About Cognita

Cognita is a general leader in independent education. Founded in 2004, we are a growing community of 90 schools in 20 countries - in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East - serving more than 100,000 students. Each of our schools are proudly unique, however our collective purpose is to create an environment where everyone can, "Thrive in a rapidly evolving world".

We now have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Recruitment Specialist to join our fantastic team to support the schools in our Madrid cluster in Spain.

About the Role

As a Recruitment Specialist, you will play a key role in delivering end-to-end recruitment across our Madrid cluster schools, ensuring a seamless and high-quality hiring experience from vacancy approval through to a successful first day. Working closely with HR Business Partners, school leaders and central teams, you will manage the full recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, interviewing, offer management, pre-employment checks and onboarding coordination.



You will take ownership of urgent hiring requirements, building and maintaining talent pipelines to support both planned and last-minute staffing needs, while driving proactive sourcing strategies for hard-to-fill teaching and specialist positions. With a strong focus on candidate experience, stakeholder partnership and continuous improvement, you will ensure schools are staffed with exceptional talent at the right time, adapting recruitment approaches to meet the unique needs and culture of each school while identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and consistency across the recruitment process.

This is a permanent, full-time role with an immediate start date.

Who We Are Looking For

We are looking for a proactive and highly organised recruitment professional with proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment processes, ideally within education or a multi-site organisation. You will be confident managing multiple vacancies

📌 Recruitment Specialist (España)
🏢 Cognita Asia Holdings Pte
📍 España