Overview
We are recruiting for the role of Senior HR Assistant in our HR Resourcing team, covering recruitment for the organisation on a national level. This will be a fixed term position for 12 months. This role is part of a team based from our National Business Centre in Coventry. We are currently working in a hybrid way combining office days with some home working. We trust and empower colleagues to work in a hybrid way, providing the resources, equipment and support, so that individually and collectively, we can be the voice of children and young people when the family court makes critical decisions about their futures. We We provide extensive wellbeing support for colleagues, as well as excellent benefits, all of which we hope encourages you to join us. We are a diverse, inclusive organisation that is a safe space for colleagues with shared aspects of identity and lived experience, which helps ensure we provide a service which promotes the diversity and uniqueness of children and families from all backgrounds. We especially welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds as we strive to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity of the children and families we work with.
You will be part of our Resourcing and People Transactions team within the wider HR and OD team, as a Senior Resourcing Assistant you will be part of a busy, inclusive team that plays an important role in recruiting talented, motivated and passionate people to work for us, whether that is Social Workers or in our Business Services or Corporate teams.
Responsibilities
* Creating and implementing effective recruitment plans / timetables by collaborating with Recruiting Managers throughout the recruitment life cycle.
* Using your excellent communication skills to offer advice, guidance and support to Managers to ensure good recruitment practice is followed while also offering insight on their local area.
* Liaising with candidates to ensure their experience is timely, inclusive and fair while reflecting our organisational values and policies.
* Maintenance of recruitment systems so that we have accurate recruitment data to support continuous improvement of our service standards.
* Working closely with operational HR colleagues to share learning and solve any issues in a timely manner.
* Collaborating with Resourcing colleagues to identify creative solutions and working on special projects that will enhance our service to Managers, candidates and the wider organisation., Final Interview: W/c Monday 6th and Monday 13th April 2026
Qualifications
* Ability to prioritise conflicting tasks and manage a challenging workload to high quality standards and timescales.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills with confidence to deliver at management meetings.
* Ability to deal tactfully and sensitively with people and have an understanding of confidentiality issues.
* Ability to adapt to the strategic direction of the organisation and changing priorities across the HR Resourcing and Transactions team.
About Cafcass
We are Cafcass - the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service - and we represent children in family court cases in England. Independently advising the family courts about what is safe for children and in their best interests, we speak up for over 140,0000 children every year when the family court makes critical decisions about their futures, ensuring their needs, wishes and feelings are heard. In short, our role is to…
#J-18808-Ljbffr