Recruitment Assistant

Job description

At OFG, we work smarter so you can spend more time doing the things you love!

We're committed to providing roles that allow you to build a great career that works around your lifestyle.

Job Title: Recruitment Assistant

Location: Office-based (Bolton)

Hybrid working: Available

Contract Type: Part Time - (24 hours per week - flexible over days, 3 full days or 24 hours over 5 days - morning or afternoons.)

Salary: Up to £15,700 per annum

We're looking for an enthusiastic Recruitment Assistant to help us find the best talent and guide them through our recruitment process.

Based at our Bolton office and reporting into the Professional Services Resourcing Manager, our part-time Recruitment Assistant will become an expert in sourcing the best talent for our Professional Services roles.

You'll use your excellent people skills and communication skills to network, and drive talent to interview at OFG; and once a candidate enters our recruitment process, you'll use your administration skills and attention to detail to ensure our back-office recruitment processes are smooth and compliant, through to job offers.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Excellent administration skills, with a keen eye for detail

• People skills - in this role you'll speak to strangers daily by all media types, a confident telephone manner and communication skills will be essential

• The ability to gain credibility with stakeholders and candidates.

• A keen interest in the services we provide and the Education and Care Sector for SEN

• A motivation to develop your skills within both HR and Recruitment

• Previous experience with CRM's, ATS's or databases would be preferable but not essential

About People Services:

Our People Services function provides centralised HR support to all organisations that make up Outcomes First Group, our service-focused approach ensures that all queries and requests are dealt with quickly, and we provide the best support to all our employees. We believe in building lifelong careers for our HR Professionals by coaching, mentoring, and sharing best practices.

About the Group

Outcomes First Group is the leading provider of specialist education in the UK. We exist to give neurodivergent children and young people access to a great education that caters to their specific needs, abilities and aspirations.

There are three brands in our Outcomes First family: Acorn Education, Options Autism and Momenta Connect. Together, we educate, care for and support children, young people, and adults across the UK, empowering them to be happy and make their way in the world.

Our VisionWe believe that with a great education, every neurodivergent pupil can thrive and make their way in the world.

Our MissionEvery day we improve the lives of our pupils, their families, and local communities through a relentless focus on wellbeing and learning.

Our Promise We are kind to ourselves and each other We work together and we make things happen. Our Promise sits alongside our Vision and Mission. It describes the sort of people we are and our commitment to how we treat each other, work together, and behave.

It represents what's truly important to us as individuals and as a team. It is easily translatable into behaviours we all practice and experience every day. It's the golden thread that runs through every leader, team and individual.

Why work for us?

Your wellbeing is very important to us, and we know that being able to choose the benefits that suit you and your family will support your wellbeing.

Whatever your role and wherever you're located, you'll love VISTA, our flexible benefits platform which lets you tailor your benefits package.

And when your circumstances change‿no problem. You can flex, trade and add to your benefits package to suit your circumstances.

• Holidays starting at 25 days per annum with options to buy an additional 5 days

• Critical illness cover and life assurance options

• Company Pension with options to increase your contributions

• Private medical and dental Insurance

• 100's of discount options valid in the UK and abroad

• Eco-Car Scheme

• "Your Wellbeing Matters- access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

• Career development opportunities

• Professional support networks and groups

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Winner UK Best Workplaces for Women Awards 2023.

Winner UK Great Place to Work Awards 2024.