HR Recruitment Coordinator
Do you love interacting with others, achieving great outcomes through providing an efficient and effective service?
This is a great time to join us as we redefine our recruitment strategy to improve alignment with university needs and goals and has arisen due to people developing and progressing into new roles within the team.
Joining our friendly collaborative team you'll enjoy an engaging induction, supportive daily catch-ups and a varied workload. We operate a hybrid working model enabling you to work flexibly from home and in the office which is located on our Claverton Down campus in Bath.
About the role
In this role you will provide first line support to a portfolio of departments across the university, supporting managers with administering their recruitment requirements for both academic and non-academic roles . You'll have ownership of the full recruitment lifecycle, from advising and guiding stakeholders in the initial vacancy creation to advertising; contract creation and new starter onboarding communications.
You'll provide email and phone-based support on a whole range of queries from setting up new vacancies, visa requirements, advertising options, setting up interviews, contracts and right to work checks. Using our Recruitment ATS (Stonefish) and Payroll system (iTrent) along with MS365 you will coordinate and administer the whole recruitment process to deliver an outstanding experience for managers and candidates. Full training and support is provided.
About you
You may have experience within an internal or agency recruitment team but crucially you will need the drive to develop your HR recruitment skills. This is a busy, varied role that would suit someone that enjoys finding solutions, priding themselves in attention to detail as well as providing excellent customer service. You'll have access to excellent staff benefits and facilities, and having the opportunity to develop or start your career within HR. To be successful in this role you will have:
- a positive and professional manner;
- the ability to deal tactfully and confidently with people at all levels;
- an innate ability to prioritise your work and relish meeting deadlines and service level agreements.
- excellent attention to detail whilst being adept at multi-tasking and unfazed by the demands of multiple stakeholders.
- an interest in developing and maintaining an understanding of HR/recruitment best practice and applying it to ensure HR processes are carried out effectively and with a high level of attention to detail.
Experience writing content for job adverts, websites and profiles would be advantageous, but not essential.
Further information
This role is fixed-term with an expected duration of 18 months, to cover a secondment.
For an informal discussion about the position please contact Kate Harper, Talent Acquisition Manager (kwh33@bath.ac.uk), however, please submit your application via the University website.
This position is full-time (36.5 hours) per week, but we're flexible and open to discussing job-sharing arrangements to ensure continuous full-time coverage. If you're interested in this role on a job-share basis, please indicate so on your application form. Additionally, feel free to discuss your preferences during the interview. We value flexibility and are open to exploring potential opportunities with you.
What we can offer you:
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
- Free counselling services through Health Assured
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Staff discount at Team Bath gym
- Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
- Staff discount on language courses
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes
- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
- Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
- Local discounts and more
- A family-friendly workplace
- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- Relocation allowance
- Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
We are committed to continually expanding our benefits to better support you and enhance your experience with us. Find out more about our benefits.
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