Nursery Recruitment

**Recruitment Assistant (Part Time, 20-30 hours per week)**
**Yume Nursery & Preschool | London SW18 | On-site**

Yume Nursery & Preschool is a high-quality early years setting in Southwest London and part of Yume School UK Ltd. We are expanding our People & Culture function and seeking a proactive, detail-driven Recruitment Assistant to support end-to-end hiring and HR administration across the nursery.

This is an excellent role for someone who enjoys talent sourcing, fast-paced coordination, and working within a compliance-focused environment.

**Role Overview**

You will also lead the administrative and compliance processes for safer recruitment, onboarding, and leavers management, ensuring all HR files remain accurate, complete, and audit-ready.

This role reports into the Management Team and Directors of Operations.

**Key Responsibilities1. Talent Sourcing and Pipeline Building**
- Directly approach and engage potential nursery staff, including Early Years Educators, Room Leaders, Kitchen Assistants, and management roles.
- Maintain a live talent pipeline and track engagement.

**2. Screening and Interviewing**
- Conduct initial video screening interviews to assess suitability, communication, and compliance indicators.

**3. Safer Recruitment Compliance**
- Support the full safer recruitment workflow, including:

- Application form and health declaration checks
- Right to work checks
- Reference checks (professional and character)
- Qualification and residential address verification
- Ensure all evidence is collected, recorded, and stored according to EYFS, Ofsted, and safer recruitment standards.

**4. Onboarding and Induction**
- Prepare and issue offer letters, contracts, and onboarding documentation.
- Organise induction schedules and ensure new starters complete mandatory training.
- Upload all documents to BrightHR, ensuring full accuracy and GDPR compliance.

**5. HR Administration**
- Manage staff HR folders (physical and digital) alongside BrightHR record keeping.
- Support leavers processing: resignation acknowledgement, final documentation, exit interview coordination, and file closure.
- Maintain recruitment trackers and weekly reporting.

**Essential Skills & Experience**
- Experience in recruitment, talent sourcing, or HR coordination.
- Strong understanding of safer recruitment or willingness to learn.
- Ability to conduct confident, structured video interviews.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal).
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment with multiple open vacancies.
- Proficiency with digital tools: MS Office, BrightHR (or similar), video-interview platforms.

**Desirable**
- Experience in HR & Recruitment in early years, education, healthcare, or other regulated sectors.
- Knowledge of EYFS, Ofsted requirements, and safer recruitment expectations.
- Right to work checks and DBS experience.

**Hours and Location**
- Part time: 20-30 hours per week
- On-site at Yume Nursery & Preschool, 10 Point Pleasant, SW18 1GG

**What We Offer**
- A warm, collaborative team culture.
- Opportunities for professional development in HR, compliance, and early-years recruitment.
- Competitive hourly rate aligned to experience.
- A role that contributes directly to maintaining high-quality staffing in a thriving and ambitious nursery.

If you are proactive, organised, and passionate about finding the best talent for an outstanding early-years setting, we would love to hear from you.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £13.00-£13.50 per hour

Expected hours: 20 - 30 per week

**Benefits**:

- Childcare
- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Referral programme

Ability to commute/relocate:

- London SW18 1GG: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Application question(s):

- Remote work for this role is not allowed. Are you willing to work Monday to Friday up to 30hours a week based on Rota shift (Between 9am and 6pm with 1 Hour lunch break) in our office at the Nursery?

**Experience**:

- HR Coordinator: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- CIPD Level 3 (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person