Lead People Associate

Salary - £32,076 - £33,945

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team leading and supporting our people administration response with a strong focus on recruitment for our 40 academies across the East Midlands.

Your focus will be being the first point of contact within our team for recruitment and people related queries from across the Trust.

You will work closely with our academy principals and managers developing and maintaining positive relationships and rapport to get a better understanding of each region and their requirements. You will be responsible for the accurate and timely processing of people administration, including ensuring safer recruitment checks are completed in compliance with Keeping Children safe in education, and leading the employee journey with our Trust.

Using our applicant tracker system, we are looking for someone to proactively manage the appropriate approvals to a timeline. Initially, you will lead the enhancement of our recruitment process, place adverts, administer and manage the development and maintenance of the system.

This is a hybrid working role, based in our office in Colwick, Nottingham and at home. You’ll be an integral part of the wider team, so being a strong team player as well as having the confidence to work independently use your own initiative is essential.

About You

• It is key for you to be organised and manage others to meet deadlines and prioritise own work to meet the changing requirements within a high-volume seasonal recruitment environment.
• You will need to demonstrate good customer service and a proactive approach to seeking out the information needed by candidates and managers to keep the recruitment process moving forward and reducing the time to hire.
• You will be involved in recruiting teaching, teaching support, administrative and operational support roles across the Trust.
• Experience of working in a high-volume environment in which you are the focal point in a broad recruitment function would be advantageous.
• Is CIPD qualified or equivalent and has relevant experience of working within a people management environment.

In Return:

You can be assured that you will be joining a successful multi academy Trust which has a track record in helping children to succeed. The Trust is dedicated to valuing and developing the workforce whether through ensuring a fair workload or offering access to bespoke CPD enhance professional growth.

Office Facilities …. It’s not all about work

• Justthree miles east of the city - with good road, rail and bus links
• Free ‘outside the door’ parking - no need to worry about additional costs in getting to work
• Situated on the banks of the river Trent - in a modern business park
• Over the road from one of Nottingham’s highly rated new cafés - grab a coffee, snack or lunch - eat in or take away to suit your day
• Open space of Colwick Country Park is on our doorstep - get some fresh air and enjoy the view in 250 acres of wildlife filled woodland, open water and meadows
• Victoria Retail Park conveniently located just one mile away - for when you need to take a break or run errands
• Wellbeing zone - take a moment for self-care
• Collaborative meeting spaces - share ideas and foster your creativity

We believe in looking after the people who make a huge difference to our children, their families and the communities we serve. That’s why we give everyone who joins a Perkbox account – with 24/7 access to perks and discounts, plus curated wellbeing tools to look after your physical and mental health. It’s part of our commitment to look after you.

Here’s what you can look forward to:

• Hundreds of global and local perks, available online 24/7
• Shopping discounts from the biggest brands, all year round
• Save money on everything from the supermarket shop to summer holidays
• A free Employee Assistance Programme from Health Assured

If you share our ethos and wish to be part of a great team, we look forward to hearing from you. To apply, please visit our website. If you would like further information or to talk through the role in further detail, please contact us on 0115 748 3310 (Option 1).

If this post attracts sufficient interest before the closing date, we may decide to close and interview this vacancy at an earlier date, so an early application is advised.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks, therefore, all posts within the Trust are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. It is an offence to apply for a role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.