At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead recruitment strategies and enhance employee engagement in a caring environment.
- Company: Join Hamberley Care Homes, where we prioritise exceptional care and team culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, performance bonuses, workplace pension, and excellent training opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for growth in a supportive and collaborative environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by building exceptional teams and improving employee experiences.
- Qualifications: Experience in recruitment or HR management, ideally in social care or healthcare.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
At Hamberley, we believe that our residents deserve something ‘Extra Special, Every Day’.
We're seeking a Recruitment and Retention Manager to help us achieve our goals.
This is for an immediate start and on a 12-month FTC basis, covering maternity leave.
Reporting to the Managing Director, as the Recruitment and Retention Manager you will lead our recruitment and retention strategy, overseeing the end-to-end recruitment process while working closely with managers across the organisation to attract, recruit, develop and retain talented people who share our values.
You will drive initiatives that enhance colleague engagement, wellbeing and career development, helping to build a stable, skilled and committed workforce that delivers outstanding care.
You’ll also play a key role in developing and implementing retention initiatives that support employee wellbeing, engagement, career development, and organisational culture.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact by leading our recruitment strategy, attracting high‑quality talent, and driving initiatives that improve employee engagement and retention.
If you’re passionate about building exceptional teams, creating a positive employee experience, and developing innovative recruitment and retention solutions, we’d love to hear from you.
- We offer our colleagues
- A competitive salary and benefits package
- Quality‑linked bonus scheme – a performance bonus tied to our CQC/CI quality rating, rewarding you for helping us deliver outstanding care.
- Workplace pension for your future security
- A true team culture – a collaborative, encouraging working environment where kindness, respect, and professional pride are at the heart of everything we do
- Excellent training and career development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme, occupational health and wellbeing support services
- Free on‑site parking
- What you’ll be doing
At Hamberley, we believe that our residents deserve something ‘Extra Special, Every Day’.
- Lead and manage the recruitment team and support with the full recruitment lifecycle across the business.
- Develop creative attraction strategies to source high‑quality candidates.
- Build strong relationships with hiring managers, providing expert recruitment advice and support.
- Monitor recruitment metrics and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Ensure an excellent candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
- Develop and implement strategic recruitment and retention plans aligned to business objectives.
- Demonstrate strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to motivate and develop high‑performing teams.
- Employ excellent analytical skills to interpret recruitment, engagement and retention data and translate insights into action plans.
- Support onboarding and induction programmes to help new employees succeed.
- Promote the organisation’s employer brand through recruitment campaigns and social media.
- Ensure recruitment practices remain compliant with employment legislation and organisational policies.
- Collaborate with HR colleagues to support wider people initiatives and projects.
- Stay informed of developments within the health and social care workforce to introduce innovative attraction and retention initiatives.
About you
- Proven experience in recruitment, talent acquisition or HR management – ideally in the social care/healthcare sector.
- Experience within the health and social care, care home, healthcare or hospitality sectors.
- Experience developing successful recruitment and retention strategies.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility at all levels of the organisation.
- Strong understanding of employee engagement and retention principles.
- Experience analysing recruitment and workforce data to inform decision‑making.
- Knowledge of UK employment legislation and recruitment best practice.
- Proactive, solution‑focused approach with excellent attention to detail.
- CIPD qualification (Level 5 or above) or equivalent experience is desirable.
- About Hamberley Care Homes
Hamberley Care Homes is a care home group in the UK – offering luxury care homes in beautiful locations throughout the UK.
Residents live in spacious, stylish ensuite rooms, and enjoy beautifully furnished shared spaces and landscaped gardens.
From the deluxe picture house, where we screen classic films, to the on‑site luxury spa – offering hairdressing, manicures and relaxing therapies – everything has been designed and finished with the care and attention you would expect from a 5‑star hotel.
We respect and value our residents and each other.
At Hamberley Care Homes, we believe in the importance of what we do and why we do it.
Creative and empowered, our people see every day as an opportunity for growth and development.
We make ideas happen.
Together we can achieve anything.
Be part of something special. Be part of Hamberley.
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