Senior Resourcing and Recruitment Coordinator

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust; Dartford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare trust in Dartford is seeking a Senior Resourcing and Recruitment Coordinator to join their team. This role involves supporting the full recruitment process, preparing advertisements, and managing pre-employment checks. The ideal candidate will have strong organizational and communication skills, with a commitment to providing excellent service to applicants. Experience in recruitment is beneficial but not essential. The trust values diversity and aims to support all applicants in a welcoming environment.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Qualifications

• Experience in recruitment is an advantage but not necessary.
• Ability to provide excellent customer service to applicants.
• Willingness to support volunteers as required.

Responsibilities

• Support the full end-to-end recruitment process.
• Prepare advertisements and set up interviews.
• Oversee pre-employment checks and provide customer service.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes.

Skills

Organized

Attention to detail

Great IT skills

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

An opportunity has arisen in our Resourcing and Recruitment Team for a Senior Resourcing and Recruitment Coordinator to join us in recruiting high calibre candidates into key Agenda for Change roles across our Trust. Our Resourcing and Recruitment Team play a key part in keeping our Trust running. Our in-house team manage the full recruitment cycle from advert to offer. You will be joining a large team with mixed experience at an exciting time of change. We are looking for someone who is organised, process driven, has attention to detail with great IT and communication skills. Previous recruitment experience is not a necessity but would be a great advantage.

We are a fun and friendly team, committed to delivering outstanding service to hiring managers so they can focus on caring for our patients. Whilst the successful candidate will be responsible for providing a high level customer service to all applicants, this post requires the successful candidate to be willing to provide additional support to our volunteers as and when required. This position will not be supported for visa sponsorship. All applicants are expected to have valid right to work document to work in the UK when applying for this position. Please note, this post may close earlier than the given closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Responsibilities

• As a Senior Resourcing and Recruitment Officer you will be providing support for the full end to end recruitment process. You will be supporting hiring managers to prepare advertisements and set up interviews.
• You will also be responsible for overseeing the pre-employment checks processes while providing excellent customer service to applicants and hiring managers.
• You will be part of a busy team which prides itself on providing a high calibre service with an attention to detail and maintaining compliance to policy and legislative requirements.
• You would ideally have a patient and caring nature, willing to go above and beyond to support applicants to overcome any barriers throughout the recruitment process.
• Support Resourcing and Recruitment Manager to ensure quality of processes and procedures.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve processes and systems.
• Support the Head of Resourcing and Recruitment to deliver the department's operational and strategic objectives.
• Ensure candidate centric, proactive and robust resourcing and recruitment.
• Work closely with wards/departments, to ensure compliance and delivery of the resourcing, recruitment and retention agenda.
• Provide support to candidates with recruitment and compliance checks.
• First point of contact for all forms of communication in managing candidate's recruitment.
• Provide a holistic and bespoke approach to candidates, aligned with Divisions.
• Work closely with Head of Resourcing and Recruitment, Resourcing and Recruitment Manager, HRBP and Hiring Managers.
• Work with other departments to ensure DGT is an employer of choice by recruiting high quality candidates.
• Provide a full recruitment administration and clerical support service to Trust staff.
• Ensure provision of an efficient and effective recruitment service in line with recruitment policies and procedures.
• Ensure that quality standards are met at all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

Working for our organisation

We are committed to being an inclusive and diverse employer. We strive to employ people who reflect the communities we serve, and aim to create an inclusive culture where everyone can reach their full potential. Whatever your race, ethnicity, belief, generation, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability or experience, you'll appreciate the opportunities we give you to work in an inclusive atmosphere. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build on the progress we've achieved to make our Trust diverse and the best place to work. We celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that help us overcome challenges and embrace new possibilities. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant Pledge and have a commitment to the Armed Forces Community.

We are dedicated to using our Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) approach as our shared organisation model of change to enhance our services and ensure excellence in patient care.

If you are considering applying for a role, please be aware that as an NHS Employee you may have contact with vulnerable service users. We strongly encourage that all our staff are vaccinated against COVID-19 and are vaccinated annually against Flu, in order to protect the health and safety of our staff and patients. Your commitment will help us to put the safety and care of our patients first, as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues.

Flexible working and culture

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

About the Trust

We have the highest CQC rating of all Acute NHS Trusts in Kent and Medway (Good). The CQC highlighted that managers promoted a positive culture that supported, valued staff and created a sense of common purpose based upon shared values. The Trust is a great place to work, stay, develop a career and enjoy a healthy work life balance. We have made and are delivering on a wide range of commitments to staff; health and wellbeing; equality; diversity and inclusion; access to education and career development. During 2020 we set up quality councils, driven by our staff to create a culture of shared governance and quality improvement. We have a strong focus on innovation and improvement. Part of Guy's and St Thomas' (GSTT) 'Healthcare Alliance' we are introducing new models of care to improve clinical outcomes for patients. Our association with GSTT also gives staff wishing to develop their skills excellent opportunities to work across numerous specialities.

As our local population increases, our services and skills are expanding and adapting to meet demand. We are continuously looking at best practice models to enhance and improve the services we offer. The Trust provides services at Darent Valley Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital, for a local population of over 500,000 people.

Application and selection notes

If you would like to be part of our innovative and forward thinking team putting patients at the centre of all we do, we invite you to #joinourfamily. The NHS are striving towards "we work flexibly" as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please note this vacancy may close earlier than stated to aid efficient processing of applications. To ensure your application will be considered please submit it at your earliest convenience. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of the closing date please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

Please note, that due to the limited number of car parking spaces, car parking permits will be allocated subject to compliance with the Trusts eligibility criteria and availability of spaces. Permit holders are not guaranteed a car parking space. Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust is a smoke free organisation. To improve public health smoking or vaping is not permitted anywhere on the hospital site.