Recruitment Coordinator

Reports to: Senior Recruitment and Talent Manager

Location: West London – currently operating an agile working policy with two core days (Mon and Weds) in the office 

Contract: Permanent

Pattern: Full Time (standard hours 9am – 5.30pm)

Closing date: Friday 14th July, 10am – applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to close the role before the deadline, early application is advised.

Salary: circa £30,000 

About the role:

We’re looking for a Recruitment Coordinator to join our small but close-knit recruitment team working to attract the best teachers and leaders into our successful network of schools. Your role would be to support our network of 39 schools and head office team with all aspects of their recruitment processes, offering advice, guidance and assistance as well as working on various projects throughout the year to improve our recruitment service to schools. You would lead on providing schools with valuable audits of adverts, guidance on using various job boards and routes to market and recruitment data to ensure their processes are as effective as possible. You would also support with building talent pipelines for critical roles and hard-to-fill areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide first-line support for all school recruitment queries.
• Assist with amending, editing and improving adverts based on best practice guidance.
• Support with posting on various job boards, ensuring all platforms are being fully utilised.
• Use LinkedIn and other platforms to attract and resource candidates for critical vacancies and to build a pipeline of talent for hard-to-fill roles.
• Work alongside the Schools Recruitment team to ensure that the Ark employer brand continues to attract a wide and diverse range of high-calibre applicants.
• Work with Recruitment Advisors for early career teachers and senior leaders to provide a suite of support and solutions to schools.
• Support with projects such as improving our ATS (Applicant Tracking System), running and analysing data reports, creating recruitment marketing campaigns, working with our supply partnership and supporting D&I initiatives to ensure our schools are running fair, consistent and inclusive recruitment processes.

Key Requirements:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to communicate effectively and confidently with colleagues at all levels.
• Strong writing skills and high attention to detail with the ability to proof-read and edit a variety of documents.
• Strong IT skills, with particular knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to quickly learn how to use new systems (e.g. using the ATS, different job boards etc.)
• Numerate and analytical with the ability to work with data reports to identify key patterns and trends.
• Highly organised with the ability to multi-task and prioritise competing deadlines and thrives in a fast-paced environment.

View the full job description and person specification here

About Ark

We’re an international charity, transforming lives through education. We exist to give every young person, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life. In the UK, we’re a network of 39 schools, educating around 28,500 pupils in areas where we can make the biggest difference and we’re recognised as one of the highest achieving academy groups in the country. We want to change the lives of children everywhere, not just in our own schools. So, we create and incubate Ventures designed not only to help pupils in Ark schools, but also to improve education systems.

You’ll be joining a group of like-minded, ambitious individuals who work collaboratively and are all committed to our core mission, that every child has the potential to succeed. Having just celebrated our 20^th anniversary, we are shaping our goals for the next 20 and there has never been a more exciting time to join us.

Benefits

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with each year of service up to 30 days after 3-years’ service. This entitlement is pro rata for part time employees. This entitlement excludes bank holidays
• Full office closure between Christmas and New Year
• Hybrid working, with currently two days a week in our state-of-the-art office in West London working alongside colleagues
• Regular social events, monthly free breakfast, and daily fruit
• A flexible approach to working with understanding and consideration for work life balance and personal commitments
• As an Ark employee, you will have the opportunity to be part of the TPT (The Pension Trust) scheme, our workplace pension scheme where we make an 11% contribution; you are not required to contribute towards this scheme unless you choose to. Depending on your role you may also be entitled to LGPS/TPS which is a defined benefit scheme where you contribute a percentage based on how much you earn (as do we) in exchange for a guaranteed amount in your pension pot every year
• Access to high-quality professional learning throughout your career, offering both face-to-face sessions and a bespoke online learning platform
• Access to Ark Rewards scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers, interest-free loans available for season tickets or a bike, gym discounts offering up to 40% off your local gym and free eye tests

How to Apply:

Apply with a CV and cover letter on our online recruitment portal. Applications to be submitted by Friday 14^th July at 10am but please note: we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this advert may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response.

This ATS application form should take no longer 20 minutes to complete. At any time, you can pause, save, and log back in. If you have any difficulty with meeting the deadline for application, please contact recruitment@arkonline.org

Interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.  

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.