Recruitment Resourcer, Bridgend

Job Description

Who are we?

We are New Directions, a group of companies that provide UK wide services (including recruitment, training, care provision and other support services) within education, social care, domiciliary care and the pharmaceutical sector, from a network of offices across the UK.

Summary of Role

This is a key role within the Care and Support sector to actively recruit Carers, Care Coordinators and Field Care positions into our workplace, who are passionate about delivering an empathic service to support service users remain at home and encourage independence.

What we offer:

Fantastic employee benefits including:

• Health Cashback scheme
• Life Assurance of 4 x salary
• Pension Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• A generous annual leave entitlement of 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 27 days holiday after two years’ service; pro rata’d for part time)
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave through salary sacrifice
• A day off for your birthday
• A Giving Back day – to offer your services to the local community
• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme (subject to qualifying eligibility criteria)
• Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme (subject to qualifying eligibility criteria)
• Opportunity to join our 3% interest Christmas savings scheme
• Employee referral scheme; you can earn between £250 and £500 for each successful referral into the business

Main duties;

• Searching for and identifying job leads to identify new candidates for the Care and Support community
• Source new candidates from job sites, social media and other platforms using local market knowledge
• Plan the candidate search – if sourcing a new candidate, searching through all available sources
• Contact candidates and conduct initial screening to find out what roles they are interested in, their suitability to the role, notice period, the reason for leaving current role, and so on.
• Conducting the initial screening when dealing with new candidates, followed by registering the candidate to match the roles they are looking for. Another important function is to understand and manage candidate’s aspirations to ensure they find the right role.
• When working on specific roles, coordinating with the relevant team members to learn the job details, specific qualifications required, and the experience needed (if any) and use this information to source candidates who meet the criteria.
• Carry out pre-employment checks in line with company policy and relevant legislation.
• Providing general administrative support to the recruitment function, such as answering enquiries, and making sure that the candidates and clients always receive a professional and comprehensive recruitment service.
• Supporting the wider administrative nature of the business and branch.
• Arranging and attending recruitment job fairs and events for all branches, as and when required.

Main responsibilities;

• Responsible for the relevant recruitment of the right candidates in Care & Support
• Responsible for compliance (as and when required) with all relevant legislation, and processes, policies, and procedures
• Responsible for taking reasonable care of your own health and safety and ensuring that you take reasonable care not to put other people (including fellow employees and members of the public) at risk by what you do or do not do in the course of your job
• Responsible for safeguarding assets within your control and possession, including but not limited to hardware, software, systems, or information, and to report any suspected breach in security without delay, to the relevant personnel as required
• Responsible for the non-disclosure of any confidential information and/or trade secrets of the Company to third parties and/or the misuse of any confidential information and/or trade secrets of the Company for your own purpose/benefit
• Responsible for establishing, maintaining, and developing excellent working relationships with colleagues within your department and the wider Company
• Responsible for delivering exceptional levels of customer service; both to internal and external customers
• Responsible for communicating with people in a respectful, courteous, and professional manner at all times

New Directions Holding is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.