Recruitment Officer

 The Role

You will support the Recruitment Manager in the management of the Trust recruitment service with attraction, recruitment, retention and onboarding. You will ensure we continue to offer an excellence service to our schools . You will be a proactive professional and be first point of contact for both candidates and new staff during the onboarding process.

We operate our recruitment service fully in-house and you will help ensure we continue to offer a reliable cost effective service to meet the changing needs of our workforce. Building relationships is key to this role and the successful applicant will have strong  communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

This is an exciting time to join our recruitment team as you will co-lead a number of  projects including developing our recruitment ATS, development of our Trust Talent Pool and analyising our recruitment data to ensure ROI.

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What you will need to succeed:

For further details please see the attached JD and person specification

• Knowledge of attraction and recruitment strategies as well as pre-employment checks
• Monitor successful and unsuccessful attraction methods and adjust procedures and strategies accordingly 
• Assist with recruitment reporting to internal stakeholders to show current recruitment trends 
• Able to work independently and manage own workload and time effectively 
• Coordinate the preferred supply agency list for the Trust and update school supply coordinators accordingly 
• Development and management of talent pools and CV libraries to ensure quality candidates are retained and utilised across the Trust.
• Have good knowledge and understanding of the Recruitment and on boarding system
• Support the development of the recruitment processes and systems, identifying improvements 
• Maintain confidentiality inside and outside of the workplace
• Carry out new starter audits on a termly basis at your designated schools
• Working knowledge of candidate generation via social media
• Previous experience of working within a recruitment team is essential 
• Previous experience of working for an employment agency is desirable but not essential

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Our Trust

The Thinking Schools Academy Trust is a family of schools consisting of both primary and secondary schools across Kent, Hampshire and Plymouth. 

We believe that every young person in our community deserves to have the best opportunities at life regardless of their individual circumstances.

Education is the key to transforming life chances and we support and develop every member of our community to:

• Think about their Thinking
• Be their Best self
• Shape their Success

In this way we transform life chances 

View our Trust video to gain an insight into The Thinking Schools Academy Trust and click here to read more about our Trust 

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What you will get from The Thinking Schools Academy Trust:

• The opportunity to join a growing organisation during an extremely exciting time, with the opportunity for progression as the Trust grows in size
• Employees who join our Trust in Medway can also benefit from a discounted price of £10 per month membership of the TSAT gym, which is conveniently located on site at New Horizon’s Children’s Academy in Chatham
• The successful applicant will also have access to the local government pension scheme and an annual leave entitlement of 26 days, increasing to 30 after 5 years of service
• A fun, hardworking and welcoming team who enjoy supporting each other
• Vast support network from senior leaders within the school and our Trust
• A 24/7 employee assistance programme which provides counselling and support / advice on a wide array of areas

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 Next Steps

This is a fantastic opportunity to join us at a really exciting time for the HR team, as we continue to develop the professional services that we provide. If you are interested in joining our growing Multi-Academy Trust and developing your career, please apply today!

If you would like to arrange an informal conversation to discuss the role in more detail please contact Simon Arnold via email – s.arnold@tsatrust.org.uk 

Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.