NHS Recruitment & Workforce Mobilisation Lead

Korn Ferry; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Korn Ferry urgently seeks an experienced Workforce Manager/Recruitment & Mobilisation Lead to coordinate a major NHS recruitment and onboarding programme in London. The role supports building workforce infrastructure and onboarding up to 100 employees in the first year, with external administration support and a focus on planning, checks and reporting.

The post emphasizes workforce mobilisation, end-to-end onboarding, compliance with NHS standards, and robust KPI dashboards.

Qualifications

• Significant NHS recruitment or workforce services experience.
• Knowledge of NHS employment checks and safer recruitment requirements.
• Experience coordinating end-to-end recruitment campaigns.
• Experience managing outsourced recruitment providers.
• Strong onboarding, workforce mobilisation and reporting experience.
• Knowledge of workforce planning, establishment control and recruitment metrics.
• Excellent stakeholder management, organisation and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Translate the approved workforce structure into prioritised recruitment plans.
• Coordinate recruitment activity with hiring managers and external delivery partners.
• Track vacancies through approval, attraction, selection, offer, employment checks and start date.
• Own the workforce mobilisation tracker and end-to-end onboarding process.
• Ensure compliance with NHS Employment Check Standards and safer recruitment requirements.
• Maintain accurate establishment, vacancy and position-control information.
• Develop recruitment dashboards covering vacancies, offers, checks, starts and time to hire.
• Identify recruitment risks, dependencies and process blockages.
• Support ESR, NHS Jobs and recruitment process improvement.

Skills

NHS recruitment experience

Workforce planning

Stakeholder management

Onboarding & reporting

Recruitment metrics

Education

CIPD qualification

Tools

ESR

NHS Jobs

Job description

Korn Ferry urgently seeks an experienced Workforce Manager/Recruitment & Mobilisation Lead to coordinate a major NHS recruitment and onboarding programme in London. The role supports building workforce infrastructure and onboarding up to 100 employees in the first year, with external administration support and a focus on planning, checks and reporting.

The post emphasizes workforce mobilisation, end-to-end onboarding, compliance with NHS standards, and robust KPI dashboards.