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Role:Â Recruitment Resourcer (Candidate Consultant)
Location:Â Ferry Road Office Park, Preston
Hours -Â Full Time:
- 8.30am – 5pm
- Work from home Wednesday's
- Reduced hours (9am - 3pm) in school holidays
Vision for Education is part of The Edwin Group – a Top 10 UK-employer in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023 & 2024. Rated as 'Excellent' by our staff in all categories and recognised as having industry leading and world-class levels of employee engagement across the Group. Â
We are looking to appoint a Recruitment Resourcer (Candidate Consultant) to join our lively and successful team in Preston, where you will be working with education staff across the Lancashire area. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the market leaders in education recruitment, recruiting high-quality teaching and support staff for short, long-term placements and permanent roles.Â
We have a growing team and with clear progression, the chance to earn bonuses, and a team orientated and fun office, there has never been a better time to join Vision for Education.
Prior admin or education experience preferred.
We are proud to be different and there is no one ‘Vision for Education’ consultant we are all different, but all united by our drive to be the best, and our strong work and team culture.Â
The role:
Vision for Education can offer an unrivalled service to both schools and teachers.
You will provide a vital link for candidates. The role is demanding and diverse and involves:
- Ensuring a smooth compliance process for candidates
- Briefing candidates about the responsibilities, salary, and benefits of the job.
- Preparing CVs and correspondence to forward to clients in respect of suitable applicants.
- Completing DBS checks
- Reference chasing
- Assisting with the creation of job adverts to help attract new candidates;
- Posting job adverts and proactively searching for candidates on targeted job boards and social media;
- Assessing CVs for key candidate skills and abilities;
- Processing applications, booking-in and conducting candidate interviews;
- Completing registration paperwork for successful candidates as well as using our Salesforce system to record and manage your work;
- Assisting with the clearance process, to ensure all candidates are cleared in line with DfE guidelines and all children are safeguarded;
- Ensuring all payroll and other queries are effectively dealt with;
- Supporting other members of the team with identifying candidate availability, filling and confirming school bookings and making sure all timesheets are received on time;
- Ensuring the ethos of Vision for Education is maintained and promoted to candidates and schools.
The successful applicant will have/be:
- Excellent attention to detail
- Enjoy working with, and analysing data
- Excellent telephone manner and interpersonal skills
- Proficient in using IT equipment and software
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Be able to forge and maintain relationships over the telephone and face-to-face
- Ability to organise and manage a busy workload efficiently and effectively
- The ability to act on their own initiative
- Experience in the same or similar role would be preferred but is not essential
What we offer:
- Excellent commission on top of basic salary
- Company/team performance incentives throughout the year.
- Career progression and professional development opportunities.
- Regular team events.
- Friendly, professional, and hard-working team environment.
- Reduced working hours during school holidays.
- Free parking on site.
Click 'apply now' to be part of this fantastic team!
 The Edwin Group do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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