Recruitment Coordinator

Nova Care Group; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Nova Care Group in the North East is seeking a Recruitment Coordinator to join our expanding Careers Team. You’ll coordinate assessment days, support recruitment events and work with our Forces Transition Group partners to bring talented individuals into the Nova family.

You’ll manage candidate journeys from application through to onboarding, build strong relationships with candidates and partners, and help ensure we recruit the right people who can change lives.

Qualifications

• Experience in recruitment or coordination.
• Experience with events, customer service, administration or HR.
• Strong organisational skills and eye for detail.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate two assessment days every month and ensure candidates have a positive experience.
• Coordinate and attend 10+ recruitment events and job shows annually.
• Engage with Forces Transition Group partners to connect with skilled individuals.
• Manage candidate journeys from application through assessment and onboarding.
• Support recruitment of Support Workers and build teams delivering life-changing work.
• Build positive relationships with candidates, partners, community organisations and internal teams.
• Keep recruitment activity organised, professional and forward-moving.
• Work with Careers Team to ensure we find the right people.

Skills

Organisation

People-focused

Communication skills

Relationship-building

Event coordination

Job description

Recruitment Coordinator – North East

Find extraordinary people for extraordinary work.

Location: North East Office, Peterlee
Hours: Monday-Friday 9 am - 5 pm
Salary: £30,000 DOE

The right people change lives. Come and help us find them.

At Nova Care Group, we don't believe recruitment is about filling vacancies.

It's about finding the right people.

People with the resilience to do extraordinary work.
People who see the person, not the behaviour.
People who can bring compassion, courage and consistency to some of the most challenging moments in a young person's life.

And that's where you come in.

We're looking for a Recruitment Coordinator to join our growing Careers Team in the North East and help us find the extraordinary people who make extraordinary things happen every day.

This isn't your typical recruitment admin role. You'll be at the heart of our recruitment activity coordinating assessment days, supporting recruitment events, working alongside our Forces Transition Group partners, engaging with candidates and helping us bring brilliant Support Workers into the Nova family.

You will help make sure the right people are in the right place, at the right time, to change lives.

What will you be doing?

You’ll be the organisational heartbeat of our North East recruitment activity.

You’ll help us:

• Coordinate two assessment days every month, making sure candidates have an experience that reflects who we are.
• Coordinate and attend 10+ recruitment events and job shows throughout the year.
• Support our work with the Forces Transition Group, connecting with people who bring incredible skills and life experience into new careers.
• Coordinate candidate journeys from application through to assessment and onboarding.
• Support the recruitment of our Support Workers, helping us build the teams who deliver our life‑changing work.
• Build positive relationships with candidates, employment partners, community organisations and our internal teams.
• Keep our recruitment activity organised, professional and moving forward.
• Be part of the Careers Team that asks one very important question: "Are we finding the right people?"

And as you grow in confidence and capability, so will your role.

This role can grow with you.

We're not looking for someone who already knows everything. We're looking for someone who wants to learn, grow and become brilliant at recruitment.

You’ll work alongside experienced Careers Specialists and the Head of Careers, developing your skills across recruitment, candidate attraction, assessment, events and talent acquisition.

Over time, you'll have the opportunity to take on more responsibility for Support Worker recruitment, candidate sourcing, talent pipelines, employability partnerships and recruitment campaigns.

For the right person, this role can become the first step towards a future Careers Specialist position.

Who are we looking for?

You might already have recruitment or coordination experience.

You might come from events, customer service, administration, HR or another people-focused environment.

What matters most to us is who you are and how you work.

You’ll be:

• A brilliant organiser who loves making things happen.
• Naturally people-focused and genuinely interested in others.
• Confident speaking to candidates and building relationships.
• Comfortable juggling multiple priorities without losing your eye for detail.
• Proactive, positive and willing to get stuck in.
• Someone who takes pride in creating a great experience for people.
• Curious, ambitious and keen to develop your recruitment career.
• Aligned with our values and passionate about the work Nova does.

Why Nova?

Because this isn't just another job in recruitment.

You’ll be joining a team whose purpose is to find the people who change lives.

You’ll meet people from all walks of life, discover extraordinary stories and help people find careers they may never have imagined for themselves.

You’ll be part of assessment days where someone's career can change in a single day.

You’ll stand alongside people at job fairs, employability events and Forces Transition Group events, telling them about work that genuinely matters.

And you'll know that every great person you help bring through our doors has the potential to make an extraordinary difference to a young person's life.

Ready to find extraordinary people for extraordinary work?