Recruitment Advisor

Ark; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible hours

27 days annual leave increasing with 3

Pension scheme with 11% employer 12"

Remote work up to 10 days/year

Professional learning opportunities

Ark Rewards scheme

Job summary

Ark is seeking a Recruitment Lead for Ark Teacher Training to manage end-to-end recruitment of high-quality trainee teachers for Ark and partner schools. The role focuses on attracting candidates and guiding them through the recruitment process.

Based in our West London office with hybrid working, you will build university partnerships, deliver engaging presentations, screen applicants, and collaborate with HRBs and school principals to meet recruitment targets.

Qualifications

• Qualified to degree level or equivalent relevant experience.
• Right to work in the U.K.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate relationships with target universities and community organisations to access their pool of potential candidates
• Deliver captivating presentations to groups of potential candidates to encourage applications
• Build rapport and connection with candidates to ensure that they have a positive experience of Ark recruitment and chose Ark as their preferred training provider
• Conduct initial screening and assessment centres for the Ark Teacher Training programme for your target geography
• Build and maintain close working relationships with HRBPs, Regional Directors & school Principals to ensure that their recruitment needs are understood and fulfilled effectively

Skills

Communication skills

Judgment

Motivated

Detail-oriented

Organised

Structured approach

Quick learner

Account management

Recruitment

Education experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

About The Role

Reports to: Deputy Head of Ark Teacher Training: Recruitment

Location: Currently operating hybrid working in our West London Office

Contract: Permanent

Pattern: Full Time (standard hours 9am - 5.30pm)

First round interviews w/c Mon, 09 Nov (virtual)

In this role, you will be responsible for the full recruitment process, bringing high-quality trainee teachers into Ark and Ark partner schools across the country. You will be responsible for attracting candidates to apply and then guiding them through the recruitment process.

Key Responsibilities

• Cultivate relationships with target universities and community organisations to access their pool of potential candidates
• Deliver captivating presentations to groups of potential candidates to encourage applications
• Build rapport and connection with candidates to ensure that they have a positive experience of Ark recruitment and chose Ark as their preferred training provider
• Conduct initial screening and assessment centres for the Ark Teacher Training programme for your target geography
• Build and maintain close working relationships with HRBPs, Regional Directors & school Principals to ensure that their recruitment needs are understood and fulfilled effectively

Qualification criteria

• Qualified to degree level or equivalent relevant experience
• Right to work in the U.K.

Knowledge & Skills

• Knowledge of account management skills, recruitment, or education – all three are not required if you can demonstrate the ability to learn quickly
• Possess excellent communication skills and demonstrate sound judgmentHighly motivated, detail-focused, and with an organised, structured approach to work
• Build quick rapport, particularly over the phone/online calls
• Experience of teaching/working in a school or educational organisation (desired)

Benefits

• Our flexible working model offers the best of both worlds, balancing in person collaboration, either in our state of the art West London office or through visits to our schools, with the flexibility of remote working
• In addition to flexible working arrangements, employees can request to work fully remotely for up to 10 working days a year, whether this be in the UK or abroad
• Our flexitime policy allows you to work your hours around our core hours of 10.00 - 16.00, helping you prioritise your work-life balance and personal commitments
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with each year of service up to 30 days after 3-years’ service. This entitlement is pro rata for part time employees. This entitlement excludes bank holidays
• Full office closure between Christmas and New Year
• As an Ark employee, you will have the opportunity to be part of the TPT (The Pension Trust) scheme, our workplace pension scheme where we make an 11% contribution; you are not required to contribute towards this scheme unless you choose to. Depending on your role you may also be entitled to LGPS which is a defined benefit scheme where you contribute a percentage based on how much you earn (as do we) in exchange for a guaranteed amount in your pension pot every year
• Access to high-quality professional learning throughout your career, offering both face-to-face sessions and a bespoke online learning platform
• Access to Ark Rewards scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers, interest-free loans available for season tickets or a bike, gym discounts offering up to 40% off your local gym and free eye tests

About Us

There are 34,000 students learning in our network of 48 schools across Birmingham, Hastings, London, Pontefract and Portsmouth. We’ve always believed that, with the right approach, every child has the potential to succeed. We work in the communities where we can make the biggest difference to children’s lives, and all our schools are non-selective. It works: our schools achieve great results – significantly outperforming national averages, especially when it comes to driving progress – the best measure for ‘closing the gap’. We take what we learn in our schools to develop new solutions and approaches that we can share. Over the last two decades, we have developed and incubated more than 20 projects and programmes, supporting them to scale and achieve systemic impact on the life chances of all children. Over 300,000 children currently learn using an Ark curriculum and our Ark Start nurseries are demonstrating a new model for early years education that we hope will become the norm.

Diversity and inclusion

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.

Safeguarding statement

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.