HR & Recruitment Administrator in Bath

We're looking to grow our recruitment team to help deliver a fast moving, seamless recruitment service to our operational teams.

Working as part of a large HR & recruitment team in our head office, you will look after the end-to-end recruitment needs for a cluster of care homes and care-at-home services to ensure managers can deliver outstanding care to vulnerable people.

Whilst you will be working amongst a team of experts who will support you, you will need experience in a fast-paced environment and ideally experience in a recruitment-based role.

This is a permanent, full-time position (37 hours per week) , based at our Head Office within the stunning Hesslewood Country Business Park near the Humber Bridge.

Some travel will be required from time to time to our services or events, so access to own vehicle is preferrable.

Key responsibilities will include

• Using a blend of information from managers and HR colleagues, establish the recruitment needs for all areas of the business.
• Advertise recruitment needs across a range of agreed platforms, and within agreed budgets.
• Regularly review advert performance and make recommendations for change / adapt adverts as required.
• Liaise with external 3rd parties such as the job centre (DWP) and other government funded groups focused on supporting recruitment in the social care sector.

Maintain relationships with local networks such as job fair organisers and local colleges.

• Work with other departments to use our social media platforms to aid recruitment.
• Screen candidate applications from all sources, making arrangements for interviews with your key customers; follow up on outcomes and communicate accordingly.
• Administer pre-employment screening checks including criminal records, referencing and right to work checks. Maintain internal systems of progress of all candidates in process.
• Administer offer documentation and other correspondence for new starters, assisting with the setup of new starters onto company systems.
• Support the onboarding journey of new starters from coordinating induction training through to keeping in touch with new starters through to their probation.

Knowledge / Skills / Experience

• Experience in Recruitment based role managing volume recruitment
• A good understanding of online recruitment advertising
• Proactive, highly organised and able to manage own time and output
• Computer literate, specifically with Microsoft Word, Excel and the internet
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Confident using the telephone and speaking to people at all levels internally and externally.
• Adopts a customer-focused approach and is outcome driven

Key Benefits

• Annual leave - 28 days inclusive of bank holidays
• Penson - 3% auto enrolment contribution
• HICA Benefits App -
• Instant access to retail, cinema & entertainment discounts.
• Access earned wages before pay day
• Discounted insurance products
• Cycle to Work and other salary sacrifice rewards
• Gym discounts
• HICA lottery
• On the spot recognition rewards

Work as part of a friendly team in an office where you feel part of the family and can make a real difference to others.

Be part of regular events designed to raise money, to enrich the lives of our service users, or to boost staff morale.

HICA Group are a 'Not for Profit' organisation providing a range of care services to older people and people with learning difficulties both within residential and nursing homes and within the community.

We employee 1800 colleagues across services in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Lancashire with our head office based in Hesslewood Business Park near Hull. #TJ