Recruitment and Retention Coordinator

Recruitment & Retention Co-Ordinator BR5 - from £12.95 to £13.63 ph Hybrid working - 3 days WFH & 2 days in the office Monday to Friday 9-5 36 hours per week Initially 3 months contract with potential to be extended

RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION

Coordinate Council recruitment and selection procedures for Social Care Services and other hard to fill roles to ensure they operate efficiently at all stages.

Obtain approval to advertise, according to any LBB special recruitment measures, prior to advertising any non-school vacancies. Liaise with OD Leads, HRBS/ managers and external partners/HR Consultancy to resolve any issues.

Publish job adverts using Bromley website and via other media and advertising platforms as instructed. Liaise with the Recruitment Advertising agencies on adverts which are placed outside of the Council’s website.

Provide coordination support to underpin effective recruitment and selection. Receive and circulate job applications submitted via the Council’s web recruitment functionality and other means. Administer the selection processes according to LBB policy, and as instructed by recruiting managers. This includes liaising with appropriate service managers/partner agencies to arrange interviews or other associated work ensuring applicants and candidates are responded to in a timely manner and receive a high-quality customer service experience.

Work together with colleagues in HR Business Services Recruitment Team to ensure that managers receive a seamless recruitment service whether this be for temporary workers or permanent staff. This includes the receiving of Managers’ Appointment Instructions for newly appointed LBB staff.

Communicate with shortlisted and unsuccessful applicants regarding the selection process using the web recruitment functionality and via other means.

Answer general enquiries and give routine advice to potential applicants and managers on the Council’s recruitment and selection processes.

Run recruitment reports and update the recruitment database, collating the information for report/meeting purposes as necessary.

Coordinating the delivery of recruitment events.

Assist in undertaking and coordinating research as necessary to update the recruitment and retention strategy to ensure that it reflects changes in the employment market.

Deal with general queries on the Council’s recruitment strategy including the processing of expressions of interest and other recruitment initiatives.

Provide support to ensure the effective recruitment and coordination for any social work students/trainee schemes including graduate interns and apprentices.

Coordinate the 'no quit’ and exit interview process.

Coordinate the Staff Transfer Scheme process and where applicable, apply other retention strategies

KNOWLEDGE

Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures together with an understanding of the work of a Human Resource section, including recruitment procedures

EXPERIENCE

Proven administrative experience

Proven experience of working to deadlines

Recent proven experience of effective communication with a variety of people both on the telephone and face to face.

Experience of using computers to support performance in job role