Recruitment Coordinator

Do you love interacting with others, achieving great outcomes through providing an efficient and effective service?

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to develop your HR career - we'll provide you with the support and training to be successful both now and in the future. This is a great time to join us as we redefine our recruitment strategy to improve alignment with university needs and goals and has arisen due staff developing and progressing into new roles within the team. 

Joining our friendly collaborative team you'll enjoy an engaging induction, supportive daily catch-ups and virtual interaction through MS Teams chat. We can also offer you a stimulating environment, with access to excellent staff benefits and facilities on our campus. We operate a hybrid working model enabling you to work flexibly from home and in the office.

About the role

This is a busy, varied role and one that would suit someone that enjoys a stimulating work environment, access to excellent staff benefits and facilities, and having the opportunity to develop or start your career within HR.

In this role you will provide first line support to managers recruiting for both academic and non-academic roles and will have ownership of the full recruitment lifecycle. With full training and support provided you will soon become proficient at each step, from advising and guiding stakeholders in the initial vacancy creation to advertising; contract creation and new starter onboarding communications.

You'll provide email and phone-based support on a whole range of queries from setting up new vacancies, visa requirements, advertising options, setting up interviews, contracts and right to work checks. Using our Recruitment ATS (Stonefish) and Payroll system (iTrent) along with MS Office you will coordinate and administer the whole recruitment process to deliver an outstanding experience for managers and candidates.

To be successful in this role you will enjoy focussing on the detail whilst being adept at multi-tasking and unfazed by the demands of multiple stakeholders. You may have experience within a busy HR Recruitment team but crucially you will need the drive to develop your HR Recruitment skills. Other key things we will be looking for are:

• A positive and professional manner.
• The ability to deal tactfully and confidently with people at all levels.
• A focus on prioritising work and meeting deadlines and service level agreements.

You will be interested in developing and maintaining an understanding of HR/Recruitment best practice and applying it to ensure HR processes are carried out effectively and with a high level of attention to detail.

Experience writing content for websites, job adverts, profiles would be advantageous, but not essential.

Further information

This role is fixed-term with an expected duration of 18 months, to cover a secondment. 

For an informal discussion about the position please contact Kate Harper, Talent Acquisition Manager (kwh33@bath.ac.uk), however, please submit your application via the University website. 

This position is full-time (36.5 hours) per week, but we're flexible and open to discussing job-sharing arrangements to ensure continuous full-time coverage. If you're interested in this role on a job-share basis, please indicate so on your application form. Additionally, feel free to discuss your preferences during the interview. We value flexibility and are open to exploring potential opportunities with you.

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