Lead Recruitment Strategy & Employer Branding

Help shape the future growth of Highberg. Highberg has a clear ambition: to become a leading European consultancy in the field of transformation. With more than 480 colleagues and operations across multiple European markets, we are building one integrated organization: One Highberg. We combine an entrepreneurial and results-driven mindset with a warm, people-centered culture and high employee satisfaction.

To support our growth ambitions, we are looking for an experienced Lead Recruitment Strategy & Employer Branding who can take recruitment to the next level and ensure that candidates across Highberg experience a consistent, high-quality recruitment journey.

This role is unique. At many organizations, recruitment is primarily focused on filling vacancies. At Highberg, it is about building the organization of tomorrow.In this role, you will help us make the transition to a mature, data-driven, and future-proof recruitment function that supports our ambitious growth plans. You will play a key role in shaping how we attract, engage, and hire talent across Highberg, creating a recruitment organization that is scalable, consistent, and built for the future.

In this role, you will be responsible for further professionalizing recruitment across Highberg. You will develop a unified recruitment vision for all our hubs and translate this into a consistent approach, processes, dashboards, and employer branding initiatives. A key part of your role will be driving alignment, stakeholder buy-in, and successful implementation of new ways of working.

You will work closely with HR Business Partners, Marketing, and business leaders across our different hubs. While HR Business Partners remain responsible for vacancies and business alignment, you will own the recruitment strategy, ensure a strong pipeline of qualified candidates, and continuously optimize and further develop our recruitment capabilities.

You will also lead the working students who provide operational recruitment support across our various hubs.

Your work will consist of:

Develop the One Highberg Recruitment Experience

• Design and implement a unified recruitment approach across all hubs.

• Ensure a professional and consistent candidate experience, from first contact through onboarding.

• Continuously improve recruitment quality, speed, and candidate satisfaction.

Build the One Highberg Employer Brand

• Partner with Marketing to create a distinctive and compelling employer value proposition.

• Further develop our employer branding strategy across the Netherlands and Europe.

• Ensure a consistent and recognizable positioning of Highberg in the talent market.

Recruitment Analytics & Dashboarding

• Lead the continued development of the One Highberg Recruitment Dashboard.

• Translate recruitment data into actionable insights for management and HR.

• Drive the achievement of recruitment targets together with HR Business Partners across the various hubs.

• Define, monitor, and report on key recruitment metrics, including time-to-hire, quality-of-hire, source effectiveness, and candidate experience.

Implement European Legislation & Compliance

• Translate European pay transparency requirements into a future-proof recruitment process.

• Advise HR, management, and hiring managers on the impact of new legislation.

• Ensure compliance while maintaining an excellent candidate experience.

• You have at least 10 years of experience in recruitment, talent acquisition, or workforce planning.

• You possess a master’s level (WO) working and thinking capability.

• You have affinity with consultancy, professional services, or other knowledge-intensive organizations.

• You have experience in project management, change initiatives, and leading a small team.

• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills in Dutch.