Recruiter

Pilgrims Europe; Craigavon; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food production company in Craigavon is seeking a passionate Recruiter to manage recruitment activities and enhance employer branding. The role involves collaborating with Hiring Managers, creating job adverts, and championing diversity in recruitment efforts. Ideal candidates will have a strong understanding of recruitment compliance, excellent communication skills, and experience with diverse workforces. This position is office-based with regular travel to sites.

Qualifications

• Experience working with diverse, multi-level workforces.
• Familiarity with recruitment reporting and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Hiring Managers to manage recruitment.
• Create job adverts and role profiles.
• Champion diversity and inclusion in recruitment efforts.

Skills

Strong understanding of recruitment compliance and best practices

Analytical mindset

Excellent communication skills

Confident influencer

Detail-oriented

Tools

IT systems including Excel

SAP knowledge

Job description

Overview

Join Our Team as a Recruiter!
Location: Office-based, with regular travel to sites

At Pilgrim's, our people really make the difference. We're on the lookout for a passionate and proactive recruitment professional to join our team and help us attract top talent across the business. If you're driven by making meaningful connections and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!

Purpose of the Role

Working closely with the Talent Manager, HR teams, Hiring Managers, and key stakeholders, you\'ll support all recruitment activity across the business. Your mission? To help us fill roles within a 30-day time-to-hire window, strengthen our employer brand, and ensure Pilgrim\'s is seen as an employer of choice.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Hiring Managers to manage recruitment from vacancy approval to offer stage.
• Use your network and available tools to attract top talent and build a future-ready pipeline.
• Collaborate with external recruitment partners when needed.
• Act as a recruitment subject matter expert, offering training and ensuring compliance.
• Create compelling job adverts and role profiles.
• Share weekly vacancy updates with the Communications Team.
• Support employer branding and engagement initiatives.
• Champion diversity and inclusion in all recruitment efforts.
• Research and implement innovative attraction strategies.
• Represent Pilgrim\'s at recruitment events and career fairs.
• Take ownership of your own development and be a role model recruiter.
• Assist with onboarding activities including offers and contracts.
• Travel regularly to sites to build relationships and support hiring needs.

Skills & Knowledge

Skills

• Strong understanding of recruitment compliance and best practices
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret and present data
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Confident influencer with a collaborative approach
• Commercially aware and able to prioritise effectively
• Detail-oriented and hands-on

Knowledge

• Solid grasp of core HR and recruitment processes
• Experience working with diverse, multi-level workforces (blue and white collar)
• Familiarity with recruitment reporting and data analysis
• Proficient in IT systems including Excel; SAP knowledge is a plus (training provided)

The company

Pilgrim\'s Europe produces some of the best-known and most iconic brands in the UK and Ireland, including Fridge Raiders, Rollover, Denny, Richmond, Oakhouse and Moy Park, alongside a diverse range of industry leading own-label products in categories including fresh pork, lamb and chicken, working with all the major retailers and food service outlets.

Our portfolio extends to authentic chilled and frozen ready meals, snacking ranges, added value and food service products.

Across Pilgrim\'s Europe we combine 20,000 of the best people in the industry, united by a shared set of core values and a passion for producing the highest quality, most delicious and innovative food, which is enjoyed by millions of people in the UK, Ireland and Europe every day. Our Pilgrim\'s Europe team are based in our Pilgrim\'s UK, Moy Park, Pilgrim\'s Food Masters and Pilgrim\'s Shared Services businesses.

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