Recruitment Assistant – Overview
The Recruitment Assistant will work as part of the Recruitment Team and wider Peoples Service Team, providing administrative support to Agenda for Change recruitment processes across the organisation. As a Recruitment Assistant, you will play a vital role in the recruitment process, helping us to engage, and onboard the best candidates for various roles across the Trust. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to develop their career in Human Resources within the healthcare sector.
We are a supportive and forward‑thinking recruitment team, committed to delivering a high‑quality recruitment and onboarding service to candidates and hiring managers in a busy and demanding environment.
Responsibilities
* Administer the Recruitment process, including Honorary Contracts, reference requests and Work Experience.
* Actively engage with Recruitment Officers to support the full end‑to‑end recruitment cycle from vacancy creation to onboarding for vacancies across the Trust.
* Receive all initial contacts to the Recruitment department via phone and e‑mail, ensuring that these are dealt with in a timely, accurate and professionally customer‑focused manner or passed to the most appropriate team member.
* Provide administrative and advisory support throughout the recruitment process, ensuring the delivery of an excellent recruitment service to managers, staff and applicants.
* Maintain a green dashboard within the TRAC Recruitment Management system each day, working together with Recruitment Officers and Assistants.
* Provide advice to recruiting managers to ensure their recruitment is processed efficiently and in line with Trust policies, procedures, legislation and best practice.
* Develop and maintain positive working relationships with Recruiting Managers, focusing on a client‑centred Recruitment Service.
Qualifications
* Excellent computer skills, including a working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Excel, Word, MS Teams).
* Excellent communication skills, ability to complete tasks and attention to detail.
* Positive can‑do attitude, desire for problem solving and pride in the service delivered.
* Previous recruitment experience is not required as training will be offered.
* Hybrid working after successful completion of the training period.
Benefits & Culture
Choose Well – Choose WWL. Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.
People at the Heart: Listen and Involve Kind and Respectful ONE Team WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. We are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
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