Join Howdens as a Recruitment Coordinator and play a central role in keeping our trade recruitment process organised, accurate, and running at pace.
We're looking for someone highly organised and detail-focused to support our in-house Recruitment Team at Croxley Green Business Park, Watford. This is a key role, where you'll take ownership of the day-to-day coordination of recruitment activity, ensuring our service is well organised, accurate, and consistently moving forward.
Using Workday, you'll post vacancies, move candidates through the recruitment process, manage interview coordination and candidate communications, as well as arranging interviews. and maintaining accurate data, you'll be responsible for making sure every step runs smoothly and efficiently.
You will also support our recruiters with non-critical depot roles, applying the same structured, organised approach to keep vacancies moving and stakeholders informed.
As a central point of support for our recruitment team and depot managers, you will answer queries, coordinate recruitment activity, and ensure a consistent, professional experience for both candidates and hiring managers.
The team work together in the office 4 days each week, with an option to work from home, 1 day each week.
What we can offer you:
Competitive Salary + Bonus
Excellent pension scheme (company contribution of up to 12%)
25 days holiday + bank holidays
Staff Discount
Employee Assistance Programme
Exceptional Reward and Recognition events
What you'll be doing:
Owning recruitment administration across high-volume depot hiring
Using Workday to post roles, manage applications, and move candidates through each stage
Keeping the system accurate and up to date at all times
Scheduling and coordinating interviews with candidates and depot managers
Speaking with applicants to guide them through the process and answer queries
Supporting the recruitment team, with additional projects, and external partners
Supporting depot managers with recruitment queries and process guidance
Managing end-to-end recruitment for non-critical depot roles
Supporting at recruitment events and careers fairs when required
Maintaining recruitment trackers and ensuring data accuracy
Responsible for recruitment invoicing.
What you'll need:
Workday experience is highly desirable - this will help you hit the ground running
Strong administrative and organisational skills, with high attention to detail
Experience working in a fast-paced, high-volume recruitment environment, desirable
Confident managing multiple tasks and priorities at pace, with a service mindset
Clear, professional communication with candidates and stakeholders
A structured, process-driven approach to work
Discreet when handling confidential information
Comfortable building relationships and working closely with others
Strong problem-solving skills, with a practical, can-do attitude
Confidence using Microsoft Office packages
About Howdens:
Howdens Joinery is the UK's number one trade kitchen supplier providing thousands of products across kitchens, joinery, and hardware. We have over 900 depots throughout the UK and Europe - making us the first choice for more than 460,000 loyal trade professionals. Last year our sales reached circa 2.4bn, and we have an ambitious growth agenda.
There is a strong entrepreneurial ethos and the opportunity to develop within a fast-paced and commercial environment. That, along with a competitive salary, development opportunities, and exciting rewards, are among the reasons why our people enjoy working for Howdens - and why we have been named one of the 10 Best Big Companies to Work For.
Howdens is founded on the principle of being Worthwhile for ALL concerned. We're working hard to ensure we provide an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome. We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, please email (url removed) with the job title and location, and we will be happy to help you.
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