Job Title: Recruitment Officer
Location: Loughborough
Salary: £22,000 – £30,000
Job Type: Permanent / Full-time
The Company:
Juniper are an innovative, flexible and experienced provider in delivering training solutions to individuals and businesses in Wolverhampton and throughout the Midlands. We are listed on the Governments Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers and are rated as GOOD by Ofsted in all areas of provision.
It is peripatetic, to cover Derby and Leicester and it is full time.
Job Outline & Purpose
- To recruit students onto training programmes
- To ensure programme is appropriate for students recruited
- To provide good CEIAG to students
- To safeguard the welfare of all students, preventing radicalisation and promoting British Values
Recruitment
- To undertake activities that result in students being recruited and starting on training programmes, including; marketing, outreach, contacts with local agencies, training providers and other referral sources, recruitment initiatives & attending/hosting recruitment fairs/local events/pop up shops/networking meetings etc.
- To have a good understanding of all provision pathways, eligibility, and student characteristics
- To identify barriers and support needs and compile initial support plans for students
- Use of social media to raise Juniper’s profile
- Interviewing potential starts and accurately completing supporting paperwork
- Host information sessions for potential new starts
- Ensure centre start targets are met
- To maintain a database of referral sources and manage those relationships to gain further business
- To develop effective links with schools to promote Juniper pathways and Apprenticeships and support implementation of the Baker clause
- To support/attend local and national career events
- Work in partnership with the Apprenticeship Recruitment Consultants to ensure centre targets are met
- Manage own Outlook diary in order to meet all responsibilities and targets
- To identify Safeguarding issues and follow Juniper’s Safeguarding and Prevent process
Administration
- To complete all required documentation in accordance with laid down procedures to meet both contractual and internal requirements
Safeguarding
As part of our safer recruitment processes, all roles will require: a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the level of which will be clearly outlined in the job specification; references and identity checks.
All Juniper employees are expected to understand their duties and responsibilities in relation to safeguarding
children, young people and vulnerable adults and full training will be provided as part of our onboarding process.
Abilities
- Excellent communicator
- To persuade & influence others and deal with conflict/challenging behaviour
- To build rapport with target group
- To communicate professionally with referral/support agencies
- To present to groups
- To “cold-call”
- To work well under pressure
- To work to targets & deadlines
- Highly motivated
- Innovative & solution focused
- To remain positive, with a bubbly, engaging personality
- To be persistent & tenacious
- Excellent organisation skills
- Competent in use of IT
- To meet targets and provide a quality service to all stakeholders
- Working knowledge of social media (Facebook, Twitter)
Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Recruiter, Recruitment, Recruitment Officer, Recruitment Assistant, Recruitment Coordinator, Internal Recruitment, HR, HR Assistant, Recruitment specialist, Recruitment Executive, Internal Recruiter, Resourcing Administrator, Recruitment Planner, HR Officer, Recruitment Coordination Executive, Recruitment Associate, Recruitment Placement Coordinator will all be considered.
