HR & Recruitment Advisor

• May 2021 - Present

Group HR & Recruitment Manager

• Mar 2020 - Aug 2021

• Stand alone role . Provide HR advice to Support office and 16 day nurseries and a Training Company • Recruit for various roles across the group using social media, linked Inn, job boards and websites • Negotiated new PSL rates for external agencies • Introduced refer a friend • Manage and support with pre-employment checks for all new starters across all sites • Advice and support the Managers with Disciplinary and grievance advice when required • Manage and advise on redundancies within the business when required • Ensure all nurseries are compliant with right to work documentation, including visa and resident permits where required • Ensure we have EU settlement status in place for June 21. • Oversee all employee leave of absence and supporting with long term sick • Sourced a DBS provider and ensure all nurseries receive relevant training and advice when required • Increased efficiency by building and creating standards around use of Microsoft Teams and SharePoint to reduce search time • Sourced and Introduced Employee benefits and Employee Wellbeing programme Show less

Recruitment Manager

• Jan 2019 - Mar 2020

Domiciliary Care Provider of tailored care home packages in the community. • Worked directly for the MD • Identify the specific criteria and nature of need and took full ownership of the recruitment cycle from initial sourcing to final offers. • Supported with recruitment across the whole of the Midlands • Source candidates via roles on traditional job boards, social media, linked INN and other bespoke techniques if success was limited. • Actively source CV’s and telephone interview prospective candidates, engaging them in my clients needs and how Your Care & Support would benefit them. • Pre-screen candidates and interview face to face across 3 sites Show less

Recruitment & Engagement Co-ordinator

• Aug 2016 - Jan 2019

Providers of 68 Premium Care and Retirement Homes, specializing in Dementia and nursing throughout the UK. A centralised role supporting and recruiting for all positions across the Avery Group, from Chefs to Senior Nurse`s, accounts personnel and Home Managers of Care Homes. • Plan and develop bespoke strategy’s with key stakeholders for all current and planned roles within the organization, with key focus on reducing agency dependency and costs. • Manage the retention and acquisition of Nurses and Advanced Senior Carers, including their training plans in association with our training department. • Use of the latest talent acquisition techniques including Social Media campaigns, Recruitment days and fairs in homes, Job boards and traditional papers. • Provide weekly statistics on progress and campaign time lines to the operations director via the ATS reporting system. • Line managing the admin support team for the recruitment of operational roles, including arranging interviews, preparing offer letters, issuing references and chasing outstanding documentation and completing DBS checks. • Negotiated new PSL rates for external agencies and successfully reduced our recruitment costs from an average 20% to <10% in the last year. • Reviewing applications received and conducting 1st stage telephone interviews as necessary. • Maintain the ATS system, adding roles for all the homes and screening candidates for them • Review, maintain and update the NMC log (Nursing & Midwifery Council ). • Compliance check on right to work documents for all the care homes on a regular follow up basis and report / action non compliance. • Currently managing >240 roles across the ATS system • Maintain all Group Benefits policy’s and communication to all employees and provide statistics to the board on uptake. Show less

Recruitment Advisor

• Jun 2014 - Jun 2016

ICCM specialises in providing tailored home care packages to adults with complex healthcare needs. All clients required individual tailored campaigns to suit their specialised needs • Identify the specific criteria and nature of need and took full ownership of the recruitment cycle from initial sourcing to final offers. • Placing of advertised roles on traditional job boards and social media and other creative ways if success was limited. • Actively source CV’s and telephone interview prospective candidates, engaging them in my clients needs and how ICCM would benefit them. • Arrange 2nd interviews directly with the Care Managers and the clients •Ensure all candidates are compliant to work for the company • Provide statistical analysis each week as to performance and length of each campaign. • Negotiated new PSL rates with existing agencies and job boards • Actively managing >50 roles at any one time. Show less

Recruitment Co-ordinator - Fixed term role

• Feb 2014 - Jun 2014

A company providing child nurseries across the UK • Source candidates at all levels from Nursery Nurses to Management level • Advertise roles direct via broadbean and job boards. • Call potential candidates regarding all roles and arrange interviews direct with Nursery Managers, then screen and forward successful candidates to the recruiting manager. • Design and provision support with recruitment days at nurseries • Develop relationships with local colleges to the nurseries in relation to their roles. • To provide a comprehensive administrative support to the HR Department, predominantly covering recruitment. • Liaise with Universities regarding current roles. Show less

Recruitment Advisor

• Jun 2013 - Feb 2014

Manage the recruitment process on behalf of internal and external Hiring Managers and employers, providing guidance in respect of the selection process, ensuring the promotion of good practice and compliance with relevant legislation. Manage the recruitment process on behalf of internal and external Hiring Managers and employers, providing guidance in respect of the selection process, ensuring the promotion of good practice and compliance with relevant legislation.

Recruitment Advisor

• Oct 2012 - Jun 2013

Communicare provide Domiciliary care to clients who have complex conditions and disabilities. Recruitment Officer • Set up and manage the full cycle of sourcing with case specific requirements on a national basis • Create new Preferred Supplier Lists and improve speed of Resourcing – from an average of 35 days to 24. • Reduced costs per recruitment through use of internet / social media / re-negotiating existing contracts. (from £2.8k to 1.7k per recruitment) • Train and support line managers in interviewing skills and techniques. – Easy reference packs created for all localised managers for each recruitment. • Create and maintain new databases to track process / procedures and performance • To ensure all candidates are compliant to work for the company • To support with recruitment days at nurseries • To liaise with local colleges to the nurseries in relation to their roles. Show less

Recruitment Officer

• Feb 2012 - Sep 2012

• Sourced high volume personnel to tight timeframes as workloads increased in the business – resource • levels fluctuated based on business performances – average of 13 personnel secured each month. • Introduced new Preferred Supplier lists and renegotiated rates and made annualised savings of £24,000 on recruiting costs by introducing tracking systems. • Developed process and procedures to track all stages of the recruitment and retention cycle • Sourced Call Centre operatives to Finance Directors • Completed bench marking of all volume roles – found to be slightly disadvantaged through benefits • Reduced the churn rate from 18% to 7% whilst still growing overall company headcount. • Compiled a talent pool of candidates for future months recruitment programmes. • Utilisation of psychometrics and support to managers in the interpretation of the information including Training and support in interviewing techniques. • Responsible for Health and Safety for the whole site. Show less

Recruitment Officer

• Sep 2008 - Feb 2012

Dematic is a global leader providing intelligent products and solutions for logistics, warehousing and material handling. . Source and retain mid to Senior Engineers, Managers, Finance, HR, Marketing etc • Creation and maintenance of core recruitment practises, eg direct, recruitment agencies including internet sourcing. • Co-ordination and ownership of the interview process in line with company process, pre screening of all CVs before delivery to Managers and Interview all candidates at Head Office and across 19 sites up to Senior Level • Utilisation of psychometrics and support to managers in the interpretation of the information • Compiled and maintained a talent pool of candidates • Plan and co-ordinate Graduates/ placements and Work Experience students • Created recruitment strategies for the HR Manager and HRBP`s. – in cost reductions (new PSL`s and savings of £50k per year), sourcing (from newspapers to internet job boards) Show less

Recruitment Manager

• Feb 2004 - Sep 2008

Alliance Medical are the largest pan-European Medical Imaging company in Europe, with a huge fleet of mobile MRI and CT scanners currently supplying the public and private sector hospitals and trusts in more than 400 sites across the UK alone. • Developed new job postings and wrote recruiting scrips for consistency across the department • Developed and maintained tracking systems in Excel to increase hiring, activation and timeliness of MRI and CT Radiographers • Negotiated new PSL’s rates with agencies • Led critical staffing lnitiatives including partnering with NHS to hire staff from India, Philippines and Australia • Experience of international recruitment including recruiting for Radiographers in Australia . Direct report for Recruitment Advisor and HR Administator Show less