Resourcing Officer - based in London or Manchester

Dogs Trust Company Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading animal welfare charity is seeking a Resourcing Officer to enhance their recruitment processes. The role requires strong organizational and communication skills to manage high-volume hiring effectively. Successful candidates will work from the London or Manchester office part-time and handle all aspects of recruitment. Experience in a charity setting is ideal. Competitive salary offered between £32,000 and £34,500 annually, depending on location.

Qualifications

• Experience dealing with high volumes of recruitment, ideally in a charity setting.
• Ability to build relationships and provide excellent customer service.
• Creative approach to attracting candidates.

Responsibilities

• Engage hiring managers to agree recruitment plans.
• Create methods to attract candidates and ensure smooth recruitment.
• Keep ATS updated and train users.
• Design and conduct interviews and assessments.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication

Recruitment experience

Problem-solving

Tools

Applicant Tracking System (Pinpoint)

Job description

Resourcing Officer - based in London or Manchester

Application Deadline: 3 December 2025

Department: People

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London or another Dogs Trust site

Compensation: £32,000 - £34,500 per year (depending on location) + benefits

Description

Are you an experienced recruiter who loves dogs? We\'re looking for a new Resourcing Officer to help deliver excellent practice in all aspects of recruitment, ensuring the lifecycle runs smoothly and the right people are sourced for the right roles.

What does this role do?

As Resourcing Officer you\'ll:

• proactively engage hiring managers to agree recruitment plans, actively identifying, flagging and resolving issues as they arise
• create bespoke methods to attract candidates, providing clear communication and excellent customer service throughout the recruitment process
• ensure the ATS (Pinpoint) is kept up to date, and that users are trained and confident in using the system
• work with hiring managers to design and conduct robust interviews and assessments which ensure a fair and consistent recruitment experience
• guide and advise managers in making conditional job offers to successful candidates as quickly and efficiently as possible
• be responsible for recruitment administration, including interview arrangements, ensuring smooth on-boarding, dealing with enquiries, providing feedback and updating various systems and trackers, as required

Could this be you?

To be successful in this role you\'ll be well organised and creative, with experience of dealing with high volumes of recruitment, ideally in a charity setting.

You\'ll be a fantastic communicator who can build really strong relationships, is confident in giving advice and in making decisions, providing consistently good customer service.

This role can be based in London or Manchester and is required to work in the office 2 days a week, with the remaining time working from home.

Interviews will take place on 11th and 12th December and will be via Microsoft Teams.

What does this team do?

The People team is a growing team of over 40 friendly, hardworking colleagues delivering a first-class service to the organisation and our 1,650 employees in more than 70 workplaces. We work across all People activities including recruitment, pay and benefits, payroll, learning and development and employee engagement as well as providing pragmatic and principled guidance on individual people issues.

The Resourcing team of 5 recruits into around 80-100 vacancies at any one time, and over 600 vacancies in a year.