Recruitment and Talent Advisor
Reports to: MD of Ark Start with dual reporting to the People Team
Location: West London (White City) with occasional travel to nursery sites
Contract: FTC (12 months- supporting a period of growth)
Pattern: Full Time (37.5 hours per week or open to flexible working including part-time)
Closing date: 15/05/2024 at 10am
1st round Interviews: 20/05/2024
2nd round Interviews: 24/05/2024
Salary: circa £40,000 (depending on qualifications and experience)
About the role:
Our goal at Ark Start is to ensure that every child has access to an excellent early years education and that families have access to flexible and affordable childcare.
As our Recruitment and Talent Advisor you will use your expertise to help Ark Start attract and manage great talent, finesse recruitment processes and champion our employer brand through our next stage of growth.
We are at an exciting time in our evolution. We have two nurseries open in South London and aim to expand our reach with a further three opening this year and more in the coming years.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop an effective attraction strategy which delivers high quality candidates to our nursery provision
- Work with colleagues to develop and implement our Employer Brand and Employer Value Proposition (EVP)
- Manage end-to-end recruitment processes for all roles
- Promote excellent candidate experience throughout the recruitment process
- Work with the MD and Ark People Team to run surveys (exit, annual/staff) identifying key areas of development or improvement to help us retain staff
- Work with the MD to identify key talent within our nurseries and ensure that there is appropriate development available to them
- Build excellent working relationships with all staff, at every level, to support their growth and development and with the Ark Start team and People Team
- Share information and meet regularly with Ark People Team (including Business Partner and Recruitment Team) to ensure that any recruitment or talent practice and process are operating within the wider Ark policies of Recruitment Policy/KCISE for example and that best practices are being used/developed
Key Requirements:
- Right to work in the UK (essential)
- Qualified to Teacher Status (desirable)
- CIPD qualification level (desirable)
- Successful record of managing successful campaigns/attracting people toward a mission or action
- Experience of strategic outreach and impact, ideally including digital attraction skills
- Experience recruiting through social media, particularly LinkedIn
- Clear ability to ‘sell’ career opportunities to both active and passive candidates through a range of search and outreach activities
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, comfortable and confident working with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Drive and enthusiasm for promoting the organisation and sourcing candidates of the highest quality; a natural networker
- Ability to make sound judgements and assess potential problems around recruitment and selection strategies and processes
- Highly collaborative and flexible approach
- Customer driven, pragmatic, action-oriented style
View the full job description and person specification here
About Us
Ark is an international charity, transforming lives through education. We exist to give every young person, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life. In the UK, we’re a network of 39 schools, educating around 30,000 pupils in areas where we can make the biggest difference and we’re recognised as one of the highest achieving academy groups in the country. We want to change the lives of children everywhere, not just in our own schools. So, we create and incubate Ventures designed not only to help pupils in Ark schools, but also to improve education systems.
The dedicated Ark Start team work together to ensure that every child has a joyful, engaging, and secure nursery experience and leaves us ready to start school happily and confidently. We are driven by our values in everything we do: Aim High, Be Brave, Be Kind and Keep Learning.
Ark Start is at an exciting time in its evolution. We have two nurseries in South London and aim to expand our reach over the coming years. As we expand, we are looking for a Recruitment and Talent Advisor to join our founding team.
Benefits
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with each year of service up to 30 days after 3-years’ service. This entitlement is pro rata for part time employees. This entitlement excludes bank holidays
- Full office closure between Christmas and New Year
- Hybrid working, with currently a minimum of three days a week in our state-of-the-art office in West London working alongside colleagues
- Regular social events, monthly free breakfast, and daily fruit
- A flexible approach to working with understanding and consideration for work life balance and personal commitments
- As an Ark employee, you will have the opportunity to be part of the TPT (The Pension Trust) scheme, our workplace pension scheme where we make an 11% contribution; you are not required to contribute towards this scheme unless you choose to
- Access to high-quality professional learning throughout your career, offering both face-to-face sessions and a bespoke online learning platform
- Access to Ark Rewards scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers, interest-free loans available for season tickets or a bike, gym discounts offering up to 40% off your local gym and free eye tests
How to Apply:
Apply with a CV and cover letter on our online recruitment portal. Applications to be submitted byWednesday 15th May 2024 at 10am but please note: we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this advert may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response.
This ATS application form should take no longer 20 minutes to complete. At any time, you can pause, save, and log back in. If you have any difficulty with meeting the deadline for application, please contact recruitment@arkonline.org
Interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.
Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.
We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.
