Recruitment Officer

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are seeking a highly motivated, organised and enthusiastic Recruitment Officer to work on our Recruitment Team.

Standard hours will be 37.5 hours per week (5 days per week Mon-Fri). We operate hybrid working - with a minimum of 2 days per week in the office and the remaining days worked from home.

We request applications from candidates who have experience of working in a recruitment administration role with direct responsibility for the processing of safer recruitment checks. Knowledge of NHS Employment Check Standards is essential.

This role may include travel across the Mersey Care sites to support on-going service requirements, and requires flexible working to support planned assessment and recruitment events.

Main duties of the job

This role will primarily involve the administration of a recruitment caseload which includes advertising vacancies, arranging interviews, supporting assessment days/evenings, attending recruitment events, sending offer letters and administering safer recruitment checks on new employees ensuring the timely handover of pay details, as well as providing daily advice and guidance in relation to recruitment guidelines, processes and best practice by both telephone and email.

You will be organised and methodical in your approach and be able to react to changing demands. You must be a team player and an excellent communicator, confident when dealing with internal and external stakeholders whilst maintaining a high level of customer service.

You will have a working knowledge of recruitment and selection procedures, employment legislation and best practice, as well as agenda for change terms and conditions of employment.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Date posted

10 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

350-TWS6915172

Job locations

V7 Building / Home working

Liverpool

L34 1PJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the role.

Please ensure that when completing your application that you clearly identify what specific recruitment administration experience you have and how you have applied this in practice.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the role.

Please ensure that when completing your application that you clearly identify what specific recruitment administration experience you have and how you have applied this in practice.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a recruitment administration role with direct responsibility for processing safer recruitment checks
Evidence of providing advice & support to a range of staff and managers to support the recruitment process

Desirable

Experience of working within an NHS Recruitment Team

Knowledge

Essential

Good general education to NVQ level 3 or equivalent with GCSE English and Maths
Knowledge of recruitment and selection procedures employment legislation and best practice
Working knowledge of using ESR, NHS Jobs and other HR systems
Knowledge of NHS Employment Check Standards

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a recruitment administration role with direct responsibility for processing safer recruitment checks
Evidence of providing advice & support to a range of staff and managers to support the recruitment process

Desirable

Experience of working within an NHS Recruitment Team

Knowledge

Essential

Good general education to NVQ level 3 or equivalent with GCSE English and Maths
Knowledge of recruitment and selection procedures employment legislation and best practice
Working knowledge of using ESR, NHS Jobs and other HR systems
Knowledge of NHS Employment Check Standards

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.