Recruitment Team Leader

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS FT; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Sheffield is seeking a Recruitment Team Leader to manage and develop their recruitment team. This role involves overseeing recruitment strategies, ensuring compliance with NHS guidelines, and enhancing team effectiveness. The ideal candidate has significant experience in recruitment administration and a strong ability to build professional relationships. This full-time position offers an annual salary of £29,970 to £36,483, with a focus on fostering a proactive and efficient recruitment process.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in recruitment administration in a process-driven environment.
• Experience working to KPIs, deadlines, and high customer service standards.
• Evidence of providing professional recruitment advice.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational management of the recruitment service to meet quality standards.
• Develop and support team through coaching and guidance.
• Provide advice and support on recruitment processes and compliance.

Skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Proactive relationship building

Problem-solving

Customer service orientation

Education

Degree or equivalent level of training in administration/HR/employment law

Tools

NHS Jobs

MS Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

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Job Summary

You will lead and grow your team to deliver a centralised recruitment service which is proactive, works in a timely manner and is effective in reducing vacancies and time to hire. This includes the recruitment of medical and temporary staffing posts.

Job Summary

You will lead and grow your team to deliver a centralised recruitment service which is proactive, works in a timely manner and is effective in reducing vacancies and time to hire. This includes the recruitment of medical and temporary staffing posts.

Main duties of the job

You will support the day-to-day operational management of the recruitment service, ensuring that team workloads are managed to agreed quality standards and key performance indicators. You will also lead and develop your team to work collaboratively and flexibly to meet the needs of the service and recruitment demands of the Trust.

You will provide expert advice, guidance, and direction on written policy or procedures aligned to recruitment processes, employment legislation and NHS Guidelines. This will also include advice on developing effective campaigns and utilising social media as appropriate and innovative selection techniques to ensure we attract and appoint the best candidates.

You will ensure your team adhere to best practice, NHS Employers and other Statutory employment requirements and continue to innovate and improve the service offer.

About Us

At SHSC, we prioritise the well-being and safety of both our service users and employees. It is our policy and a condition of employment that you will need to undertake a basic DBS check.

Details

Date posted

12 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

457-25-7174705-A

Job locations

Centre Court

Atlas Way

Sheffield

S4 7TT

Job Description

Job responsibilities

To establish good communications and working relationships with Care and Corporate Group leaders that ensures a good understanding of their Groups vacancies, time to hire rates, and forward recruitment planning needs.

To recruit, train, manage and develop the members of their Team, ensuring they are competent, confident, and committed to applying the Trusts policies and procedures to a consistently excellent standard.

To be responsible for the day-to-day operational effectiveness of the Recruitment team, ensuring that appropriate processes are in place to deliver a streamlined service from the commencement of the recruitment campaign to full pre-employment checks.

To carry out regular supervision with team members, ensuring that their workloads are organised to deliver recruitment services in accordance with agreed Key performance indicators.

To provide Recruiting managers and other relevant parties with advice, support, and guidance on all aspects of the recruitment process, including assessment and selection principles, employment legislation and NHS Guidelines.

To maintain knowledge on candidate attraction and social media options available and promote and advise recruiting managers on options available and facilitate support from the Communications team.

To upskill recruiting managers by coaching and delivery of formal training.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

To establish good communications and working relationships with Care and Corporate Group leaders that ensures a good understanding of their Groups vacancies, time to hire rates, and forward recruitment planning needs.

To recruit, train, manage and develop the members of their Team, ensuring they are competent, confident, and committed to applying the Trusts policies and procedures to a consistently excellent standard.

To be responsible for the day-to-day operational effectiveness of the Recruitment team, ensuring that appropriate processes are in place to deliver a streamlined service from the commencement of the recruitment campaign to full pre-employment checks.

To carry out regular supervision with team members, ensuring that their workloads are organised to deliver recruitment services in accordance with agreed Key performance indicators.

To provide Recruiting managers and other relevant parties with advice, support, and guidance on all aspects of the recruitment process, including assessment and selection principles, employment legislation and NHS Guidelines.

To maintain knowledge on candidate attraction and social media options available and promote and advise recruiting managers on options available and facilitate support from the Communications team.

To upskill recruiting managers by coaching and delivery of formal training.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Ability to analyse, interpret and report data
• Good interpersonal skills for establishing effective working relationships with Recruiting Managers
• Good communications skills that ensure information provided to team members, applicants and recruiting managers is understood and effective
• Proactive approach to building effective relationships.
• Demonstrates experience and well- developed understanding of what good teamworking looks like
• Self-driven, customer and results focussed
• Ability to problem solve problems through analytical and structured thought processes
• Knowledge of NHS Employers Recruitment Standards, and Employment Legislation as it relates to Recruitment
  
  

Essential

Training & Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent level of training and experience in relevant field such as administration/HR/employment law
• Evidence of continuous professional development
  
  

Desirable

• Working towards CIPD accreditation
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of recruitment administration in an environment that is highly process driven and has strong governance requirements
• Experience of working to KPI's, Targets and deadlines
• Experience of working within an environment where high standards of customer service were required
• Experience of regularly using a range of IT packages (these may include ESR, NHS Jobs, MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook etc TRAC or other ATS.)
• Evidence of providing professional recruitment advice and support to managers
  
  

Desirable

• Experience of job evaluation
• Experience of creating recruitment campaigns including through social media
  
  

Person Specification

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Significant experience of recruitment administration in an environment that is highly process driven and has strong governance requirements
• Experience of working to KPI's, Targets and deadlines
• Experience of working within an environment where high standards of customer service were required
• Experience of regularly using a range of IT packages (these may include ESR, NHS Jobs, MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook etc TRAC or other ATS.)
• Evidence of providing professional recruitment advice and support to managers
  
  

Desirable

• Experience of job evaluation
• Experience of creating recruitment campaigns including through social media
  
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Centre Court

Atlas Way

Sheffield

S4 7TT

Employer's website

https://www.shsc.nhs.uk/working-us (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Centre Court

Atlas Way

Sheffield

S4 7TT

Employer's website

https://www.shsc.nhs.uk/working-us (Opens in a new tab)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Staffing and Recruiting

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