About Us:
We are Polaris Community, one of the UK’s largest leading communities of children’s service providers. Within the community, we have independent fostering and adoption agencies who have been passionately improving the lives of young people for over years, as well as Leaving Care services, Education and bespoke children’s services contracts. Our nurturing community works collectively to support the very best outcomes for each and every child in our care. We’re ambitious for our children and young people, families and staff, and believe in their futures.
Overall, Purpose/Aim:
Polaris Community are looking for an Internal Recruiter to join our education recruitment team. In this role you will be responsible for identifying, sourcing and attracting the very best talent for our Schools whilst leading and managing the end-to-end recruitment process. You will provide expert advice on all recruitment activity and work closely with our education Senior Leadership team to design and implement effective recruitment practices and strategies and ensure that all regulatory and company requirements are met. This is a hybrid working role and you will be based at our Milton Keynes office.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Responsible for ensuring all vacancies are successfully resourced with an emphasis on quality of hire, time to hire and on direct recruitment activity
2. Actively identify, source and attract candidates for hard to fill vacancies
3. Implement targeted recruitment strategies to increase application numbers where needed and identify the most effective channel of attraction
4. Support organic growth by pro-actively sourcing candidates to support the opening of new schools
5. Responsibility for implementing the recruitment strategy as created and agreed with the Chief People Officer and HR Business Partner
6. Support recruitment activities, liaising with colleges and universities
7. Build strong and effective relationships with hiring managers to understand their recruitment needs and provide guidance on recruitment best practice
8. Ensure appropriate and timely communication to candidates and hiring managers at all stages of the recruitment process
9. Work with recruitment agencies with the aim of establishing a preferred supplier list with favourable rates that can be utilised when required
10. Having a solution-focused approach, suggesting creative solutions to any recruitment challenges, where appropriate
11. Screen applications and facilitate early conversations to identify top candidates
12. Coordinate and schedule interviews between hiring managers and candidates
13. Focusing on delivering an exceptional candidate experience from initial contact through to onboarding, positioning Polaris Community as an employer of choice, positively promoting the employer brand at all times
14. Review and update Recruitment policies as required
15. Help to drive organisational performance by supporting core business objectives
16. Maintain strict confidentiality in the work undertaken
17. Ensure recruitment process and files sent to onboarding meet the Safer Recruitment requirements
18. Keep up to date with information regarding developments in Recruitment practice, employment legislation, CIPD guidance, CPD and sharing knowledge within the team
Skills, knowledge and abilities:
19. Excellent knowledge and experience of recruitment practices and processes
20. Knowledge of the recruitment marketplace; skills, cost, supply and demand
21. Ability to produce data on key recruitment metrics
22. Knowledge of recruitment best practice and associated employment law
23. A commercial understanding of the impact of recruitment
24. Excellent organisational skills to manage multiple, varied recruitment campaigns and able to work to tight deadlines
25. Ability to build effective relationships with both candidates and hiring managers
Experience:
26. Previous resourcing / recruitment experience within a fast-paced environment
27. Experience of utilising a variety of sourcing methods, plans and tools.
28. Demonstrable experience of actively sourcing and headhunting both passive and active candidates for a variety of vacancies and skill sets
29. Experience of influencing and negotiating
30. Experience of interviewing prospective candidates
31. Experience of working in an in-house / internal recruitment team desirable not essential
Benefits
32. days’ Annual Leave increasing to days with length of service plus Bank Holidays
33. Company Pension
34. Life Assurance
35. Employee Discount Scheme