Recruitment Administrator Fixed Term

Contract Duration: Up to two months/Mid January start required. 

Are you a proactive and detailoriented individual with a passion for delivering exceptional administrative and recruitment support Are you looking for an opportunity that could help you kickstart or enhance your career in HR If so this could be the perfect role for you!

We are seeking a Recruitment Administrator to join our Recruitment Team during a busy period playing a critical role in supporting our inhouse recruiters and Recruitment Manager. This position is ideal for someone eager to gain valuable experience in recruitment and onboarding processes which could serve as a foundation for a longterm career in HR.

About the Role

As a Recruitment Administrator youll provide full lifecycle administration support to hiring managers and candidates ensuring a smooth and positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.

Recruitment is fastpaced with daily challenges such as managing shifting schedules accommodating interruptions for meetandgreets handling interview cancellations and providing feedback to candidates both positive and constructive. This role requires someone with resilience and the ability to handle the highs and lows of recruitment maintaining professionalism and enthusiasm while adapting to everchanging priorities.

Key Responsibilities

The role is broken down into three key areas: administration recruitment support and onboarding.

Administration

• Welcome candidates for interviews oversee application forms conduct righttowork checks and set up selection tests.
• Respond to recruitment mailbox enquiries within a 24hour SLA.
• Prepare and update the weekly recruitment report.
• Manage job advertisements and monitor advert usage.
• Ensure sameday approval of roles within the ATS (SmartRecruiters).
• Raise purchase orders for recruitmentrelated expenses.
• Arrange visitor parking when required.

Recruitment Support

• Assist internal candidates and hiring managers through the recruitment process.
• Support referral candidates ensuring they receive a highquality candidate experience throughout their recruitment journey.
• Prepare referral candidates for interviews and facilitate debrief discussions.
• Extend job offers to successful referral candidates and oversee their processing in SmartRecruiters.
• Deliver personalised feedback to unsuccessful candidates.

Onboarding

• Ensure all necessary interview documentation is saved to enable a smooth employment offer process.
• Draft and issue accurate compliant contracts of employment confirming all rolespecific details.
• Set up new starter profiles in the HR system (Dayforce) and distribute essential documents providing candidates with easy access to necessary resources.
• Monitor the screening process ensuring timely completion of reference requests and background checks and escalate delays when needed.

What Were Looking For

Essential skills

• Meticulous attention to detail and precision in generating contracts reports and documentation.
• Exceptionally organised with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet SLAs.
• Ability to build rapport and strong positive relationships with candidates and hiring managers.
• Adaptable with the capability to handle diverse tasks efficiently.
• Professionalism in managing sensitive information with discretion and confidentiality.
• Customercentric focus maintaining a commitment to an excellent candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Clear and professional verbal and written communication skills tailored to diverse audiences.
• Technical proficiency in MS Office Suite particularly Outlook Excel and Word.

Desirable skills

• An understanding of the full recruitment lifecycle including onboarding practices.
• Familiarity with recruitment or HR technology (e.g. SmartRecruiters or Dayforce).
• Awareness of employment laws regulatory requirements and principles such as consumer duty.

Why this role is a great fit for aspiring HR professionals:

This role provides invaluable exposure to recruitment and onboarding processes offering a strong foundation for those pursuing a longterm career in HR. Youll gain handson experience in working with advanced HR systems and recruitment tools developing key skills that are transferable to broader HR roles.

About Us

AJ Bell is one of the fastestgrowing investment platform businesses in the UK offering awardwinning solutions to help people take control of their financial futures. With over 542000 customers managing more than 86.5 billion in assets we are proud to be a FTSE 250 company headquartered in Manchester.

Were committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. Weve been named one of the UKs Best 100 Companies to Work For for six consecutive years and just this year named a Great Place to Work.

What we offer:

• Salary: 25000 (Pro rata for the duration of the contract).
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days (Pro rata for the duration of the contract).
• Free gym membership with an onsite gym providing a wide range of free classes.
• Calendar of social events including monthly payday drinks annual Christmas party summer party and much more.
• Parking at Exchange Quay (Subject to availability).
• Peer recognition scheme with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off
• Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches.
• Casual dress code.
• Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals.

Hybrid working:

At AJ Bell our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. Thats why we offer a hybrid working model where youll spend 34 days per week in the office. For new team members the first 2 months will be spent fulltime in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.

AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race sex gender identity sexual orientation age pregnancy religion physical and mental disability marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications merit and business need.

If you like the sound of the above or just want to know more about the company and the role wed love to speak to you.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime