At West Northants Council, it’s about our people — and right now, it’s an especially exciting time to join our Talent Acquisition Team. We are expanding, creating a fully centralised recruitment model that empowers us to deliver even better experiences for candidates, colleagues and hiring managers. As our new Recruitment & Compliance Assistant, you’ll be at the very heart of this transformation. This is a role where your curiosity, attention to detail and drive to make things better every day will genuinely make an impact. You’ll help shape the way we work, strengthen our recruitment compliance processes and play a key part in ensuring our people can join us smoothly, confidently and ready to thrive. PLEASE NOTE: If we receive a high-volume of quality applications, we may close the advert earlier than advertised. Our benefits You can also see our full list of employee benefits on our careers site here: Why you should work for us | West Northamptonshire Council. What will you be doing? In this role, you’ll play a key part in delivering a high-quality, consistent recruitment service across the council. Your day-to-day work will include: - Managing all pre-employment compliance checks including references, right to work checks and DBS checks, ensuring every new starter meets our legal and safeguarding requirements, in line with our policies. -Preparing and issuing offer letters using the Tribepad applicant tracking system. - Supporting the Talent Acquisition Team when required with advertising, shortlisting, interview coordination and candidate communication. - Championing our THRIVE values — Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower — in everything you do. This is a role where you’ll learn quickly, grow with confidence and contribute to something bigger: helping us make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive. About you You’re someone who thrives when you’re busy, engaged and contributing to a team with purpose. You naturally spot the details that others miss, and you care about getting things right — because you understand how much it matters to the people behind every application. Organised, proactive and positive, you enjoy supporting others and building great working relationships. Whether you’re handling compliance checks, answering queries or coordinating recruitment activity, you bring professionalism, warmth and a genuine commitment to delivering a great service. Experience of working in a recruitment and/or compliance environment with some knowledge of employment law would be an advantage, as would knowledge of CQC guidance on pre-employment checks. If you’re ambitious, eager to learn and ready to forge new opportunities, you’ll fit right in. About us At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people. Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services. We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us. If you need additional support or reasonable adjustments during the application process, including needing the job description in another format or language, please email careers@westnorthants.gov.uk for support. West Northants Council, where careers thrive.