Recruitment & Onboarding Officer

South Staffordshire College is seeking a Recruitment & Onboarding Officer on a permanent basis. The role is to provide and deliver a comprehensive and effective recruitment solution for the whole college. The role will be responsible for sourcing appropriate candidates and the co-ordination of the recruitment & selection processes including effective onboarding.

You will need be highly organised and able to prioritise your workload and ideally, you will have experience of interaction with recruitment agencies / negotiating preferred supplier lists etc.

Developing great relationships with candidates and service users via excellent customer service skills, and able to manage competing priorities, will be amongst your key strengths. The ability to be proactive and supportive is essential, as is the understanding and application of treating candidates, staff and managers with respect whilst maintaining confidentiality.

You’ll be joining a highly supportive HR team. As such you will need to be a strong team player and willing to roll up your sleeves to support all HR activity.

The role is based at Rodbaston and will require travel to the other campuses, Cannock, Lichfield and Tamworth to support recruitment activity.

What you can expect from us – We care about your wellbeing so have a number of activities all year that provide support. However, time off is also important. We have a generous holiday scheme, the usual Bank Holidays, an additional 5 days at Christmas and 2 ‘ME’ days (where you can have a day off work and do whatever makes you happy) as well as an additional day on campus spent on wellbeing.

We have a range of benefits available to all staff including paid time off for emergencies (designed to support carers) and all our policies are enhanced further than statutory requirements. The College also contributes to your pension at a minimum of 22.9% (we contribute more for people in the Local Government Pension Scheme).

South Staffordshire College is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community. We are actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone covering all the protected characteristics in particular people of different ages/ethnicity/race.

We are committed to PREVENT and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults and expect all staff to share this commitment.

This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and barred list check.