Recruitment Advisor

Reports to: Lindsey Graver, Recruitment Lead

Start Date: Ideally by the 1st October 2019

Salary: £24-30k depending on experience and qualifications (+11% employer pension contribution)

Location: London. Ark's head office is currently based in Holborn, London, but we will be relocating to a new West London office (based in zone 2), by the end of 2019. The new location in Notting Dale, will be a short walk from Shepherds Bush (Central Line and Overground) and Latimer Road and Wood Lane (Hammersmith and City and Circle Lines).

About Now Teach

 Now Teach brings experienced professionals into teaching.

Lives and careers are lasting longer. Now Teach helps people change profession and redeploy their talent and experience in the classroom. We support them through their careers to ensure they stay in education. Our aim is to address the crisis of recruitment and retention in the teaching profession, to ensure the students who need it most get the best education possible.

We aim to draw on the experience our teachers have from successful careers in industry and the public sector to inform the future direction of our education system and the teaching profession.

In the first two years of operation, Now Teach has attracted 4000 expressions of interest and we have successfully recruited 122 career changers into teaching. We have built a support programme to retain these teachers, reaching a 90% retention rate with 2018’s cohort. Our funding is from the Department for Education and philanthropic sources, allowing us to make an impact at a time when money in the profession is tight. We have expanded beyond our original region of London and Hastings to two additional regions across the UK (the West Midlands and East Anglia) and we are continuing to establish ourselves as a significant player in the sector.

Role Overview

We are looking for a positive, down to earth and target driven Recruitment Advisor who is committed to Now Teach’s vision. They must have experience working within a recruitment team delivering exceptional candidate experience. Ideally, they will have good knowledge or be keen to develop so that candidates and clients trust and respect their advice.

Our Recruitment Advisor will join a friendly and ambitious team. They will be primarily responsible for hiring approximately 60 hires for their region (London) to join our programme starting in September 2020.

It’s a fantastic time to join as we streamline and increase our recruitment. We need someone who is likeable and has supreme confidence working with candidates and clients whilst delivering an efficient and joined up recruitment process.

To Apply:

Please send a CV and a cover letter detailing why you would be a great fit for the role to recruitment@nowteach.org.uk

Recruitment will be on a rolling basis without a formal deadline. We will progress candidates as they apply and close the role when complete.

Safe Recruitment Procedure

Now Teach and Ark are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. To meet this responsibility, we follow a rigorous selection process and all successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

A full job description available at: https://nowteach.org.uk/jobs/