Recruitment and Resourcing Officer - maternity cover

Loughborough University; Loughborough; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Loughborough University seeks a Recruitment and Resourcing Officer on a full-time, fixed-term basis to cover maternity leave. This position involves managing recruitment processes, providing advice to hiring managers, and ensuring a smooth onboarding experience for new employees. The university values diversity and inclusion and offers a supportive work environment with flexible work arrangements.

Benefits

Generous Holiday Allowance of 36 days

Financial wellbeing with competitive pay and pension schemes

On-site nursery and flexible working options

Discounted gym memberships and access to sports facilities

Qualifications

• Experience in administration within recruitment is preferred.
• Ability to prioritize and process tasks accurately and timely.
• Comfortable advising colleagues at all university levels.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment process from advertising to onboarding.
• Provide recruitment advice to hiring managers.
• Conduct right to work checks and manage Certificates of Sponsorship.

Skills

Customer Service

Administration

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Applications

Job description

The University is dedicated to supporting an equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment - to create better futures, together. The diverse backgrounds, characteristics and opinions within our community are our great strength and are key to our pursuit of delivering educational excellence, enterprise, research and professional services. We welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds and minoritized groups as they are currently under-represented within our community.

We recognise the value of a fulfilling and balanced work and personal life which promotes wellbeing. We seek to support colleagues in achieving this balance and have family-friendly policies, flexible working arrangements and many roles can be suitable for dynamic working arrangement. This includes considering applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.

We are proud to be a Real Living Wage Employer—so much so that we go beyond the standard, providing additional supplementary payments at specific pay points to further support our employees' financial wellbeing. Further information about the Loughborough Real Living Wage Supplement can be found on our HR webpage .

Loughborough University is a UKVI Sponsor. Some individuals may require sponsorship to enable them to apply for a visa to provide them with the right to work in the UK. Please note certain roles are not eligible for sponsorship. For further information and eligibility please visit the UKVI website .

Job details

Job title Recruitment and Resourcing Officer - maternity cover Job reference REQ250450 Date posted 06/06/2025 Application closing date 23/06/2025 Location Loughborough Package Administrative Services grade 4 from £26527 to £28381 per annum. Subject to annual pay award. Job description

Hybrid working: a mix of working in the office ideally on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and from home on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Full-time and Fixed term up to 12 months to cover maternity leave.

Do you enjoy working with a wide range of stakeholders? Do you thrive on a providing an exceptional customer service?

We have an opportunity for an individual to join us as a Recruitment Officer to cover maternity leave up to 12 months or until the earlier return of the substantive post holder.

Our Recruitment and Resourcing team are responsible for managing the end-to-end recruitment process for all academic and professional services roles acrossthe University.

About the role:

• Daily, you’ll manage your own portfolio being responsible for the end-to-end recruitment process – from advertising to onboarding successful candidates.

• You’ll provide recruitment and resourcing advice to your hiring managers including where and how to advertise creatively

• You’ll support on immigration activities in relation to the new starter process; including right to work checks and Certificates of Sponsorships.

• Be supported by a Senior Recruitment Officer and a Senior Immigration Officer, as well as a Team Leader.

Key Requirements:

• You’ll need to be comfortable talking to and advising colleagues at all levels of the university.

• Have a can-do attitude and thrive on providing excellent customer service to our candidates and key stakeholders.

• You will be the first point of contact in the team for your designated portfolio customers and will work alongside ateam of fellow Officers.

• You will need to have administration experience and ideally, this would be in a recruitment and resourcing environment, but this is not essential.

• Your previous administration experience should include prioritising and processing high numbers of tasks with a high level of accuracy and in a timely manner, as well as experience of IT systems including Microsoft applications.

If you feel you have the necessary experience and skills and would like to be part of our welcoming team, we would love to hear from you!

We welcome applications from all walks of life, and we are really committed to diversity and inclusion in the way we manage recruitment and how we work with our colleagues at Loughborough University. We’ll expect you to be committed too.

In return, we can offer you a supportive and friendly environment with lots of opportunity to learn and develop your personal and professional skills.

Our Benefits

Loughborough University offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you across different stages of your career and personal life. Here are just some of the key benefits:

Generous Holiday Allowance 36 days – including 14 university closure days and bank holidays and the option to purchase more.

Financial wellbeing with competitive pay, two great pension schemes, and opportunities to make savings every day.

Supporting you and your family – with an on-site nursery, flexible and hybrid working options and healthcare offers including eyesight testing and wellbeing support.

Your health and wellbeing - discounted gym memberships, access to incredible sporting facilities including physiotherapy that you’d expect from the world’s No 1 sporting university.

We continuously review our staff benefits and advantages and you’ll find ourcomplete package on our webpage.

For an informal discussion please contact Kreena Hemraj, Recruitment and Resourcing Team Leader [e-mail] , telephone on 01509 222771.

For more information refer to the full job description and person specification .

We happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process. If there are additional adjustments, you’d like to request please contact Kreena Hemraj on [e-mail]. We also offer reasonable adjustments on the job.

Application Process:

• Applications for the role will be reviewed against the essential and desirable criteria listed in the person specification. Please ensure you clearly state how you meet each of the essential (and desirable) criteria in your application giving examples

• For further support with your application, pleaserefer to our application guidance , which includes some top tips and support to help you when completing your application

Application closing date: Monday 23 June 2025

Interview date: Friday 11 July 2025