Job overview
Are you interested in playing a vital role in an expanding hospital? Are you looking for a role that would utilise your excellent administrative skills, but in a unique fast paced environment?
We have a new and exciting opportunity for a Senior Recruitment Advisor in our Non-Medial Recruitment Services team.
Our recruitment team provide the services for every role in the Trust, and we are looking for confident, committed team members to support across the teams. This role involves supporting advertisement, arranging interviews, submitting offers and completing employment checks for every new member of our Trust. We are looking for a team player who strives for excellence, is a good communicator and would like the opportunity to develop their managerial and supervisory skills.
Main duties of the job
• Lead the effective, timely management of the full end to end recruitment lifecycle across a range of staff groups, ensuring a high quality, compliant service for managers, applicants, and new starters.
• Deputise for the Recruitment Services Team Leaders in day to day operations, providing guidance, support, and first line oversight for Recruitment Advisors and wider team members.
• Support the Recruitment Services Team Leaders in optimising the use of Trust recruitment systems—including TRAC, ESR, and other internal platforms—to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient recruitment processes.
• Maintain, review, and develop recruitment procedures to ensure accuracy, consistency, and continuous improvement in service delivery.
• Provide expert advice and best practice guidance to Divisions on the application of Trust recruitment policies, procedures, and standards.
• Manage and update intranet content to ensure recruitment information is current, engaging, and aligned with Organisational standards
• Co ordinate and support the planning of recruitment events, including the central recruitment of HCSWs, by ensuring adverts are released on schedule, clinical shortlisters and interview panels are in place, candidate invitations are managed through TRAC, interview packs are prepared promptly, and timely offers and employment checks are completed.
• Accurately collate, prepare, and submit all RCP related reports on time, ensuring effective communication with contributors, and provide occasional support at RCP meetings by taking notes.
• Ensure RCP outcomes, including Change of Establishments (CoEs), are distributed promptly to enable timely advertising and allow Recruiting Managers to action any required changes.
In return, we can offer you a position in a truly unique, friendly and close-knit team, who have a large impact on our organisation and our community.
Working for our organisation
At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff
Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.
We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
* Good standard of education evidenced by high standard of secondary education, GCSE/A- level
* Educated to NVQ level 4 (or equivalent) within HR/Business Administration or significant relevant experience
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Essential criteria
* Excellent customer service and administrative skills
* Effective communication skills both written and oral
* Evidence of a creative approach that uses initiative and common sense in a demanding environment
* Ability to respond quickly to changing priorities, organising, and prioritising own workload to meet deadlines
* Ability to work with minimal supervision
* Ability to work on own initiative but also as part of a team
* Ability to collate statistical data and produce reports
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
* Recent and considerable experience of working within a recruitment, employment agency or human resources environment
* Recent and considerable experience of undertaking a range of administrative tasks and competence with Microsoft Office and web-based systems
* Experience of working in a client-driven environment and providing support by telephone, email, and face to face.
Desirable criteria
* Knowledge and experience of recruiting to a variety of posts
* Knowledge and experience of overseas recruitment
* Experience in planning and implementing recruitment activity with ongoing support to candidates.
* Knowledge of recruitment processes and relevant legislation
* An understanding of confidentiality and how this is applied to the recruitment and selection process
* Experience of using social media in the recruitment process