Recruitment Officer

at  MD Care

M&D Care are a leading social care provider looking for a passionate and ambitious individual to join our growing recruitment team. We have an excellent opportunity for a talented recruitment professional to work within our people and culture department. We are a high-paced, enthusiastic team, looking for someone who will be a good match to our employee culture.
The purpose of this role is to be responsible for the complete employee lifecycle from recruitment through to onboarding, including employee engagement and wellbeing.

• To play a key role in the end-to-end 360 recruitment process and it’s life cycle (screening, interviewing, on-boarding, reviewing).
• To be responsible for completing all pre-employment checks, such as verification of identification, reference checks, DBS applications and right to work.
• To source candidates through online channels for both full and part-time hires.
• To comply with all relevant employment or other law relevant to recruitment, including data protection compliance and improvement throughout all recruitment processes.
• To be a brand ambassador and own and manage external sites, such as Indeed.
• To actively source and attract candidates by using databases, social media, external job boards; and other relevant channels to ensure managers are provided with the best available; talent and to enhance the employer brand to potential candidates.
• To support the marketing department with recruitment initiatives.
• To promote our employer brand internally and externally (working closely with our marketing department).
• To screen CV’s and applications and be the first point on contact.
• To make initial contact with potential applicants and administer CV response..
• To identify and improve candidate’s experience through the recruitment process.
• To continually look for new ways to attract diverse pool of talent.
• To develop candidate pools for key vacancies.
• To complete detail weekly and monthly reports, when required.
• To be the key coordinator in the development of locality recruitment, retention and succession strategies.
• To measure retention through supportive involvement and identify why employees leave each service.
• To liaise with home/service managers to understand each services’ recruitment needs.
• To network with industry professionals and employment agencies.
• To source candidates through online channels for both full and part-time hires.
• To effectively manage the candidate pipeline to include full compliance in line with company policies, CIW regulations and the Health & Social Care Act.
• To contact new starters throughout their first 3 months to support retention.
• To assess exit interviews and analyse statistics in assisting towards the goal of strengthening employee retention strategies.
• To research and develop opportunities to recruit, retain, and promote a culturally diverse workforce.
• To assess our pay rates, benefits and employee rewards to ensure we remain competitive against other providers.
• To identify and implement new and innovative talent recruitment streams (including internally and externally).
• To be a brand ambassador and manage external sites, such as Totaljobs/Indeed.
• To actively source and attract candidates by using databases, social media, external job boards; and other relevant channels to ensure managers are provided with the best available; talent and to enhance the employer brand to potential candidates.
• To support the marketing department with recruitment initiatives.
• To promote our employer brand internally and externally (working closely with our marketing department).
• To draft and edit job descriptions and job adverts.
• To attend required marketing and recruitment hiring events.