HR Recruitment Coordinator – AR

Carrington Blake Recruitment; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Carrington Blake Recruitment is seeking a proactive HR Recruitment Coordinator to support the Children & Education Services Target Operating Model implementation. The role focuses on hands-on recruitment coordination, tracking, and onboarding across TOM vacancies.

You will work with a Recruitment Lead, Senior Programme Manager, Business Analysts, and support resources to keep recruitment activity compliant, timely, and accurate, helping to drive transformation milestones.

Qualifications

• Experience in recruitment administration or recruitment support.
• Experience coordinating recruitment activity in fast-paced environments.
• Experience supporting high-volume recruitment or workforce transformation programmes.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail, especially with offers and pre-employment checks.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in a Local Authority or public sector environment is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and regularly update the recruitment tracker for TOM vacancies.
• Coordinate recruitment activity and monitor progress against timelines.
• Raise job requisitions using Oracle Fusion.
• Arrange interview panels, coordinate diaries, send invites and book rooms.
• Coordinate communication with recruiting managers and candidates.
• Process offers and progress associated administration.
• Lead and monitor pre-employment checks to ensure timely clearances.
• Escalate delays, risks or issues that may impact timelines.
• Support onboarding arrangements to enable quick starts.
• Ensure recruitment activity is compliant and aligned with HR processes.

Skills

Recruitment coordination

Recruitment administration

High-volume recruitment

Organisation

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Public sector experience

Tools

Oracle Fusion

Job description

HR Recruitment Coordinator (3 months) to provide dedicated recruitment administration and coordination support for implementation of the Children & Education Services Target Operating Model (TOM)

Working alongside: A Recruitment Lead, Senior Programme Manager, Business Analysts, and Business Support resource(s) (one or two posts), supporting the wider transformation and mobilisation programme.

Reason for support: The TOM includes significant recruitment activity, appointments, onboarding and workforce changes which require focused operational support to ensure delivery at pace.

Role focus: To provide hands‑on recruitment coordination and administration, ensuring all recruitment activity is accurately tracked, progressed quickly and completed within required timescales.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and regularly update the recruitment tracker for all TOM-related vacancies.
• Coordinate recruitment activity and monitor progress against agreed timelines.
• Raise job requisitions using Oracle Fusion.
• Arrange interview panels, co-ordinate diaries, send invites and book meetings rooms.
• Coordinate communication with recruiting managers and candidates.
• Process offers of employment and progress associated administration.
• Lead and monitor pre‑employment checks to ensure timely clearances.
• Escalate delays, risks or issues that may impact appointment timelines.
• Support onboarding arrangements to enable candidates to start as quickly as possible.
• Ensure recruitment activity is compliant, accurate and aligned with HR processes.

Essential Criteria:

• Previous experience in a recruitment administration, recruitment coordination or recruitment support role.
• Experience managing recruitment activity accurately and efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience supporting high-volume recruitment or workforce transformation programmes.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail, particularly when progressing offers and pre‑employment checks.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Previous recruitment experience within a Local Authority or wider public sector organisation would be beneficial