Recruitment Officer

Recruitment Officer

The closing date is 22 April 2026

The band 5 Recruitment Officer role is crucial in organising the operational work being carried out by the recruitment coordinators and to ensure the smooth running of the recruitment process.

Recruitment activity has increased across the Trust as we continue to fill all our vacant posts via individual recruitment episodes and campaigns. This has resulted in increased workloads in terms of volume of work, queries and salary enquiries. The operational recruitment process also ensures that DBS risk assessments and salary exceptions are completed and processed for approval in a timely way.

This role will offer support to the band 4 coordinators, organise the workload and ensure that processes are running smoothly and in a timely manner.

Please note, we do not offer sponsorship for this role.

Main duties of the job

• Provide operational advice, support and assistance to the Recruitment Coordinators and serve as the first point of escalation for recruitment queries or problems and policy interpretation issues, providing guidance and intervention when needed to resolve these.
• Be willing to deputise for Recruitment Team Leaders in service meetings.
• Act as a proactive team member ensuring recruitment activities are carried out in a timely manner, meeting internal quality standards and KPIs, relevant national frameworks and legal requirements.
• Plan and facilitate local induction of new recruitment team members and ensure training needs are met.
• Promote and ensure a high level of professionalism in the department, including tidy workspaces and adherence to information governance, data protection and confidentiality policies.
• Support the Resourcing Management Team in the delivery of the Trust's requirements.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Job responsibilities

This job description is provided as an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities and is not intended to be an exhaustive list. The job will change over time to reflect the changing needs of the Trust and its services, as well as the personal development needs of the post holder. A flexible approach to work and an ability to prioritise workload is required.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Educated to NVQ5 or equivalent and/or with equivalent level of relevant experience.

Experience

• Proven experience of planning and coordinating workload and reviewing delivery against objectives.
• Providing systems and process training to new colleagues.
• Experience of working in a customer service environment delivering added value candidate management against agreed quality standards.
• Experience of working to tight deadlines and delivering results under pressure.
• Experience of TRAC (applicant tracking system).
• Experience of producing written guidance/processes.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Address

The Colonnades, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 8YE

Salary

£33,677 to £40,996 a year (inclusive of 5% HCAS)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

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Reference number

367-CORP-10128-A

Job locations

The Colonnades, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 8YE