Recruitment Support Specialist - Inclusive Hiring & Onboarding

Lambeth Council; Greater London; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stonewall Diversity Champion

Living Wage Employer

Interviews for disabled candidates

Job summary

Lambeth Council is seeking three Recruitment Officers to join our HR & OD team in London. You will coordinate end-to-end recruitment, ensuring a professional candidate experience and compliance with employment law.

Working within the One HR service, you’ll help deliver a modern, digitally enabled recruitment process and support safer recruitment checks, right-to-work verifications and inclusive practices across a diverse borough.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of recruitment processes and administrative procedures.
• Understanding of inclusive recruitment practice and equality, diversity, and inclusion principles.
• Experience supporting or delivering recruitment activity or providing HR/customer-focused administrative support.
• Experience maintaining accurate records and working with systems or databases.
• Experience working as part of a team to deliver a consistent and customer-focused service.
• Relevant qualification in HR, business administration, or equivalent experience (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate recruitment processes, from onboarding onwards.
• Act as a key contact for candidates and managers, ensuring a professional and customer-focused experience.
• Support safer recruitment, including right to work checks, references, and DBS processes.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and organisational policies.
• Maintain accurate recruitment records and documentation.
• Apply inclusive recruitment practices and support accessible processes.
• Use recruitment systems and digital platforms effectively.
• Support recruitment-related guidance for managers.
• Work collaboratively with HR and organisational colleagues.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of recruitment processes and candidate experience.

Skills

Recruitment processes

Inclusive recruitment

HR/administrative support

Records management

Team working

Education

HR or Business Administration qualification (desirable)

Job description

Lambeth Council is seeking three Recruitment Officers to join our HR & OD team in London. You will coordinate end-to-end recruitment, ensuring a professional candidate experience and compliance with employment law.

Working within the One HR service, you’ll help deliver a modern, digitally enabled recruitment process and support safer recruitment checks, right-to-work verifications and inclusive practices across a diverse borough.