Description
Help us attract great people to deliver outstanding care
At Horder Healthcare, our people make the difference. We’re looking for a People and Recruitment Coordinator to join our friendly, professional People team and play a pivotal role in attracting and engaging future talent and supporting colleagues across the organisation.
This role is ideal for an experienced Recruitment or HR Administrator who enjoys building relationships, thrives on organisation, and wants to make a meaningful impact within a values‑led healthcare environment.
This is an 18-month fixed term contract.
About the role
Working within a multi-skilled HR team, you’ll support the end-to-end recruitment process, whilst also contributing to wider HR lifecycle activities and projects. You’ll work closely with hiring managers, the People team and external partners to ensure recruitment activity runs smoothly, efficiently and compliantly.
You’ll be a key point of contact for candidates, delivering a proactive, high-quality experience that reflects Horder Healthcare’s reputation and values, while helping to improve time‑to‑hire and vacancy fill rates.
What you’ll be doing
1. Support the full recruitment lifecycle, from job adverts and candidate sourcing through to interview coordination and offer management.
2. Create engaging, inclusive job adverts using our Applicant Tracking System (Kallidus).
3. Proactively source candidates to secure high-quality talent.
4. Build strong working relationships with hiring managers and stakeholders.
5. Communicate professionally with candidates, providing updates and responding to queries.
6. Ensure recruitment activity is compliant with employment law, internal policy and best practice.
7. Maintain accurate records across HR and recruitment systems.
8. Support onboarding, reporting, KPIs, reference checks and wider HR administration as required.
9. Participate in interview panels where required.
10. Liaise with external recruitment agencies where required.
About You
You’ll bring:
11. Experience in a Recruitment, HR Administration or Coordination role.
12. Strong communication and relationship‑building skills.
13. Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
14. Experience using ATS and HR systems, with exposure to reporting tools.
15. Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Excel.
16. A professional, confidential approach to handling sensitive information.
17. A proactive, collaborative mindset with the ability to work independently.
18. A passion for learning, improvement and delivering a great candidate experience
Location: Multi-site - including travel between The Horder Centre, Crowborough, The McIndoe Centre, East Grinstead, and occasional travel to our Coastal clinics in Seaford and Eastbourne
Contract type: 18-month fixed-term contract
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £27,495.00 - £32,500.00 per annum, depending on experience
Right to work in the UK
In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencing employment. We have assessed this role and it does not meet the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. As such, we will not be accepting any visa sponsorships for this role, and candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK independently, without sponsorship from Horder Healthcare.
At Horder Healthcare, we are proud to champion and celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in all areas of our business. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to protected characteristics by applicable law.
In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Due to the nature of work here at Horder Healthcare, and to ensure that we remain committed to our Safeguarding policy, any applicant upon an initial offer of employment will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References and Occupational Health checks will also be taken up before appointment.