Recruitment Manager

As Recruitment Manager for Hightown no two days are the same. You'll lead and manage a team of three experienced Recruitment Assistants to ensure you provide a comprehensive and proactive recruitment service across the Association. Working with Senior stakeholders and hiring across multiple sites you will:

• Lead, prepare and implement a recruitment strategy to attract diverse candidates and fill a high volume of vacancies across the organisation for our Care and Support teams.
• Manage the recruitment for head office-based roles including Housing, Finance, IT, Graduate, Directors and Board Members tailoring processes accordingly.
• Develop and manage relationships with local external partners including Charities, Job Centres, Local Colleges and schools, other care providers to organise and attend events to promote Hightown as an employer of choice within the community.
• Be the Association go to expert on the Recruitment Applicant tracker System ensuring that it adds value to the association and implement process improvement
• Be part of the HR Management Team contributing and implementing People Strategies and polices for the Association.
• Manage the company PSL for agency suppliers including onboarding new agencies and managing existing relationships
• Manage the Recruitment budgets and contract relationships for Job Boards, inc LinkedIn, Indeed, CVlibrary and Inside Housing and suggest and source new job board as required
  
  As well as a solid recruitment background in a fast-moving environment you will also;
• Have demonstrable relevant experience in managing volume recruitment campaigns
• Understand safer recruitment practices in a care environment ensuring compliance is managed at all stages of the recruitment process
• Have demonstrated managing stakeholders and recruitment campaigns across multiple sites
• Have experience in leading and developing a team of Recruitment Assistant
• Ideally, have a relevant HR degree or equivalent and be CIPD accredited, or willing to study towards a recognised recruitment qualification
All candidates must be able to commute to our office in Hemel Hempstead on at least three days each week with up to two days working from home.

Hightown is a charitable housing association, operating in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, aiming to help people who need support and care or who cannot afford to buy or rent a home at market values. We do this by building hundreds of much needed new homes and providing care and supported housing services for a wide range of people.

In return for your hard work and commitment, we offer a considerable benefits package which includes:
• Generous annual leave allowance of 33 days per year, including bank holidays.
• Competitive salary of £47,175pa for a 35-hour week
• Workplace Pension Scheme with 4% employer contribution
• Monthly attendance bonus of 1.25%
• Onsite staff car park
• Regular market reviews of salary and cost of living
• Life assurance cover of three times your annual salary
• Blue Light Card, giving you big savings on hundreds of high street brands, gym memberships, restaurants and cinema tickets.
• Ongoing training, e-learning and courses to develop your career and skillset
• Employee Support and Health & Wellbeing
• On site gym and shower facilities