Recruitment and Onboarding Coordinator WMF818e

Salary: £32,076 - £33,024

Hours: 37 hours per week (part time or job share would be considered)

Location: Work base to be confirmed with successful candidate, role includes a mix of office/ working from home, as well as travel across the Westmorland and Furness Council footprint as required.

Contract: Permanent

We are looking for a driven, enthusiastic Coordinator to join our Care Services Recruitment team, focused on attracting, engaging, and supporting our candidates throughout their recruitment journey, ensuring a positive experience into the Council.

Care Services is the in-house provider of care and support services for adults, and individuals living with learning disabilities and autism, across Westmorland and Furness, with a workforce of over 1000 people.

You will work closely with the wider recruitment team and our Service Managers to develop and implement effective candidate attraction initiatives, leading on advertising campaigns, managing everyday vacancies and attending both external and internal recruitment specific events to promote our current vacancies and provide candidates with more information around our career pathways and development opportunities across Adults Social Care.

This role will involve working with and supporting our candidates at every stage of their journey, managing a continuous pipeline of interest, supporting them into roles within Care Services, this will involve matching the right candidates to the right roles across our Services.

We are looking for a someone with a passion for customer service, with experience of key recruitment processes, including shortlisting, interviewing and candidate screening/ assessment, alongside an understanding of pre-employment clearances. It would be beneficial to have experience in a similar sector e.g., Health and Social Care or Education. You will need to the ability to prioritise and deal with a varied workload, at time working to multiple deadlines.

If you would like to have a chat about this role in more detail or have any questions before you apply, please contact our Lead Resourcing Coordinator at amy.lowry@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk to arrange a call.

Closing date: Sunday 4th February 2024

Interview date: Monday 12th February 2024

We are currently operating both in-person and virtual interviews. Options will be discussed with candidates once they have been invited to the interview stage of the process for this specific position, and if you have any concerns or adjustments are needed, we are happy to discuss.

If you are invited to a virtual interview, this will preferably be undertaken using the Microsoft Teams software, which is currently free for new users, however if there are any issues with accessing this technology, we are happy to discuss alternative arrangements prior to the interviews.

At Westmorland and Furness Council we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all employees, volunteers and the Externally Provided Workforce (EPWs) to share this commitment.

Westmorland and Furness Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and work to promote an inclusive, supportive culture that values and celebrates our differences.

As a Disability Confident Employer, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.