Job summary
- Main area
- Recruitment
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed term: 7 months (1 x FTC until 26-Nov-2024 and 1 x FTC until 31-Mar-2025 (Secondment only for current NHS Employees))
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-CDO-6513116-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Riverside House
- Town
- Rotherham
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Recruitment Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 3
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
The Recruitment Team at NHS England (NHSE), are looking for a 2 new Recruitment Assistants to join their high performing Rotherham based team on fixed term contracts.
Working in our centralised team, the post holder will provide an effective and efficient onboarding service to NHSE for all staff groups across NHSE, ensuring that all information leaving the department is to quality standards and in line with NHSE’s policies and procedures.
Main duties of the job
As a Recruitment Assistant you will be committed to providing a first class onboarding service and will be the first point of contact for recruiting managers and applicants for recruitment activity.
The role is busy and your days will be varied and will include:
- Preparing and issuing conditional offer letters
- Requesting and completing pre-employment checks including ID calls
- Regular review of own case load to ensure KPI are met
- Preparing and issuing contracts and addendums
- Preparing and submitting payroll forms
- Completing new starter administration including CSD calculations and recording of pre-employment checks in ESR.
- Maintaining regular contact with recruiting managers and applicants by telephone and video call
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Your application
You should use the supporting information area of the application form to evidence your experience by using specific examples of how your skills and experience relate to the criteria listed in the role profile.
Applicants will commence at the bottom of Band 3 with a full-time starting salary of £22,816 per annum with a pay step increase after 2 years’ service.
These salaries are offered in accordance with NHS Terms and Conditions and the NHSE Pay Progression Policy and are subject to annual cost of living review.
Secondment
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only,
agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application
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Person specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and to work collaboratively
- Effective time management and able to manage own workload
- Used to working in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent attention to detail and high level of accuracy in all work
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of providing a customer focused administrative service
- Demonstrates good understanding of customer service needs, and how to provide an excellent customer journey for all service users
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Evidence of working effectively under pressure, resolving issues, meeting deadlines and prioritising workload in a challenging and demanding environment, as an individual and as a team
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of an application tracking system, TRAC or Eploy and/or ESR
- Experience of working in a recruitment environment, particularly in-house
- Experience of recruitment processes, policies and principles that underpin these
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Educated to NVQ level 3 (or equivalent) in a relevant subject, or equivalent level of knowledge and experience of working in a HR and/or recruitment related environment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lili-Anne Matthews
- Job title
- Recruitment Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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