Early Careers Co-Ordinator

Do you have experience of working within an HR, recruitment or office coordination role? We are looking for an experienced coordinator to join our HR team based in Peterborough on a Fixed Term Contract for 6 months, with the opportunity to be made permanent. The role will mainly support (but is not limited to) the early careers lifecycle with a focus on recruitment and employment. Working across both HR and Recruitment teams the individual will help to streamline processes and provide support to the team.

Our HR team of 14 is predominantly based in Peterborough, where this role will sit, with some based in Winchester and London. As a people focussed team, we work to support our five main divisions (Commercial, Infrastructure, Planning & Development, Residential and Rural) to attract, recruit and retain the best people who deliver high performance and support them to achieve their full potential. This role will play a crucial part in us achieving these goals. Our Peterborough office, located at the Allia Business Centre, is a vibrant and open planned setting. The role will be a hybrid position, being based in the office Wednesday to Friday. We offer flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances and are open to flexible working arrangements. We are a friendly team, looking to find someone with enthusiasm and ambition to help us continue to grow.

Main tasks:

Recruitment

• Assist in processing the early careers programmes with support from the recruitment team, utilising relevant attraction methods coordinating responses and tracking for recruitment in a timely and effective manner
• Support the Intern recruitment process and Internship programme
• Co-ordinate work experience requests, liaising with line managers and students, preparing required paperwork and maintaining record
• Organise and facilitate assessment centres, across UK
• Organise and attend careers fairs and events across universities (and schools)
• Liaise with and manage university contacts to develop relationships further and generate more on campus awareness of early careers opportunities

HR

• Manage the enrolment on educational courses i.e. masters, apprenticeships and mapping the timescales against their employment to start their APC assessments.
• Ensuring that Training Agreements and Plans are fully completed and returned to HR.
• Maintaining the graduate tracker to ensure all data is up to date and compliant, including sandwich students, apprentices, etc.
• Work with the business leaders to organise rotations for placements and administering these.
• Support the HR Manager with external training arrangements including the Carter Jonas Talent Academy, RICS and LionHeart webinars.
• Publishing and enhancing awareness of the RICS support tools such as online forum, mentoring scheme, face to face support.

Full job description is available on request

What will it take to be successful?

You will ideally have gained some experience with coordinating early careers programmes or similar projects within an HR team, including (but not limited to) graduates and apprenticeships. You will be highly efficient, with experience of managing multiple priorities to ensure you deliver across both Recruitment and HR tasks. You will be a confident communicator and a team player. You will be able to adapt at using different systems and support way to improve processes.

Hours

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Location

Peterborough

Why choose us?

We offer a highly competitive rewards package including group pension, flexible benefits, referral schemes and generous annual leave.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are dedicated to driving diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Learning and development is important to us; we encourage everyone to continue developing to optimise their performance and fulfil their potential. We have an agile flexible working policy; many of our team work flexibly, we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you. We enjoy what we do, and we do it well, which is why 80% of our business comes from repeat clients.

About us:

Since 1855, Carter Jonas has grown to be one of the largest and most respected property consultancies in the UK with a network of 34 offices across England and Wales, employing more than 1,000 partners and employees.

Our tailored service and Simply Better Advice have enabled us to forge lasting, intelligent and trusting partnerships with our clients. These long-standing relationships are our most important and most closely protected asset. From private landowners to local authorities, pension funds to farmers – our universe of client experience is among the most varied in UK property.

We employ the very best people. We are a place where people want to work, and our culture is both collaborative and business minded. We have experts in every field who deliver long term advice that enhances our clients' future prosperity.

Ahead of the curve, we are pioneering in the use of technology within the property industry, making Carter Jonas a hugely exciting place to work.

Our values:

• Approachable – We treat every relationship with respect, integrity, and warmth
• Effective – We do what we say we will, we do it well and we are accountable
• Ambitious – We are ambitious for our clients and for our firm

We look to recruit individuals who represent our core values, but who can also demonstrate the six Carter Jonas competencies that are the foundation of our career pathways. These competencies will aide their personal development in the business, and comprise of:

• Communication - Ensures effective, clear, and relevant communications in support of business objectives
• People - Demonstrates leadership in conduct and effectively manages and develops people to optimise performance through others
• Business Development & Client Care - Ensures effective communication to facilitate excellent client care and collaboration and pursuing opportunities for increased business and profit mindful of the Firm's heritage and values
• Use of Technology - Modern, Agile, Digital Employee
• Teamwork - Recognises the importance of working with others, to collaborate and co-operate to achieve business
• Personal Effectiveness & Productivity- Engage, promote, and adhere to compliance requirements including all internal processes and procedures which manage risk and enhance productivity.