Help our Managers find their perfect candidates. Join us as Resourcing Officer As a Resourcing Officer, you will play a key role in attracting talented people to join the EKC Group and delivering an excellent recruitment experience from application through to onboarding. Working closely with recruiting managers, you will help ensure our recruitment processes are professional, efficient and fully compliant. Your responsibilities will include: Supporting managers throughout the recruitment process to deliver an outstanding candidate experience Coordinating interviews, shortlisting and candidate communications Creating engaging job adverts and recruitment materials Supporting onboarding and pre-employment checks Promoting fair, inclusive and safer recruitment practices Supporting recruitment projects and service improvements This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive and forward-thinking team where you can make a real impact on attracting and retaining talented people across Further Education. Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group: Generous Annual Leave - 26 days FTE per annum 3 days after 5 years Learning and Development Opportunities - 3-4 annual paid group development days, bespoke programmes e.g. First Line Manager Development Programme and strong internal progression-1 in 3 roles are filled internally Flexible Personal Leave - Time off for your child's first day at nursery or school, moving homes and for interviews Competitive Pension Scheme - 18% employer contribution Exclusive Discounts & Perks - Inc. restaurant, grocery, retail and holidays discounts as well as car leasing and tech purchasing schemes, on-site nursery (if based at relevant site) Wellbeing and Health Support - Generous sick pay, counselling services, discounted gym membership at Canterbury College, free eye tests and glasses vouchers, flexible support for medical appointments and return-to-work support Culture and Recognition - Being part of Community Days, an Annual Staff Celebration Day, and an eco-friendly organisation dedicated to reaching net-zero by 2030 About You To thrive in this role, you will bring previous recruitment experience, ideally gained in-house, alongside a genuine passion for delivering an exceptional candidate experience. You will be a positive and proactive team player who is solution-focused, adaptable to change, and confident using social media platforms and a variety of systems and databases. You will have strong communication skills and understand the value of delivering outstanding customer service at every stage of the recruitment journey. Curious by nature, you enjoy building networks, creating relationships and finding creative solutions where others see challenges. You will also be innovative, tech-savvy and highly organised, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to quickly embrace our values, culture and collaborative way of working. Ready to apply? No need to spend time updating your CV, just click and complete our short application form. You can save your progress as you go, and we’ll review all applications and get back to all candidates after the closing date. If you are interested in an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us on [email protected] About Us Outstanding Ofsted Provider East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted. Commitment to Safeguarding We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles. As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing. It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process. Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce. We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability. Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application. We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break. We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.