Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Recruitment Manager to lead and deliver an efficient, compliant, and customer-focused resourcing service across a large public sector organisation, including partnered Schools and Academies. This role focuses on achieving high-quality recruitment outcomes while driving continuous improvement in systems and processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the end-to-end recruitment process for all vacancies, including those under traded service agreements, ensuring compliance with approval processes and deadlines
• Ensure full adherence to GDPR requirements and maintain robust processes aligned with safeguarding standards
• Provide expert guidance and support to hiring managers, customers, and employees, escalating issues where necessary
• Line manage a team of 8 Resourcing staff (Administrators and Assistants) when required
• Coordinate and allocate daily workload across team mailboxes
• Drive development and continuous improvement of the applicant tracking system (currently Tribepad)
• Contribute to sourcing and implementing ATS platforms (experience with Tribepad desirable but not essential)
• Monitor and report on key recruitment metrics, including time-to-hire, EDI data, and cost-per-hire

Essential Criteria

• Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment in a high-volume or public sector environment
• Strong knowledge of GDPR and safeguarding within recruitment
• Demonstrable experience supporting and advising hiring managers and stakeholders
• Experience leading or supervising a team, with the ability to prioritise and allocate workload effectively
• Experience working with applicant tracking systems and contributing to system improvements or implementations
• Strong analytical skills with experience reporting on recruitment KPIs
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships