Recruitment Officer

A little bit about the role 

Location: Flexible, with regular travel required during the autumn recruitment season (September-December)

We seek a proactive individual with strong interpersonal skills to join our Recruitment Team for this 12 month fixed-term contract. The ideal candidate must excel in managing recruitment strategies, building relationships, and analysing data. Enhance our social work program by attracting diverse talent and supporting applicants throughout their journey with dedication and innovation.

The Recruitment team is responsible for sourcing, selecting and hiring for 500 places on Approach Social Work in local authorities across England and we expect c. 10000 applications this year to meet target.

As an attraction officer within the recruitment team, you will be responsible for delivering a targeted recruitment campaign to engage university students, graduates and career changers with Approach Social Work.

Some key responsibilities include:

• Attracting individuals who have the potential to be excellent social workers to the Frontline programme and developing recruitment strategies
• Supporting the selection of applicants and candidate journey   
• Working with internal systems, evaluating data and constructing detailed plans  

A little bit about you 

The successful candidate will be someone who enjoys managing a varied workload, and delivering outcomes in a target-driven team. Experience in recruitment, marketing or advertising is desirable, but passion for these areas is essential. Recruitment Officers design and implement a tailored recruitment strategy for their own areas of work, so the role would suit someone who thrives on autonomous, results-driven work.

We have a fast-moving culture within the team and organisation, so we’re looking for someone who is who is well organised, details-focused and can use their initiative to do what works. You will have excellent communication skills, be able to build relationships with people and be willing to learn. There are lots of opportunities for growth and development in this role – and for the right candidate to make the role their own. 

If you feel you have the skills to make a real impact and contribute to creating lasting social change for children and families, we would love to hear from you. 

We have increased the diversity of Frontline’s workforce in the last 12 months, but we need to do more to have greater racialised minority representation in our senior roles. We know the value racialised minority voices bring and therefore, we are strongly encouraging applicants from these backgrounds to apply. We are also a disability confident employer and welcome applicants with disabilities. Please let us know how we can make the recruitment process more accessible for you.

We reserve the right to close this role ahead of the deadline once we reach a suitable number of applications, so please apply as soon as you can!