Recruitment Assistant (HR)

Job summary

The Workforce (HR) team is entering an exciting period of change. We have a new opportunity for a Recruitment Assistant (HR) to join the RHN and support the delivery of our Resourcing and Retention aims within our People Strategy.

The Recruitment Assistant (HR) will be part of the Workforce function and reports to the Senior HR Advisor Resourcing and Retention. The key focus of the role will be to closely support hiring managers with end-to-end recruitment vacancies and completing a high volume of pre-employment checks to onboard new starters across the entire organisation.

The Workforce function consists of three teams that work closely together HR, Resourcing & Retention, Organisational Development and Learning & Development and Staff Engagement, Wellbeing & Inclusion. Together, we are focused on delivering our new People Strategy that is closely aligned to the RHNs strategic objectives. This really is a fantastic opportunity for you to join a function that is well respected, integrated, and continuing to grow in the RHN.

This new role will be interesting to you if you have experience of working within HR or Recruitment and particularly enjoy having responsibility for recruitment and onboarding activities. Your core focus will be on Recruitment and Onboarding, but you will work closely with the HR Assistant to ensure all relevant HR and Recruitment processes are followed and improved for increased efficiency.

Main duties of the job

Main Objectives of the role

• Provide a responsive and professional HR & Recruitment service to internal and external stakeholders, being the first point of contact with candidates and some key stakeholders.
• Provide a full range of administration support for Recruitment related matters including arranging interviews, issuing offers and pre-employment checks using IDVT.
• Take ownership of our Onboarding and Pre-Employment Checks process, diagnosing blockages and proactively identifying how processes and workflows can be improved.
• Support with the upgrade and implementation of the Applicant Tracking System including automating recruitment and onboarding processes.
• Work closely with the Senior HR Advisor and HR Advisor Resourcing & Retention, to update Resourcing and Retention KPIs and developing a dashboard that can be shared with key stakeholders.
• Cleanse and streamline our Recruitment folders to improve our ways of working including developing new job description, interview and candidate pack templates.
• Advertise and track vacancies on our direct website and job boards including NHS jobs.
• Support and actively partake in Recruitment development projects to assist with the on-going improvement of the Recruitment Service; seeking out opportunities to refine and streamline practice.
• Proactively support the HR and Resourcing team in recruitment open and assessment days, taking responsibility for co-ordinating these events with the HR Advisor.

About us

The RHN is an independent hospital and medical charity. We care for people who have brain injuries and require assessment and intensive rehabilitation for conditions such asHuntingtons diseaseand prolonged disorders of consciousness. Our specialist services include a ventilator unit and aneuro-behavioural unit.

We help those with the most complex of health needs and disabilities including degenerative or progressive conditions as well as providing palliative care.The patients we support usually have complex physical challenges alongside their neuro-disability.

Our vision for the future is that we will be the national centre of excellence for neuro-disability. Our mission is to provide outstanding care and empowering individuals with neuro-disability, enabling them to live their lives to their fullest potential.

We are pleased to have been awardedan overall rating of Good by our regulator, the CQC, in 2021 and we have recently beenawarded a discretionary Gold Award for Outstanding Safeguarding Practices, meaning we arerecognized nationally as Leaders in Safeguarding.