Recruitment Administrator - SWAP Team

Job summary

Do you want to work on a project that helps reduce unemployment whilst also improving safer staffing across Health and Social Care?

SWAPs stands for Sector-based Work Academy Program.

The SWAPs project was set up in response to the first wave of the pandemic when we were experiencing increasing levels of unemployment locally, whilst also facing a need to recruit at pace for the vaccination service. In its first phases, the SWAPs program acted as a means of recruiting and training people that were unemployed or facing redundancy into becoming vaccinators, and it has had great success in supporting the vaccination service in our fight against Covid-19.

Since then, the SWAPs project has developed and expanded its scope so that it not only supports recruitment within our vaccination service but now support all areas of our business as usual services, as well.

Our SWAPs team works closely with DWP and Weston College to run a 3 week training program designed to give those facing unemployment and redundancy the foundation skills and knowledge they need to take their first step into a career within Health & Social Care.

We are now into our second year of the project and keen to continue its growth so we are looking for colleagues that are driven and creative to help us push this development forward!

Main duties of the job

Do you have an interest in Recruitment, Project Co-ordination and/or HR?

This role will give you varied experience in a HR setting, as part of our wider People Services team. You will work in a supportive project team, coordinating the recruitment of the SWAPs candidates and processing the pre-employment checks. You will work closely with on-boarding, training and staffing, so there will be plenty of opportunities to broaden your skills across the different departments.

Would you like to make a real difference to the lives of people in our local community?

Click this link to see what Mark (a graduate of the SWAPs program) had to say about his experience:

https://pluss.org.uk/pluss/marks-story-pluss-positive-people-changed-my-life/

Do you want the flexibility to work from home with a good work life balance?

Our team works remotely with the opportunity to join your colleagues on site during interview and training days, so you get the best of both worlds!

We are ideally looking for full time but we are open to those looking for part time hours, too.

Does this role sound like your next exciting career opportunity? Then, apply today!

If you have any questions about the role, please don't hesitate to contact Cody Hyland on cody.hyland@somersetft.nhs.uk

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!