Spectrum Community Health CIC

Recruitment Lead

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Job summary

As the organisations Recruitment Lead, you will be the driving force behind our recruitment efforts, ensuring timely appointments to vacancies across the organisation. Your role will be pivotal in upholding Spectrum's recruitment policy, adhering to legislation and best practices, and achieving Key Performance Indicators.

Main duties of the job

  • Lead Recruitment Efforts: Oversee the entire recruitment process from advertising vacancies to onboarding new hires.
  • Support and Guidance: Provide expert support and guidance to recruiting managers, enhancing their recruitment strategies.
  • Training Delivery: Contribute to the development and delivery of recruitment and selection training programs.
  • Team Management: Line manage a team dedicated to executing recruitment activities efficiently.
  • Event Participation: Organise and represent Spectrum at recruitment fairs and events, showcasing our organisation.
  • Project Management: Undertake recruitment projects to support the HR Service and the broader organisation.

About us

BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE

Join our team

We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.

Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you!

  • Access to NHS Pension
  • Annual leave on your Birthday
  • Welcome payment for some posts
  • Refer a friend scheme
  • Training and Development opportunities
  • Flexible Working
  • Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
  • Up to 33 days annual leave

We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.

We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.

Details

Date posted

19 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

847-CM-25-V537

Job locations

Lingfield House, Lingfield Point

Darlington

DL1 1RW


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the advertised role, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. For an informal chat, please contact Carol Gill, Carol.Gill2@spectrum-cic.nhs.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the advertised role, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. For an informal chat, please contact Carol Gill, Carol.Gill2@spectrum-cic.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Education and Training

Essential

  • Qualified to NVQ level 5, hold CIPD level 5 or able to demonstrate relevant experience in the leading recruitment & selection activities in an organisation
  • Willingness to develop and undertake training for the role

Desirable

  • Management qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience working within a HR Service, delivering recruitment and selection activities and providing advice and guidance.
  • Experience of delivering HR projects.
  • Experience of working to KPI's and providing reports.
  • Experience of providing training and developing guidance documentation.
  • Experience of working with a range of stakeholders both internally and externally.
  • Experience of using an online recruitment system.
  • Up to date knowledge of recruitment legislation.
  • An understanding of recruitment media and recruitment marketing campaigns.
  • Knowledge of recruitment challenges facing healthcare organisations.
  • Excellent knowledge of Microsoft word, Outlook, Excel and 365.

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in an NHS/healthcare provider organisation.
  • Experience in using Trac recruiting system.
  • Experience of supervising a team

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to quickly build credible relationships across the business and externally.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to adjust to meet the level of the audience.
  • Able to meet tight deadlines by organising, prioritising and using planning skills.
  • Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Ability to present information to groups.
  • Ability to resolve issues quickly and effectively.
  • Able to demonstrate a creative and innovative approach to recruitment.
  • Able to demonstrate an understanding of how the HR Service can positively impact on the patient experience.
  • Standard keyboard skills.
Person Specification

Education and Training

Essential

  • Qualified to NVQ level 5, hold CIPD level 5 or able to demonstrate relevant experience in the leading recruitment & selection activities in an organisation
  • Willingness to develop and undertake training for the role

Desirable

  • Management qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience working within a HR Service, delivering recruitment and selection activities and providing advice and guidance.
  • Experience of delivering HR projects.
  • Experience of working to KPI's and providing reports.
  • Experience of providing training and developing guidance documentation.
  • Experience of working with a range of stakeholders both internally and externally.
  • Experience of using an online recruitment system.
  • Up to date knowledge of recruitment legislation.
  • An understanding of recruitment media and recruitment marketing campaigns.
  • Knowledge of recruitment challenges facing healthcare organisations.
  • Excellent knowledge of Microsoft word, Outlook, Excel and 365.

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in an NHS/healthcare provider organisation.
  • Experience in using Trac recruiting system.
  • Experience of supervising a team

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to quickly build credible relationships across the business and externally.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to adjust to meet the level of the audience.
  • Able to meet tight deadlines by organising, prioritising and using planning skills.
  • Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Ability to present information to groups.
  • Ability to resolve issues quickly and effectively.
  • Able to demonstrate a creative and innovative approach to recruitment.
  • Able to demonstrate an understanding of how the HR Service can positively impact on the patient experience.
  • Standard keyboard skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Spectrum Community Health CIC

Address

Lingfield House, Lingfield Point

Darlington

DL1 1RW


Employer's website

https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Spectrum Community Health CIC

Address

Lingfield House, Lingfield Point

Darlington

DL1 1RW


Employer's website

https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

HR Business Partner

Carol Gill

Carol.Gill2@spectrum-cic.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

19 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

847-CM-25-V537

Job locations

Lingfield House, Lingfield Point

Darlington

DL1 1RW


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