IPRS PFAS are an independent provider of quality medical assessments using a network of specialist health practitioners based in various clinics, mostly around the Southeast of the UK. We pride ourselves on being professional, caring and having a great knowledge in our field valuing teamwork as one of our greatest strengths. We listen to customers, claimants and our colleagues to help our continual learning and development.
We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Recruitment Manager. You will manage a small team of recruiters to ensure they provide a positive recruitment delivery to the business.
The Recruitment Manager will lead and coordinate a team of recruiters to deliver a consistent, high-quality recruitment service within the PFAS business. This is a strategic leadership role, responsible for ensuring the effective sourcing, selection, and deployment of skilled personnel while driving process improvement, compliance, and customer satisfaction.
You will proactively lead the PFAS recruitment activity, ensuring the organisation attracts, assesses and appoints high-quality candidates in line with current and future workforce requirements.
The role is accountable for building and maintaining a robust, compliant talent pipeline to enable rapid response to attrition, growth and changing volume demands, whilst ensuring all recruitment activity meets contractual, regulatory and organisational standards.
The post holder will work closely with the Senior Management Team (SMT) to support workforce planning, succession planning and business continuity, providing clear insight, challenge and solutions across the full recruitment lifecycle.
KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
· Proactively lead the PFAS recruitment team to identify both immediate and future staffing needs, owning the end-to-end recruitment process from talent identification through to onboarding.
· Provide day-to-day leadership, direction and support to the PFAS recruitment team, ensuring clear priorities, accountability for outcomes and consistent recruitment standards.
· Monitor team performance against agreed KPIs, providing feedback and development to build capability in proactive sourcing, pipeline management and compliant end to end recruitment.
· Build, maintain and regularly refresh a high-quality candidate pipeline and talent pool to enable vacancies to be backfilled at pace and minimise operational risk.
· Proactively source candidates using a range of attraction methods, including direct sourcing, targeted advertising, social media, networking and agency, ensuring cost-effective and appropriate channels are utilised.
· Maintain ongoing engagement with candidates throughout the recruitment process and beyond, developing long-term candidate relationships rather than short-term vacancy cover.
· Work with the SMT to influence and develop recruitment policies, processes and workforce planning activity, ensuring recruitment capability supports business growth and contractual commitments.
· Ensure that all candidates are fully compliant prior to start, with all checks completed accurately and within agreed timeframes, escalating risks, issues or delays promptly to the appropriate stakeholders.
· Actively manage and mitigate recruitment risk, ensuring all potential compliance, suitability or operational concerns are identified early and addressed.
· Work closely with HR, compliance and operational teams to ensure recruitment decisions align with wider business requirements.
· Ensure a consistent, high-quality candidate experience that reflects organisational values, utilising candidate feedback to drive continuous improvement.
· Attend and lead recruitment meetings with internal and external stakeholders, presenting progress, risks, pipeline data and recommendations.
· Provide regular, accurate recruitment reporting and management information to SMT and SLT, including pipeline health, time to hire, compliance status and trends.
· Champion best practice recruitment standards, providing expert guidance and hands-on support to the recruitment team, including interview support and recruitment skills development.
· Identify opportunities to improve recruitment efficiency, capability and outcomes, including the effective use of recruitment systems and tools.
· Represent the organisation at recruitment events and networking activities to proactively attract talent.
· Support wider people and organisational projects as required.
GENERAL / ADDITIONAL DUTIES
· Comply with the Data Protection Policy, ensuring secure handling of both electronic and paper-based data.
· Maintain professional behaviour, appearance and conduct in accordance with organisational standards at all times.
· Undertake other duties appropriate to the role as the organisation evolves and business needs change.
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE (E) Essential (D) Desirable
· Proven recruitment and selection experience (5+ years), including managing high-volume & specialist recruitment in a fast-paced environment. (E)
· Demonstrable experience of proactively sourcing candidates and building talent pipelines rather than solely filling live vacancies. (E)
· Strong understanding of end-to-end recruitment processes, compliance requirements and risk management. (E)
· Experience of managing recruitment activity across junior and senior roles. (E)
· Confident using applicant tracking systems and recruitment technology to manage data, pipelines and reporting. (E)
· Practical experience of direct sourcing using social media and networking. (E)
· Strong understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion within recruitment and selection. (E)
· Experience recruiting clinical roles (E)
· 4 GCSEs or equivalent, including English and Maths. (E)
· CIPD qualified or working towards. (D)
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
· Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence and challenge constructively.
· Confident operating with senior stakeholders and providing clear, evidence-based recommendations.
· Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple recruitment priorities under pressure.
· Strong attention to detail, particularly around compliance and risk.
· Resilient and adaptable, comfortable working in a changing operational environment.
· Analytical mindset, able to interpret recruitment data and translate it into action.
· High level of personal accountability and ownership.
· Discreet and professional, maintaining confidentiality at all times.
· Working knowledge of UK employment law, BPSS requirements and data protection.
· Willingness and ability to travel as required.
Salary.. £55,000-£60,000 per annum
Hours.. 40 hours per week Mon-Fri
Location.. Remote/Home working with travel as required
Position.. Permanent - Recruitment Manager
Benefits include:
* Flexible Working
* Employee Assistance Programme including free confidential counselling
* High-street discounts
* 25 days’ annual leave plus 8 days’ allocated for bank holidays
* Moving Day Leave
* Membership of the Company pension scheme
* Recruit a Friend bonus scheme
* Environmental Initiatives
* Westfield Health Cash Plan
* Free Eye Tests every 2 years
* Free annual Flu-Vaccination
* Upon completion of probation, the successful candidate will also be eligible for the company bonus scheme, allowing them to earn up to 10% of annual salary based on company and individual performance.
At PFAS, we value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We are proudly Disability Confident employers and as such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact recruitment-hr@iprsgroup.com
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