Recruitment Team Lead

Jobtailor; Salford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United Kingdom (Salford) is seeking an experienced Recruitment Leader to provide day-to-day leadership and specialist support to the in-house recruitment team within a university setting.

The role focuses on coaching recruiters, ensuring policy compliance, quality assurance, and excellent candidate experiences, while driving continuous improvement across processes and systems including Oracle Recruitment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience within an in-house recruitment environment.
• Experience supervising and coordinating recruitment teams and operational activity.
• Strong knowledge of recruitment policies, employment legislation and recruitment best practice.
• Experience of quality assurance, compliance monitoring or audit processes.
• Experience using HR and recruitment management systems.
• Ability to provide advice, guidance and support to colleagues and stakeholders.
• Strong customer service focus.
• Commitment to delivering an outstanding recruitment experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership and specialist support to the in-house Recruitment team.
• Support and coach Recruiters.
• Act as the first point of escalation for recruitment queries and complex cases.
• Monitor recruitment activity, vacancy progress and service performance against key metrics.
• Oversee recruitment compliance, audit and quality assurance activity.
• Support the effective use of Oracle Recruitment.
• Champion inclusive recruitment practices.
• Help drive continuous improvement across recruitment processes, systems and service delivery.
• Ensure recruitment activity is efficient, accurate, compliant with University policies, employment legislation and UKVI requirements, and customer-focused.
• Deliver an excellent experience for recruiting managers and candidates.

Skills

In-house recruitment

Team supervision

Policies & legislation

Quality assurance

HR systems

Advising stakeholders

Customer service

Candidate experience

Tools

Oracle Recruitment

Job description

• Provide day-to-day leadership and specialist support to the in-house Recruitment team
• Support and coach Recruiters
• Act as the first point of escalation for recruitment queries and complex cases
• Monitor recruitment activity, vacancy progress and service performance against key metrics
• Oversee recruitment compliance, audit and quality assurance activity
• Support the effective use of Oracle Recruitment
• Champion inclusive recruitment practices
• Help drive continuous improvement across recruitment processes, systems and service delivery
• Ensure recruitment activity is efficient, accurate, compliant with University policies, employment legislation and UKVI requirements, and customer-focused
• Deliver an excellent experience for recruiting managers and candidates

Requirements

• Significant experience within an in-house recruitment environment
• Experience supervising and coordinating recruitment teams and operational activity
• Strong knowledge of recruitment policies, employment legislation and recruitment best practice
• Experience of quality assurance, compliance monitoring or audit processes
• Experience using HR and recruitment management systems
• Ability to provide advice, guidance and support to colleagues and stakeholders
• Strong customer service focus
• Commitment to delivering an outstanding recruitment experience

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in in-house recruitment leadership, compliance monitoring, and quality assurance, while fostering inclusive recruitment practices and delivering exceptional candidate experiences.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• In-House Recruitment Experience
• Recruitment Team Supervision
• Compliance Monitoring
• Oracle Recruitment
• Customer Service Focus

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Recruitment Policies
• Employment Legislation
• Quality Assurance
• Audit Processes
• HR Management Systems

Soft Skills

• Coaching
• Advising
• Stakeholder Support

Industry Keywords

• Inclusive Recruitment Practices
• Continuous Improvement
• Service Delivery
• Recruitment Compliance

Tools & Technologies

• Oracle Recruitment