Recruitment Business Partner
Band 6
Main area Corporate Services - Recruitment
Grade Band 6
Contract Fixed term: 12 months
Hours Full time Flexible working37.5 hours per week
Site Eastern & Coastal Area Office, Canterbury, Littlebourne Road, Canterbury, CT1 1AZ
Salary £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Closing15/11/2023 23:59

Job overview
Are you an experienced recruitment professional seeking a new challenge within the NHS?

Do you want to make a huge difference to the lives of those suffering with mental health conditions, by helping us to attract and recruit fantastic members of staff?

We have created an exciting new role here at KMPT.

If you have the enthusiasm and drive to help us on our road to excellence, we would be keen to hear from you.

As Recruitment Business Partner you will be the first point of contact for hiring managers looking to recruit Medical professionals and Senior Managers, and will work with them to consider the best way of attracting candidates.

You will engage in multiple sourcing methods, and ensure process is adhered to in regard to the processing of pre-employment checks via our applicant tracking system.

Experience of recruiting candidates from scarce skill markets and proactive headhunting is essential, along with excellent ICT skills and experience of using recruitment administrative systems.

You will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills, with the ability to write engaging recruitment adverts, and have the ability to work effectively under pressure and prioritise workload and meet deadlines.

Although previous experience of medical recruitment specifically is not a requirement, it would be ideal for candidates to have a basic understanding of the roles that fall within this directorate (Consultants, Doctors, and Psychiatrists).

Main duties of the job
-Evaluate key areas of focus within the organisation requiring additional support in relation to candidate attraction.
-Consider new mechanisms for proactive candidate sourcing including, but not limited to - the use of social media, networking and referrals, job boards, targeted advertising, open days and assessment centres.
-Regularly meeting with key stakeholders both virtually and in-person to discuss opportunities for engagement, whilst gaining a wider understanding of the organisation as a whole
-Proactively supporting the Recruitment Manager in generating and delivering targeted recruitment campaigns for specific groups of candidates
-Tailoring advertisements to ensure these are fit for purpose and reaching as wider audience as possible
-Training of other recruitment team members in proactive sourcing methods and effective recruitment communications.
-Working in collaboration with our communications department to develop KMPT's brand as an 'employer of choice', through effective utilisation of the KMPT careers page and other online platforms where KMPT has or needs a presence
-Supporting the recruitment team with the recruitment process where needed
-Utilisation of applicant tracking system and external platforms to support candidates and make them aware of current vacancies

Working for our organisation

The team are currently based at home for 80% of the working week, with 20% being spent on site in Canterbury, in accordance with our current hybrid working policy. It may be possible to adjust the office location for the right applicant, as we have several locations across Kent and Medway.

You will report in to our Recruitment Manager and will join a friendly, enthusiastic and fun team, who all strive for excellence.

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

-First port of call for line management in relation to setting up designated recruitment campaigns
-Supporting managers and candidates throughout the recruitment process
-Offering insights into the most productive sourcing methods for scarce skill and high volume candidate requirements
-To act on own initiative, complying with HR procedures seeking advice from Recruitment Manager when necessary
-To follow the six NHS Employers Standard Employment Checks and the Recruitment and DBS policy
-Ensure that all advertisements and advice given is aligned to NHS Employers guidelines and employment law requirements
-Partnering with key stakeholders across the organisation to offer innovative suggestions and support for recruitment requirements
-Provide cover duties for other Recruitment staff on occasions of annual leave, sickness etc.
-Represent Trust at Job Fairs and Recruitment Exhibitions
-Effective prioritisation of workload and vacancies in line with trust strategic objectives and overall target to reduce the number of vacancies within the NHS
-Consider and offer suggestions for continuous improvement to the recruitment process and candidate attraction methodology

Please see job description for full details.

Person specification
Experience

Essential criteria
-Able to demonstrate experience of recruiting candidates from scarce skill markets at high volumes.
-Previous experience of using a recruitment administrative system
-Excellent ICT skills with the ability to use systems and Microsoft applications with ease and at pace
-Previous experience of proactive headhunting
-Previous experience of utilising multiple sourcing methods successfully

Desirable criteria
-Experience in the use of online candidate management systems
-NHS experience
-A basic understanding of medical recruitment/job roles (Consultants, Doctors, and Psychiatrists).

Essential criteria
-Excellent customer service and communication skills
-Ability to work effectively under pressure and prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
-Excellent verbal and written communication skills
-Flexible and adaptable

Qualifications
Essential criteria
-A good general level of education (At least 4 GCSEs at grade C or above, or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
-CIPD level 3 or equivalent

To apply please go to the link below
https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk/about-us/careers/our-vacancies/#!/job/v5774208