Talent Acquisition Associate

Job description

Eurofins Scientific is seeking a Junior Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our Talent Acquisition team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone early in their recruiting career — whether through an internship, a prior TA/sourcing role, or up to one year of professional recruiting experience — to build a foundation in full-cycle recruiting while gaining exposure to executive and management-level search within a global scientific services organization. This role reports into the Talent Acquisition Manager and supports hiring across multiple business units. What You'll Do Source and screen candidates for a range of roles across Eurofins business units (Environmental Testing, Food & Feed, Genomics, PSS Insourcing, Built Environment, and others) Build and manage candidate pipelines using LinkedIn Recruiter, Oracle/HRIS, and other sourcing tools Conduct initial phone screens and coordinate interview scheduling with hiring managers Draft and post job requisitions, and maintain accurate candidate tracking through the ATS Support employer branding efforts and candidate experience initiatives Partner closely with the TA Manager on higher-level searches, gaining direct exposure to executive and management-level recruiting (Director, VP, and BU Leadership roles) Assist with offer coordination, background checks, and onboarding handoffs Track recruiting metrics (time-to-fill, pipeline conversion, source of hire) and help identify process improvements What We're Looking For 0–1 year of experience in recruiting, sourcing, or talent acquisition (internships included) Genuine interest in growing toward executive search / management-level recruiting Strong communication skills and comfort engaging directly with candidates and hiring managers Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple open requisitions at once Curious and coachable — comfortable asking questions and learning a decentralized, matrixed organization Familiarity with LinkedIn Recruiter), and general sourcing techniques is a plus but not required Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience In a fast growing group, successful leaders are frequently being offered increased areas of responsibility (subject to geographic mobility). Eurofins offers international opportunities to strong performers. Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies. In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 47,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing. In 2026, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 4.56 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.