Recruitment Co-Ordinator

Recruitment Coordinator - Monarch Education

Location: Birmingham

Contract Type: Permanent, Hours: 7:30-5:30pm (9:00 until 4:00pm during School Holidays)

Start Date: ASAP

Are you organised, proactive, and passionate about helping others succeed? Monarch Education, part of Affinity Workforce, is looking for a driven and enthusiastic Recruitment Coordinator to join our growing team in Birmingham. This is an exciting opportunity to develop a career in education recruitment and play a key role in supporting schools across the region.

About The Role

As a Recruitment Coordinator, you will be a central part of the recruitment process, providing vital support to our consultants, candidates, and clients. From scheduling interviews to assisting with job fulfilment and managing communications, your work will help ensure a smooth and efficient experience for all involved.

Key Responsibilities

1. Administrative Support
   
   • Posting job adverts across online platforms
   • Managing and updating candidate records using our CRM system
   • Ensuring all recruitment processes comply with employment laws and internal procedures
2. Candidate Communication & Management
   
   • Scheduling and coordinating interviews between candidates and consultants
   • Acting as the main point of contact for candidates throughout the recruitment journey
   • Providing updates on application progress and interview outcomes
   • Maintaining accurate and up-to-date candidate records
3. Recruitment Process Support
   
   • Assisting in screening CVs and applications
   • Conducting initial telephone interviews and candidate pre-screens
4. Job Fulfilment & Client Liaison
   
   • Liaising with clients to confirm placements and ensure their staffing needs are met
   • Coordinating the onboarding and arrival of candidates into temporary or long-term roles
   • Processing timesheets and resolving candidate queries
   • Drafting and formatting candidate CVs and profiles for submission
5. Additional Duties
   
   • Representing Monarch Education at job fairs and recruitment events

What We're Looking For

1. Previous experience in recruitment, administration, or a customer service role (preferred but not essential)
2. Excellent communication and organisational skills
3. A keen eye for detail and the ability to multitask
4. Confidence using Microsoft Office and CRM systems
5. A proactive, team-focused mindset and a willingness to learn

Why Join Monarch Education?
Education
Monarch Education is a well-established leader in education recruitment. As part of Affinity Workforce, we offer a supportive and inclusive working environment, along with:

1. Opportunities for career progression
2. Ongoing training and development via our Affinity Academy
3. A collaborative, friendly team culture
4. Access to a national network of education clients and candidates

Monarch Education are committed to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and welcomes applications regardless of sex, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief pregnancy and maternity or disability as well as adhering to strict Safeguarding procedures.

Affinity Workforce Solutions and Monarch Education are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people and expects all its temporary workers to share these commitments. As this role involves working with children on a daily basis, regulated activity is that any successful applicant's applications will, accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to 2 employment references, an enhanced DBS check and a right to work in the UK check.

This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Monarch Education operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently UK residents and eligible to work in the UK. Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response, due to the high volume of applications we regret that this cannot always be possible. If you have not had notification from us within 30 days please take your application as not being successful this time but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities.