Recruitment Assistant

Job summary

Are you organised, people-focused and looking for a varied role in a supportive recruitment team?

We're seeking a Recruitment Assistant to join our busy and friendly Recruitment Administration team in Reading.

This is a varied, customer-facing role where you'll be one of the first points of contact for candidates starting their journey with our Trust. You'll provide valuable support across the recruitment team, helping with ID checks and onboarding for new starters, managing inboxes, sending letters and other recruitment related administrative tasks.

You'll bring a proactive, organised and solution focussed approach with strong prioritisation skills. You'll communicate effectively in person, by phone & email, and have experience in administration roles and customer care.

As our Recruitment Assistant, you'll gain hands-on experience of the full recruitment process & insight into a wide range of recruitment activities across Berkshire Healthcare's services. We've a strong focus on learning and development, so there will be access to plenty of training opportunities with scope to progress in the future. You'll benefit from our compassionate culture, generous leave and other NHS benefits.

This is a part-time, year round, permanent role for 27.5 hrs/week. We're open to flexible working patterns within our core hours of 8am to 5pm, Mon-Fri. You'll work set hours across all 5 days in our Reading office. Due to the nature of the role, homeworking can't be offered.

Main duties of the job

Support the Recruitment Administration team members as required across end-to-end recruitment processes. This will include:

• Contacting candidates by phone and email and welcome them to the office for ID checks

• Conducting ID checks, ensuring documentation is compliant and securely stored

• Printing and distributing ID cards for new starters

• Producing confidential correspondence, including conditional offers

• Maintaining accurate records across electronic systems, including Trac

• Providing excellent customer service to candidates

• Maintaining organised office systems to ensure smooth day-to-day operations

• Managing the team inbox and incoming and outgoing mail as required

• Assisting with data collection, reporting and general administrative tasks

Internal candidates can apply for this vacancy here OR via Nexus - Jobs and secondments

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites