Role: Fostering Recruitment Manager
Salary: £44,756 (rising to £49,729 after 18 months)
Additional Pay: £750 Homeworking Allowance + £4,184 London Weighting (if eligible)
Contract: Full-time, Permanent (35 hours/week)
Location: Home-based with travel across East, North & West London, Essex, and Hertfordshire
We're working with the UK’s largest dedicated fostering charity, we put children and carers first. As a non-profit, all their surplus is reinvested in the services they deliver—including pioneering initiatives and enhanced Education and Health services. They’re proud to be trauma-informed, values-driven, and consistently ranked among the Top 5 charities to work for in the UK.
About the Role:
We're looking for a passionate and relationship-focused Fostering Recruitment Manager to lead our recruitment efforts across key regions. This is more than a management job—it’s a chance to build connections that empower families and transform futures.
Key Responsibilities:
* Deliver and refine the local recruitment strategy
* Lead outreach activities and recruitment events
* Manage and progress enquiries, including suitability decisions and initial home visits
* Coordinate and facilitate Skills to Foster training for prospective carers
* Supervise recruitment staff and oversee assessment quality
* Produce performance reports to drive best practice
What You’ll Bring:
* Social care/recruitment experience, ideally within fostering
* Ability to lead, motivate, and manage others
* Strong communication, planning and decision-making skills
* A proactive, emotionally intelligent and values-led mindset
* Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly
Benefits:
* 31 days paid leave + 8 bank holidays
* Pay progression after 18 months
* Business travel reimbursement (45p/mile)
* Flexible and family-friendly working from day one
* Homeworking bundle: allowance, equipment, and setup loan
* Access to (email address removed) wellbeing services (GPs, mental health, physio & more)
* Weekly expert-led wellbeing sessions
* Menopause policy and clinician access
* Enhanced pension scheme (salary sacrifice)
* Outstanding learning and career development
Why join?
* Ranked #5 UK Charity to Work For in 2024.
* 97% of their team feel proud to work there.
* 92% say they love their job.
Ready to join a bold, compassionate organisation committed to better futures for children and young people?