Kin Vet Community Appoints The Curve Group as Strategic Recruitment Partner to Support Continued UK Growth
Kin Vet Community has appointed The Curve Group as its strategic Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) partner, marking a significant investment in how it attracts, engages and retains veterinary and support talent across its growing community of practices.
The partnership forms part of Kin Vet Community’s longer-term people strategy and sees the Group pioneering an embedded RPO model within the UK veterinary sector, introducing a dedicated centralised recruitment function across its 28 independent practices while preserving the individuality and culture of each practice.
Designed specifically around the challenges of the veterinary talent market, the new model moves beyond predominantly vacancy-led recruitment to take a more proactive, relationship-led approach to identifying and engaging veterinary professionals.
Under the partnership, The Curve Group has assumed responsibility for the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle across veterinary, nursing, practice-based and central support roles, delivering a consistent, scalable recruitment solution that combines strategic workforce planning with operational recruitment delivery.
Alongside delivering current hiring requirements, the partnership will focus on developing long-term veterinary talent pipelines and strengthening the employer proposition of Kin Vet’s individual practices, helping them build relationships with high-quality veterinary professionals before vacancies arise.
The partnership will provide Kin Vet Community with:
- A dedicated specialist veterinary recruitment team
- End-to-end recruitment and onboarding management
- Proactive search, headhunting and long-term talent pipelines
- Employer brand, EVP and multi-channel talent attraction strategies
- Recruitment technology, market insights, reporting and Hiring Manager support
Working closely with Clinical Directors, Practice Managers and senior leadership, the service has been designed to improve the candidate experience, strengthen recruitment capability across the Group and provide long-term access to high-quality veterinary talent.
The model also creates a sustainable recruitment infrastructure that can evolve alongside Kin Vet Community’s ambitious growth plans, enabling practices to spend less time managing recruitment activity and more time focusing on delivering exceptional patient and client care.
Steve Christie, CEO of Kin Vet Community, said:
“Our people are fundamental to everything we do. As Kin Vet Community continues to grow, we want to ensure our practices remain places where exceptional veterinary professionals want to build their careers. We also wanted a recruitment partner that understands the importance of protecting the unique identity and culture of each practice, whilst helping us build a consistent, high-quality approach to attracting outstanding talent across the Group.
The Curve Group demonstrated not only a strong understanding of recruitment, but also a genuine appreciation of the veterinary profession and the challenges we face in an increasingly competitive talent market. Their proactive, partnership-led approach will help us build stronger talent pipelines, improve our recruitment experience and support our practices with the specialist expertise they need.”
Jeanette Ramsden, CEO of The Curve Group, added:
“Kin Vet Community has a compelling vision for the future of veterinary practice, underpinned by an unwavering commitment to clinical excellence and preserving the individuality of each practice within the Group.
Recruitment in today’s veterinary market requires far more than advertising vacancies. It demands market intelligence, relationship-led engagement, employer brand development and the ability to proactively identify and engage exceptional people long before they begin actively looking for a new role.
We are delighted to be partnering with Kin Vet Community to build a recruitment function that not only delivers today’s hiring requirements but creates the foundations for sustainable talent attraction, stronger workforce planning and long-term growth.”
Against a backdrop of continued competition for specialist veterinary talent, the partnership demonstrates Kin Vet Community’s commitment to taking a longer-term, strategic approach to workforce planning and talent attraction, moving beyond vacancy-by-vacancy recruitment to develop sustainable talent pipelines for the future.
For Kin Vet Community, the investment represents an important step in building a scalable recruitment infrastructure capable of supporting continued acquisitions and organic growth while ensuring every practice has access to specialist recruitment expertise and a consistently high standard of service.
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About The Curve Group
Established in 2004, The Curve Group is a UK-based Recruitment and HR professional services provider, supporting organisations to design, develop and optimise high-performing people and talent functions through advisory, outsourced and project-based solutions. Its Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) services combine strategic workforce planning, employer brand development and operational recruitment delivery to help organisations attract, engage and retain exceptional talent.
Website: www.thecurvegroup.co.uk
LinkedIn: the-curve-group
Facebook: TheCurveGroupUK
Instagram: thecurvegroup
About Kin Vet Community
Kin Vet Community brings together independent veterinary practices across the UK, providing the investment, infrastructure and support needed for practices to thrive while preserving their unique identity, culture and clinical autonomy. The Group is committed to supporting exceptional patient care through outstanding people, collaboration and continuous improvement.
Website: www.kinvet.co.uk
LinkedIn: Kin Vet Community
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The Curve Group
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