Head of Recruitment

NHS Professionals; Hemel Hempstead; Hybride; GBP 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Generous annual leave

Talent development & progression

Pension up to 10%

Life Assurance

Group Income Protection

Wellbeing Programme

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Discounts platform

Résumé du poste

NHS Professionals is seeking a senior Recruitment Solutions Lead to drive recruitment and workforce solutions for the Doctors Direct team. You will lead onsite and central recruitment groups, shaping strategy, improving fill rates and delivering strong commercial performance with senior client stakeholders.

You will manage budgets and P&L, develop candidate attraction strategies and partner across Sales, Marketing and operations to deliver growth and better candidate experience.

Qualifications

• Senior experience within recruitment, workforce solutions or staffing.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including budgets or P&L experience.
• Proven track record of improving recruitment performance, fill rates and retention.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Data-driven and strategic approach, turning insight into action.
• Experience developing recruitment, candidate attraction or account growth strategies.
• Collaborative, innovative approach with focus on client and candidate experience.

Responsabilités

• Lead, develop and motivate high-performing recruitment teams.
• Drive fill rates, recruitment, retention and workforce utilisation across Doctors Direct.
• Take ownership of budgets, P&L, income growth and performance targets.
• Build strong relationships with senior client stakeholders and internal teams.
• Develop candidate attraction and recruitment strategies to support growth and improve the candidate experience.
• Use data and market insight to identify opportunities and improve business performance.
• Identify opportunities for account growth, new revenue streams and service development.
• Work collaboratively with Sales, Marketing and other teams to support new business and client implementation.
• Continuously improve recruitment processes, reducing time to hire and enhancing the client/candidate experience.

Connaissances

Senior recruitment exp

Commercial acumen

Retention improvement

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Data-driven

Account growth strategies

Client/candidate experience

Description du poste

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced and commercially driven Recruitment Solutions Lead to join our Doctors Direct team and play a key role in shaping our recruitment and workforce solutions.

This is a senior leadership role responsible for leading onsite and central recruitment teams, driving candidate attraction, retention and fill rates, and delivering strong commercial performance. You will work closely with senior clients and internal stakeholders to develop recruitment solutions, grow accounts and identify new opportunities.

About you

You will be an experienced recruitment or workforce solutions leader with a proven track record of leading teams, managing client relationships and delivering commercial results.

This is a Fixed Term Contract until October 2027.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead, develop and motivate high-performing recruitment teams.
• Drive fill rates, recruitment, retention and workforce utilisation across Doctors Direct.
• Take ownership of budgets, P&L, income growth and performance targets.
• Build strong relationships with senior client stakeholders and internal teams.
• Develop candidate attraction and recruitment strategies to support growth and improve the candidate experience.
• Use data and market insight to identify opportunities and improve business performance.
• Identify opportunities for account growth, new revenue streams and service development.
• Work collaboratively with Sales, Marketing and other teams to support new business and client implementation.
• Continuously improve recruitment processes, reducing time to hire and enhancing the experience of clients, candidates and Bank Members.

Why join us?

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real strategic impact within Doctors Direct, shaping recruitment solutions, developing teams and helping to deliver workforce solutions that make a difference across the NHS.

If you are a commercially minded recruitment leader who enjoys developing people, building strong client partnerships and delivering measurable results, we would love to hear from you.

About The Candidate

To be successful in this post, you will need:

• Senior experience within recruitment, workforce solutions, staffing or a similar environment.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including experience managing budgets and/or P&L.
• A proven track record of improving recruitment performance, fill rates and retention.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills.
• A data-driven and strategic approach, with the ability to turn insight into action.
• Experience developing recruitment, candidate attraction or account growth strategies.
• A collaborative, innovative approach and a strong focus on client and candidate experience.

About Us

In return for your commitment, we will offer you some fantastic benefits:

• Generous annual leave allowance with the ability to buy and sell - 27 days per year, plus bank holidays
• A commitment to talent management & development
• Values Star of the Month! - Our star of the month award enables you to recognise colleagues or teams that have gone the extra mile and they could win £100 worth of shopping vouchers
• Pension – We’ll contribute up to 10% towards your pension if you join our stakeholder pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Group Income Protection
• Wellbeing Programme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Engagement & discounts platform

About Us:

NHS Professionals (NHSP) run the largest NHS flexible staff bank, placing highly skilled temporary workers in NHS Trusts to meet their short, medium and long-term needs. Uniquely we are owned by the Department of Health and Social Care and we therefore reinvest any surplus we make directly back into the NHS.

NHSP is committed to being an inclusive employer of choice, working with a variety of partner organisations which provide valuable insights and best practice. We are accredited as a Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute and recognised as one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work. As part of our ongoing commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, we have been awarded the Race Equality CodeQuality Markand are a signatory of Disability Confident, Menopause Pledge and Mental Health at Work Commitment.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)

As part of our commitment to EDI, as well as having a number of related staff support networks and calendar of activities, NHS professionals is also working to the following aims:

• To ensure we become an inclusive recruiter of choice, encompassing a fully diverse workforce, which truly reflects society
• To proactively embed the EDI agenda, in a meaningful way, in all that it does
• To create a psychologically safe environment in which everyone can thrive and be at their best
• To actively support and Include disabled people as part of our commitment to the Disability Confident scheme, including offering an interview to applicants to who meet the minimum criteria and choose to apply under the scheme.

We particularly welcome applications from people from minority groups and will provide support to ensure an equitable process.