Regional Recruitment Consultant

Job Introduction

This is an exciting time to be joining Prestige Nursing + Care, part of the Sodexo Group. At Prestige Nursing + Care we are leading the care industry to raise standards by providing high quality, personalised and specialist services that ensure people receive the highest quality of care.

We are looking for a dynamic and independent professional Recruitment Consultants with a flexible, enthusiastic and can-do attitude to recruit for our branches.  You will focus on identifying, sourcing and nurturing talent to deliver the highest standards of care. As a leading strategic focus around recruitment of talent this is an exciting role to support and deliver growth for your region.  

Role Responsibility

RESPONSIBILITIES

• To implement a recruitment plan to manage the full recruitment process for Carers and Nurses for your designated branches
• Ensure you proactively attract, identify and source talent through various channels
• Ensure the candidate journey is seamless and efficient
• Ensuring we have a candidate centric approach to recruiting and you maintain a high application to start rate ratio

• Manage and coordinate specific branch recruitment campaigns, including advertising campaigns, outreach projects, local engagement activities and events to achieve measures and build commercial networks
• To support the Regional Recruitment Manager to build networks within local communities, education facilities and career guidance services to generate more recruits.
• Ensuring current advertising channels are continually refreshed and competitor research is carried out and shared with Regional Recruitment Manager on a monthly basis
• Support business development and marketing activities in conjunction with the Regional Recruitment Manager to identify and secure new business within the designated client groups in line with the company’s business plan
• Develop an excellent understanding of the Carer role to support the candidate experience and be relatable during the recruitment process
• Carry out recruitment of Nurses and Carers in accordance with ISO and CQC requirements including the necessary DBS, reference and other background checks as required by CQC
• Regular use of the internal database “IRIS” to monitor, update and encourage a speedy recruitment journey from start to compliance
• To support with the roll out of a retention plan for the region and nurture and detail retention activities
• Work within agreed deadlines and targets
• To work as part of the team to support the success of the region
• This list is not exhaustive, and you will be expected to complete any reasonable tasks as requested by your line manager

The Ideal Candidate

KEY ATTRIBUTES/KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• Be strategic, methodical, logical and detail orientated
• Ideally have experience of recruiting within social care or health and have good sector knowledge
• Be smart and professional in appearance
• Be results driven with proven experience of consistent delivery against agreed targets
• Have excellent communications skills and the ability to engage with a range stakeholder
• Have effective time management skills and the ability to priories effectively
• Be a team player but to be a self-starter and work from own initiative
• Good knowledge of company’s services, value proposition and USPs
• Proactive and innovative with a relentless approach
• Committed to delivering the service to the highest standard, ensuring compliance

Essential

• An adaptable and flexible attitude
• Ability to work at pace
• 2 years Commercial or inhouse recruitment experience
• Experience of working with a wide variety of job boards and professional social sites such as Totaljobs, LinkedIn, Indeed etc
• Outstanding people skills, with the ability to influence others and establish effective working relationships
• A team player, but with the ability to work under own initiative to deliver to deadline

• Attention to detail and strong organisational skills
• Proven work experience as a Recruitment Consultant

Desirable

• Experience of recruiting within social care or health and have good sector knowledge
• Have knowledge of and operate in line with ISO and CQC requirements/legislation

Package Description

What we offer in return

• A competitive salary- (Above the national average)
• Yearly bonus dependant on Region achieving targets set in place and company profits
• 28 days annual leave increasing every year by 1 to the maximum of 33 days over 5 years service
• Work Place Pension
• Access to “Your Prestige” Employee benefits scheme
• Supportive working environment with ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• A friendly, agile and flexible working culture.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation. 

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.