Are you ready to join a supportive, collaborative team where your contributions truly matter?
We are dedicated to delivering awesome in house recruitment services and need someone like you to help us achieve excellence. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and are passionate about supporting hiring managers, employees, and candidates, this is the perfect role for you!
Our small but perfectly formed recruitment team supports managers from all over Northamptonshire Children's Trust with their hiring and onboarding. If you enjoy variety, love people and are able to offer exceptional customer service this is a great opportunity!
This role is based in One Angel Square and offers a great blend of office-based collaboration and some flexibility to work from home.
We welcome the opportunity to speak to any interested candidates so please feel free to email: Hannah.Francis@nctrust.co.uk and they can agree a mutually agreeable time to call you
Our benefitsWe are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.
We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:
28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
Subsidised town centre car parking scheme
What will you be doing?
You will administer the complete recruitment process from advert through to Induction using relevant technologies to deliver a customer-focused service.
Supporting hiring managers, employees, and candidates with accessing and using the recruitment system.
You will offer advice and guidance on the recruitment process, signposting relevant policies, procedures, and practices.
Managing the progression of allocated recruitment roles, addressing any delays or issues with the appropriate hiring manager..
You will establish effective working relationships with hiring managers, key stakeholders, and colleagues.
Contribute to the ongoing development of recruitment systems and procedures to ensure statutory compliance and continuous service improvements.
You will provide a confidential service by minuting interviews and hearings of employee relations cases.
Support the wider team with business support maintaining structures, workforce approvals and more
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
About youYou are educated to GSCE level C or equivalent in English and Maths and are confident using MS packages including Word and Excel.
You have previous experience in recruitment or administrational support.
You are comfortable taking minutes and working within a confidential environment
You have excellent organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills that ensure you always offer the very best service
When applying please ensure your supporting statement covers how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting. You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full time education
About usAt Northamptonshire Children’s Trust, children, young people and families are at the heart of all we do – in every decision we make and every action we take. Our mission is driven by the unwavering commitment to achieving the best outcomes for them. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils.
Our workforce are our most valuable asset and are pivotal to making the services and support we offer to children, young people and families who need us to be the absolute best we can be.
We value our colleagues and empower them to be able to do the best job of their lives every single day, working in a culture of support and kindness where achievements are celebrated and creativity is very much welcomed.
At NCT equality, diversity and inclusion are part of us and in everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and thrive in our organisation. We are a disability confident employer and have a commitment to care leavers who we guarantee an interview if they meet the essential criteria.
Join our dedicated team and be a part of an organisation where your work makes a real difference.
