Talent Acquisition & Onboarding Coordinator

Bedford ESOL; Bedford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave + Bank holidays

People’s Pension

Retail and Leisure Discounts

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

The Bedford College Group is seeking a Recruitment Coordinator in Bedford to support end-to-end recruitment and onboarding. The role features a 25-hour week, a permanent contract, and a salary range of £25,585–£30,915 per annum DOE with generous annual leave and pension benefits.

You will manage adverts, screening, and onboarding while ensuring policy compliance and a positive candidate experience. Applicants should have solid experience in recruitment administration, right-to-work checks, DBS

Qualifications

• Customer service and stakeholder management experience.
• Experience using HR, recruitment, or onboarding systems.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, DBS, Right to Work and data protection requirements.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and other digital systems.
• Ability to handle confidential information sensitively and professionally.

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient end-to-end recruitment support, delivering a positive experience for hiring managers and candidates while ensuring compliance with policies, procedures and KPIs.
• Manage recruitment administration, including job advertising, candidate communications, vacancy tracking, offers, contracts and maintaining accurate records within HR systems.
• Coordinate pre-employment screening and onboarding processes, including right to work checks, DBS checks, references, qualification verification and safeguarding compliance.
• Support visa sponsorship applications, internal recruitment processes and the maintenance of the Single Central Record (SCR), ensuring organisational compliance and risk management.
• Work collaboratively with the wider People Team to enhance recruitment processes, employer branding and the overall candidate and employee experience.

Skills

Customer service

Stakeholder management

HR systems knowledge

Attention to detail

Job description

The Bedford College Group is seeking a Recruitment Coordinator in Bedford to support end-to-end recruitment and onboarding. The role features a 25-hour week, a permanent contract, and a salary range of £25,585–£30,915 per annum DOE with generous annual leave and pension benefits.

You will manage adverts, screening, and onboarding while ensuring policy compliance and a positive candidate experience. Applicants should have solid experience in recruitment administration, right-to-work checks, DBS