Recruitment Partner in Watford

Salary: up to £35,400 per annum dependent on skills and experience.

Location: Remote. (Must be based in the UK).

Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week.

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service, and the option to buy or sell leave.
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
• Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with discounts across 15,000 national retailers.

Why Action for Children?

Every child should have a loving home, food, warmth, the chance to grow and learn - the support to cope with life’s challenges. But too many children don’t. By bringing your passion and unique skills and experience, you’ll help us change that where it really matters. We've been driven by love to take action for children for over 150 years, giving them the protection and practical help they need.

Our Recruitment Service Vision at Action for Children is to create a recruitment experience that is unmistakably ours—where our employer brand stands out, every candidate enjoys a seamless and consistent journey, and a strong, sustainable talent pipeline supports long-term organisational growth.

This role is responsible for creating an inclusive and equitable recruitment experience that ensures every candidate has the opportunity to bring the best of themselves throughout the hiring process. This includes continually developing a strong understanding of organisational objectives and business plans, while actively building market and business knowledge to support effective workforce planning and the attraction of high-quality, diverse top talent.

You will use your expertise in meetings with hiring managers, advising, influencing, and encouraging the adoption of best-practice recruitment approaches. You will follow the recruitment framework across each stage of the hiring funnel, applying strong project-management skills to maintain structure, consistency, and momentum.

A key part of the role involves reviewing sourcing campaign data to build insight into candidate markets and adopting a consultative approach to refining attraction strategies. You will work closely with hiring managers, maintaining regular communication to align recruitment activity, meet agreed SLAs and KPIs, and ensure a positive candidate experience that strengthens the employer brand.

The role also requires accurate, real-time updates across recruitment systems, ensuring high-quality record-keeping and productivity. This includes effective use of the ATS and other agreed systems to track progress, automate tasks, and support a seamless recruitment process.

Let's talk about you:

• Full Life-Cycle Recruitment — Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment across a wide range of vacancy types, contract types, and seniority levels.
• Stakeholder Influence — Skilled in educating, advising, and influencing hiring managers and candidates to ensure a positive and consistent recruitment experience.
• Diverse Talent Attraction — Demonstrated success in fulfilling vacancies through multiple routes to market, with a strong focus on attracting diverse and high-quality talent.
• Diversity & Inclusion — Thorough understanding of applying diversity, equity, and inclusion principles within recruitment and resourcing.
• ATS & Compliance Knowledge — Experienced in using Applicant Tracking Systems to manage recruitment workflows, ensuring compliance with safer recruitment practices and GDPR requirements.
• Target & KPI Achievement — A strong track record of meeting or exceeding team targets, SLAs, and KPIs.
• Remote Relationship Building — Ability to build effective relationships across multiple locations, establishing trust and confidence in expertise.
• Exceptional Communication — Excellent verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence a wide range of stakeholders.
• Multitasking & Prioritisation — Highly skilled in managing multiple recruitment campaigns simultaneously while maintaining strong attention to detail and effective workload prioritisation.
• Employment Law Knowledge — Solid understanding of legislation relevant to recruitment and the employment of staff.

Diversity, equality, and inclusion:

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates, as they are under-represented within Action for Children.

Closing Date: Tuesday 16th June 2026. Interviews will be undertaken by MS Teams on 6th and 8th July 2026. Contact: email us at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 13200.

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.