, your mission will be to attract and hire great talent across our countries and to run the people and culture practices that help them grow, stay and do their best work at Talent Garden.
Responsibilities
Talent Acquisition
Own the end-to-end recruiting process and design it AI-first, from intake with hiring managers to offer and onboarding
Build and run AI agents and automations for sourcing, CV screening, interview scheduling and candidate follow-up
Write job descriptions and outreach messages with AI, and source candidates through LinkedIn, job boards, referrals and our community using AI-powered search
Run first interviews and coordinate the interview rounds, including project work assignments, using AI to prepare, summarize and compare candidates
Keep our ATS up to date, connect it to our AI workflows and track hiring metrics such as time to hire, source of hire and candidate experience in AI-built dashboards
Build and look after our employer brand with the Marketing team, using AI to create content and personalize candidate communication
Test new AI recruiting tools, measure the time they save and share what works with the team
People & Culture
Run onboarding with AI: personalized learning paths, automated checklists and an assistant that answers new joiners' questions from day one
Support the employee lifecycle: performance and feedback cycles, internal mobility, offboarding and exit interviews, using AI to analyze feedback and spot patterns
Design and run culture initiatives, internal events and engagement actions across campuses and countries that build AI adoption, from workshops to internal champions
Gather feedback through surveys and one-to-ones, use AI to turn the insights into concrete actions and share them with leadership
Work with HR Operations and Finance on contracts, policies and benefits, automate the admin work and keep people processes simple and compliant
Build an AI assistant on our people policies and be the day-to-day point of reference for employees and managers on people topics
Train managers and colleagues to use AI in hiring, feedback and people management
About you
Ideally, you are a People & Culture or Talent Acquisition professional with 3-5 years of experience in a similar role, in a fast-paced company, agency, consultancy or education environment.
On top of this, you are:
Strongly AI-literate: you use AI tools every day and know how to apply them to recruiting, from sourcing and screening to scheduling, candidate communication and reporting, to get more done at higher quality
Hands-on with the full recruiting cycle, from sourcing to closing the offer, and comfortable with common recruiter tools
Familiar with core HR processes: onboarding, performance cycles, engagement and employee relations
A clear communicator who builds trust fast with candidates, employees and managers at every level
Organized and data-aware, able to manage many open roles at once and to measure what works
Curious about culture and learning, with ideas to make a distributed team feel like one team
Fluent in English and Italian, written and spoken
A natural team player, discreet with sensitive information and happy to roll up your sleeves
Nice to have: experience with international hiring (Spain, Nordics) or employer branding.
Perks and benefits
Hybrid work environment, combining remote flexibility with regular on-site collaboration across our campuses
Access to all Talent Garden coworking spaces across Europe
Free access to our Master programs and learning experiences
Meal vouchers and a €1,000 welfare budget to spend as you like
Mum&Dad policy with additional flexibility for new parents, a dedicated bonus, and extra leave for fathers
6 additional vacation days every year on top of local regulations
December 24 and 31 automatically considered holidays when falling on weekdays
Company MacBook
Access to events, networking opportunities, and partner discounts within the Talent Garden ecosystem
We’re pet-friendly, so your

Skills
Talent Acquisition, Sourcing, HR Operations, Employee Relations, Onboarding

Experience
3-5 yrs

Employment type
Permanent - Full-Time

Work arrangement
No