Recruiter

PKF FRANCIS CLARK; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accounting firm in the UK seeks a friendly recruiter to join their in-house team. This role involves collaborating with hiring managers to understand recruitment needs, creating engaging job adverts, and supporting candidates through the hiring process. The ideal candidate has proven recruitment experience and strong communication skills, and is proactive in sourcing talent. The firm boasts a commitment to employee wellbeing and offers hybrid working options.

Benefits

Pension

Group life assurance

Health cash plan

Counselling support

Cycle to work scheme

Gym discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in full-cycle recruitment, ideally in-house or within an agency.
• Strong writing skills for job adverts and recruitment communications.
• Confidence and creativity in tackling hard-to-fill roles and sourcing hard-to-find talent.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with hiring managers to understand recruitment needs.
• Create engaging job adverts and promote roles.
• Support sourcing candidates and coordinating offers.

Skills

Full-cycle recruitment experience

Strong writing skills

Confidence in sourcing talent

Customer service commitment

Flexible and proactive attitude

Job description

Overview

In a nutshellWe're looking for a friendly and enthusiastic recruiter to join our in-house recruitment team. You'll support hiring across different areas of the firm, working closely with hiring managers to help find and attract the right candidates. You'll be part of a collaborative and welcoming team that's committed to delivering a smooth and positive experience for everyone involved in the recruitment process.

What you'll be doing day to day

• Collaborate with hiring managers to understand recruitment needs and help shape the best approach
• Create engaging job adverts and work with our Marketing Team to promote roles
• Support departments by sourcing candidates, review applications, and coordinate offers
• Help ensure a smooth onboarding experience by working with hiring managers and the wider People Team
• Talk through job offers and terms with successful candidates
• Use recruitment systems to keep track of applications and progress
• Liaise with trusted external recruitment agencies to support hiring for specialist or hard-to-fill roles
• Involvement in team projects and to help improve how we work

Qualifications

• Proven experience in full-cycle recruitment, ideally in-house or within an agency
• Strong writing skills for job adverts and recruitment communications
• Confidence and creativity in tackling hard-to-fill roles and sourcing hard-to-find talent
• Commitment to delivering an excellent service to candidates, hiring managers, and colleagues
• Flexible, proactive approach, with the ability to travel between offices and adapt to changing priorities
• Experience in a professional services environment is desirable but not essential

Why work at PKF Francis Clark

As the largest firm of independent chartered accountants and business advisers in South West England, PKF Francis Clark offers a breadth of opportunities to develop your career in the way that's right for you. Established in 1919, we've grown to a team of nearly 1,000 people, based across our offices in Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Poole, Salisbury, Southampton, Taunton, Torquay and Truro. This means we're big enough to do challenging work for exciting clients, but small enough to maintain our friendly and supportive culture. We work hard to ensure you can belong, be yourself and be brilliant as part of a forward-thinking team. This includes a flexible approach to hybrid working. And our focus on wellbeing and learning and development has been recognised nationally. For the past three years, PKF Francis Clark has been certified as a Great Place to Work and ranked among the UK's Best Workplaces. In 2025, we climbed four places to 20 out of 100 large organisations on this prestigious list. We're also in the UK's top 10 Best Workplaces for Women (6 out of 100 large organisations), as well as being ranked among the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing (35 out of 100), Best Workplaces for Development (24 out of 100) and Best Workplaces in Consulting and Professional Services. All these lists are compiled by workplace culture experts Great Place to Work. Our rankings are a direct result of feedback from our people in a confidential, independent annual survey. The success rates of our trainees mean we're also ranked 33rd in The Sunday Times Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers 2025. While we're proudly independent, we collaborate with colleagues around the world to enable our clients to succeed. PKF Francis Clark is a member of the PKF Global family of firms - together we're the 12th largest provider of accountancy services in the UK. Being part of this international network provides opportunities to connect with like-minded accountants and business advisers in 150 countries.

Your core benefits

Core benefits

Financial benefits:

• Pension
• Group life assurance - up to four times your core salary
• Group income protection
• Health cash plan to help cover the costs of everyday healthcare

Health & Wellbeing benefits:

• Option to buy 5 extra days holiday
• Counselling and support for you and your immediate family
• Virtual GP for you and your immediate family
• Cycle to work

Other benefits:

• Medicash Extras providing you with shopping and gym discounts
• Gifts for career and family milestones
• One volunteering day per year to support local organisations
• Emergency funding from the Francis Clark Charitable Foundation

Please note

• These benefits are provided via a salary exchange and are subject to employee's post exchange hourly rate remaining above the national minimum wage.