Recruitment and People Services Administrator

The Ivy; Teignbridge; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 26,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Part-time contract

Career average pension

Ongoing professional development

Supportive team

Job summary

The Ivy is seeking a Recruitment and People Services Administrator to join our People Team and support recruitment from vacancy approval to onboarding. You will administer pre-employment checks, maintain records, and respond to first-line enquiries from managers and candidates.

In addition to recruitment tasks, you will provide high-quality admin support across a range of people services activities, helping colleagues receive a proactive, efficient, and professional service.

Qualifications

• Experience in recruitment administration or HR support.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Clear, professional communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate recruitment from vacancy approval through onboarding.
• Administer essential pre-employment and safeguarding checks.
• Maintain accurate records and support managers with enquiries.
• Provide high-quality admin support across people services activities.

Skills

Recruitment administration

Organisation

Communication

Job description

As our Recruitment and People Services Administrator, you will play a key role in attracting and welcoming talented people to our Trust. Working as part of a small, supportive People Team, you will coordinate recruitment activities from vacancy approval through to onboarding, ensuring candidates receive an excellent experience at every stage. You will be responsible for administering essential pre-employment and safeguarding checks, maintaining accurate records and supporting managers across our schools through responding to first line enquiries. Alongside recruitment, you will provide high-quality administrative support across a range of people services activities, helping to ensure our colleagues receive a proactive, efficient, and professional service.

If you are motivated by making a difference and would like to work in a team who directly support a team of incredible staff, we would welcome your application., If are an organised, customer-focused and take pride in delivering an accurate and efficient service that adds value to our customers, we would love to hear from you. Your clear communication skills, and enjoyment of building positive relationships will equip you well for this role. We work in a busy environment, if you enjoy managing multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail this could be a great role for you. We are on a journey to develop and improve our service. If you are proactive, solution-focused and comfortable using technology to improve the way you work, you will have the opportunity to use these skills. Most importantly, if you share our values of Courage, Compassion, Collaboration and Commitment, and are motivated by the opportunity to support the recruitment and retention of the exceptional people who make a difference to the lives of children and young people every day then we would love to hear from you.

• A role where your work really matters


• The opportunity to work in a team who are invested in creating the conditions to support the growth of others


• A part-time, part year contract


• Competitive package with generous career average pension scheme with employer contributions of c17%


• Ongoing professional development


• Employer contribution rates set by the Local Government Pension Scheme.