Recruitment Assistant

**Wellingborough (or Hull if internal), £27,000 per annum FTE**:
**Benefits**

Employee benefits Scheme: including counselling service and 24/7 GP service

Free food days

Company events

Free parking

Close to shops and amenities

Birthday holiday

Working hours: 5 days (Monday to Friday), 4 hours per day (between 8am and 5pm)

Location: site based at Wellingborough with occasional home working

Holidays: FTE 21 days plus bank holidays

Holiday purchase scheme: on completion of probation period

**Purpose**

Vizion Network Ltd is the largest network of automotive repair centres and automotive repair and management services in the UK and Ireland.

Vizion provides network and claims management services and solutions to a growing proportion of the UK market which includes insurers, vehicle manufacturers, brokers and fleets. Managing over 200,000 claims per year in these sectors currently.

**Role Profile**

As a skilled Recruitment Assistant, you will have a working knowledge of recruitment best practices and be able to bring innovative ideas on how to attract the best talent to the organisation. You will have great communication skills and be a confident networker who brings creativity and innovation to the task of talent attraction. You will be highly organised and demonstrate a track record of completing projects in a timely manner.

Your primary responsibility will be to effectively manage our full recruitment cycle, ensuring that we consistently meet our staff requirements and acquire top talent for our organisation.

**Job Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Work with the HR Manager to design and implement a strategy for recruitment and onboarding, looking at the current and future needs of the company
- Liaise with managers to identify staff requirements and the specific post objectives
- Research and implement effective advertising options Identify new and effective recruitment and onboarding sources
- Work with marketing to design bespoke and eye-catching job descriptions
- Advertise on generic and specialist career websites, Company website and university/college boards as required
- Arrange psychometric testing for leaders using our psychometric testing portal
- Arrange and facilitate phone, Teams and/or in-person interviews as required
- Take advice on best interview practice from the HR team and ensure interviewers are adopting these
- Research, negotiate and implement recruitment and onboarding platforms
- Liaising with managers and the accounts team to analyse recruitment costs
- Maintain a complete record of interviews and new hires
- Track recruiting metrics
- Announcing new starters on SharePoint with photo and bio
- Stay up to date with current recruiting methods
- Organise and host company recruitment events
- Recommend ways to improve our recruitment and onboarding strategies
- Build professional networks to attract potential employees, including local schools, colleges and universities
- Identify opportunities to attend job fairs and careers events
- Develop new starter packages e.g., welcome boxes, information handbooks
- Develop methods of engaging with new starters during the probationary period
- Any other tasks as instructed by the Management team

**Person Specification**

You will...

have minimum grade C (4) GCSE maths and English

have proven work experience as a Recruiting Assistant or in a recruitment role

have excellent communication skills

have excellent research and analytical skills

have the ability to work well as a team member and work on your own initiative

have the ability to prioritise and complete projects within short deadlines

adhere to strict confidentiality and data protection guidelines

have a willingness to travel on occasion

have own transport