Recruitment Marketing & Events Lead - Security/Defence

At Adecco, we are proud to partner with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) in providing critical recruitment services for the UK’s Armed Forces. This new approach will, for the first time, see the Royal Navy, the British Army, and the Royal Air Force have a joint Armed Forces Recruitment Service (AFRS). Delivered through a partnership of the MOD, Serco, Adecco and a consortium of partners, this service will provide end-to-end support from candidate attraction to assessment, onboarding, and Phase 1 training.

Join us as a Recruitment Marketing & Events Lead; to shape and deliver our talent attraction strategy for specialist (qualified) hiring. Use your marketing and events expertise to create talent acquisition solutions that attract high-quality candidates and create engaging candidate experiences.

You’ll report into the Recruitment Operations Manager for Direct Sourcing to articulate our attraction objectives and develop the plan to achieve them. This is a collaborative role where you’ll partner closely with our external marketing agency, client outreach team (for events) and identify opportunities to enhance the plan using our own in-house (Adecco) marketing capability.

This is a hybrid working role, enjoy a combination of home working with regular meetings at our offices in Bristol for partner engagement and other moments that matter.

• Develop and deliver the direct sourcing recruitment marketing and events strategy aligned to hiring objectives.

• Design and manage multi-channel attraction and talent pipeline campaigns across events, social media, job boards, careers sites, and digital platforms.

• Analyse campaign performance and recruitment metrics, using insights to optimise attraction activity.

• Champion candidate engagement and support an outstanding candidate experience.

• Build relationships with our partner agency, client outreach team, media partners, and industry networks for events.

• Stay ahead of market trends, talent insights, and best practices in employer branding and recruitment marketing.

• Experience of end-to-end recruitment campaign management for specialist hiring (ideally In-house, RPO or agency).

• Current or recent hands-on content design experience with talent pipelining tools.

• Experience of campaign and event management in the Security or Defence space – preferred.

• Project management, organisation, and communication skills

• Experience working in a metrics driven culture to measure tactical and channel impacts.

• Understanding of current marketing trends.

• Ability to work with and manage external marketing agencies.

• Derive insights and trends from campaign performance data.

It’s an exciting time to be part of our team. At the Adecco Group, our purpose – making the future work for everyone – inspires and connects us all. Through our three global business units (GBU) – Adecco, Akkodis and LHH - we deliver expertise in talent and technology, enabling organisations to succeed and people to thrive.

We’re proud to be a global thought-leader and care about doing the best job we can to ensure better futures for everyone. We do this by building our Future@Work strategy as a united team of 30,000+ colleagues with a collective spirit working in over 60 countries globally. We embody our core values: Courage, Collaboration, Customer at the Heart, Inclusion, and Passion in everything we do. The Adecco Group | Home

Growth and Development

You will have the opportunity to grow across a variety of interesting jobs and careers over our extensive portfolio of global brands. We empower our colleagues to work in the smartest, most efficient ways, achieving total balance between their jobs and their lives. We offer world-class resources for upskilling and development, satisfying your curiosity while sharing skills, knowledge, and expertise to grow together. Here, you can be yourself, and we aim to build on the attributes that make you, you.

Additional information

This role will be offered on a fixed term contract basis initially with potential to convert to permanent. Please contact our recruitment team at afrs.recruitment@adecco.co.uk for more information.

We believe that having an understanding of the hiring process helps you to prepare, feel, and be, at your best. As a global, multi brand organisation with multiple different roles, our application process can vary. On our career site, you will find some of the key steps you can expect to guide you along the way Working with the Adecco Group

Inclusion

Adecco actively encourage veterans, military spouses, and reservists to apply.

We believe in talent, not labels. We focus on the diverse and unique skills our people bring. Our culture of belonging and purpose ensures everyone can thrive and feel engaged. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to equity, equal opportunity, inclusion, and diversity. Adecco Group - Our Values

Accommodations

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any additional accommodations or support due to a disability or other special circumstances, please let us know by contacting us. We will work with you to ensure your needs are met throughout the hiring process. Adecco Group - Inclusion and Wellbeing

Posting date: 12-09-2026