HR Administrator - Recruitment

We are recruiting for a fantastic full-time opportunity for a Human Resources (Recruitment) Administrator to join adynamic and rewarding charitable organisation. This role is crucial to supporting the HR team in delivering a high-quality, efficient recruitment service for both the Charity and associated schools.

This is a 52-week, 35-hour per week position, with a hybrid working pattern of 4 days in the office and 1 day working from home.

As the HR (Recruitment) Administrator, you will play a vital role in the full recruitment lifecycle. Partnering with hiring managers, you will help determine recruitment needs, draft and place job adverts across various media (websites, social media, and specialist publications), and advise managers on advertising strategies and timelines. You will also screen applications, ensuring adherence to Safer Recruitment practices, conduct reference and background checks, brief candidates on roles and benefits, coordinate interviews, and communicate interview outcomes. Maintaining strong relationships with both internal and external clients is key to this role. You will also communicate employer information and benefits during the screening process.

Beyond recruitment, this role offers exposure to broader HR administration. You will maintain personnel files and computerised records, assist with the Single Central Register of Staff (SCR), provide information to Payroll, issue new staff contracts via Docusign, and be prepared to travel to other Charity locations as needed. Your work will involve using our HR information system (CIPHR).

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing and preparing job and person specifications.
• Liaising with recruitment agencies and updating adverts on Charity websites.
• Sourcing candidates and preparing interview packs.
• Receiving, acknowledging, and logging applications.
• Maintaining CIPHR HR records and inputting new starter data.
• Completing the onboarding process, including reference checks and safeguarding paperwork.
• Covering reception duties as needed.
• Handling internal and external queries.
• Coordinating HR meetings and taking minutes.
• Adhering to and updating HR policies and procedures.
• Assisting with training and development administration.

This role is ideal for someone with 2-3 Years HR and/or Recruitment experience who is eager to develop their skills, particularly in recruitment, within a supportive and values-driven organization. CIPD study support is available to support continual development.

The salary range for this role is 30,000 - 32,000 per annum.

• Free on-site dining at Acacia Facilities including fully subsidised canteen.
• Free on-site parking.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Generous pension scheme (6% employee contribution, 20% employer contribution).
• 24/7 employee and family helpline.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

Huntress Search Ltd acts as a Recruitment Agency in relation to all Permanent roles and as a Recruitment Business in relation to all Temporary roles.

We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.

PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.