Recruitment Executive
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31st May 2025 | |
QUALIFICATIOONS (IF REQUIRED) |
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£25,897 - £32,000 | |
Recruitment Executive – £25.897 – 32,000
We are looking for a talented and motivated individual, with a passion for recruitment, to join our team and to lead on the coordination of the whole talent acquisition and onboarding process, from beginning to end.
The Successful applicant will be able to manage multiple tasks to tight deadlines, and work with urgency and drive to ensure outcomes are achieved.
We recruit front line staff and management for various care settings, a diverse range of head office staff and self-employed foster carers, all who are critical to our business growth and delivery of the very best service and support to our customers.
The ideal candidate will have a wealth of relevant experience, be a self-starter, and need minimal supervision.
As part of our multi-disciplinary Corporate and Commercial Department, you will implement the recruitment process across the business, providing excellent customer services to a range of internal and external stakeholders. You must be proactive and innovative in attracting the best candidates through a variety of digital and direct methods, and evaluate applications and campaigns against the brief, seeking continual improvements.
You will support recruiting managers during the selection stage and then process applications and DBS criminal record checks in a fast, efficient way, in line with safer recruitment practices, keeping recruiting managers informed throughout. You will also ensure everything is in place for new starters throughout the onboarding process, which includes benefits package, equipment, ID badge, systems access, contract, induction and introduce opportunities for online training during onboarding and/or induction process, collaborating with broader colleagues as applicable.
You will also ensure that continuous checks are carried out for our existing workforce to maintain compliance against Ofsted standards.
Day-to-day, your work will encompass a broad range of activities, from administrative through to online and face-to-face sales and marketing and everything in-between. Given our recent success you will be involved strategic projects to support our growth, add a further dimension to the role, so we are really looking for someone who is hungry to join us on this journey into a brighter future.
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