Recruitment Officer

Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale E: £24,294.00 to £25,979.00 per annum

Start Date: February 2024

The main responsibility of the role will be:

• to oversee the recruitment process managing both internal and external stakeholders, managing the starter & onboarding process, including compliance requirements and the development of job descriptions with hiring managers, writing and placing adverts, supporting and advising panels with shortlisting, interviewing and managing offers.
• ensuring that managers with recruitment responsibilities are adequately trained in the Trust’s processes, follow best practice and understand the legal requirement around recruitment and selection.
• provide excellent administrative and clerical support in regard to all areas of staff recruitment. 

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of dealing with high volume, deadline driven requests in a calm, diplomatic and persuasive manner.  
• Fully competent with Microsoft Office 365 and using IT packages relevant to the role. Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work on own initiative and under pressure.
• Effective decision-making skills.  
• Able to build good working relationships with stakeholders.
• Ability to work constructively and flexibly as part of a team. 

Inspiration Trust has twice been ranked as the country’s top family of comprehensive schools for pupil progress, and strongly believes in the importance of giving the widest educational opportunities to all young people, regardless of their background. The Trust provides strong networks with opportunities to work with a diverse range of schools and partners. The Trust is committed to offering excellent professional and learning opportunities to all our staff, with a busy programme of continuing professional development courses delivered by some of the country’s best educational thinkers and practitioners.

Inspiration Trust feels it is important to support every school by centralising certain support services. In turn this reduces workload on senior leaders, helping to establish further value for money on a variety of integrated services. This also ensures the Trust’s Academies have a local support structure and share best practice. As a Trust we will continue to review the services we offer and are committed to making them responsive to individual Academy’s needs.

The Trust’s dedicated Central Services Team is based at the Hewett Academy in Norwich. This team provides a strong range of school support services including:

• Finance
• Governance
• Human Resources and Payroll
• Operations, including Estate management, Health and Safety, ICT and Marketing

For information on what it is like to live and work in Norwich, click here.

When you join Inspiration Trust’s thriving network of talented teachers, leaders and support staff, you join an organisation that supports you to be the best you can be. The Trust offers a varied professional development programme for employees.

We are committed to offering excellent professional opportunities for our staff, through careful support and personalised CPD. We offer a structured and specific induction programme. 

The Trust also offers:

• Generous holiday entitlement for employees.
• Local Government Pension Schemes with generous employer contributions.
• Employee Assistance Programme which provided a fully confidential service which includes 24/7 free telephone support is offered. Access to well-being information, advice and guidance are always available as well.
• Discounted monthly travel passes via the First Bus Commuter Travel Club.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Retail Benefits offering discounts with many shops and suppliers.
• Corporate membership of the Norwich Theatre Royal.
• Salary sacrifice schemes, including car leasing (subject to T&C) and healthcare plans, including Dental insurance and Gym membership discounts.
• Specsavers VDU Eyecare vouchers and Boots Annual Flu vouchers.
• Free Parking (on most sites).

*Some benefits are only available following successfully passing probation

To apply for this role please click the Apply button on this page to complete the online application form.

Closing date for applications: 12pm on Thursday 11th January 2024

Interview date: Thursday 18th January 2024

Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and all staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS checks. You will be required to provide references and undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.  
 
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer.