Recruitment Business Partner

Salary:   PO4  £38,861 – £41,701   (£41,583 - £44,622 full time equivalent)

Location: Based in Sutton, flexibility required to travel to all OHC&AT sites

Working Pattern:  36 hours per week, Term Time plus 3 weeks (can be negotiated)

Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust (OHC&AT) is a family of specialist education providers for over 1500 pupils and students from nursery to further education across 15 academies and 8 college centres in London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. Supporting our academies and college, OHC&AT also operate learning support, such as nursing and therapy, and business support services.

Your new role

The Recruitment Business Partner will work alongside the Head of HR and HR Director to develop and deliver an innovative recruitment strategy, lead on creating advertising material to attract the best senior leadership candidates and to drive recruitment for hard to fill appointments.

What you’ll need to succeed

Previous end-to-end recruitment experience operating as a Recruitment Business Partner/Talent Acquisition Partner/ In-House Recruiter is preferable.

You will need to have experience of utilising a number of recruitment tools to build talent pools, with a drive to create a strong employer brand, push internal referrals and a good understanding of what it takes to operate within a very competitive and candidate driven market.

Why work for us

Pupils and students within the OHC&AT family have a wide range of learning abilities and additional needs including autistic spectrum disorder; speech, language and communication difficulties; social, emotional and mental health; profound and multiple disabilities; and physical disabilities including multi-sensory impairment and complex health needs.

OHC&AT is a rewarding and inspirational place to work, where everyone works together to create the best possible outcomes for students to ensure they achieve their full potential. We are committed to the well-being of our employees through competitive staff benefits, an experienced HR team and an occupational health service.

To find out more about us, and what makes us a special place to work please visit www.ohcat.org

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details on the role and the skills, experience and knowledge we are looking for.

For an informal discussion about the role, candidates are invited to contact Athena Davies, Head of HR via email; adavies@orchardhill.ac.uk.  

Closing Date: 23 September 2022

Interviews will take place on: 4 October 2022

To apply for the role please use the quick apply option to submit an application. If you have any queries, please contact jobs@orchardhill.ac.uk.

Your application form will be scored according to each of the requirements laid out in the person specification for this role. Please demonstrate in your statement how your experience, skills and knowledge match the criteria that are required for the role. Failure to show evidence will result in your application not being shortlisted for interview.

Please note that CV applications will not be considered.

Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Appointments made will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.