Recruitment Manager

Recruitment Manager

Location: Bedford (Hybrid)

Salary: From £55,000 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full Time (37 hours per week)

About bpha and the Role

It’s an exciting time at bpha. Due to business growth and our ambitious plans, we are expanding our People team across a number of roles.

We are now looking to appoint a new Recruitment Manager within our operational HR team. This is a Hybrid role with the expectation of attending the Bedford office typically two to three times a week, to keep us connected and aligned to the needs of the business and the team, working together to achieve the best outcomes.

Reporting to the HR Manager, you will be working as part of a friendly team using your skills, experience, knowledge, and behaviours to support colleagues and managers with fulfilling hiring needs using a positive and pragmatic approach.

Managing a small team of skilled colleagues, this new role will lead on tailored and creative hiring approaches and solutions to meet ever-changing internal recruitment needs, focusing on development and growth of the business, ensuring we bring the right people into the right roles at the right time.

Delivering an outstanding candidate experience throughout the process, encouraging hiring managers to be advocates for this and driving continuous improvement and ongoing process development are important outcomes in this role.

About You

You will be an energetic and experienced recruiter with a strong track record of leading and developing first-class recruitment services within a high-volume business environment. This includes varied experience of job markets, with the ability to prioritise effectively according to urgency or sensitivity of enquiries.

Tenacious and confident, you will be able to effectively manage the recruitment cycle for a broad range of business vacancies, including direct sourcing of candidates for a range of positions, from executive level hires to entry level trainees.

You will be highly effective in building relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including recruitment agencies, to assist with the timely identification of suitable candidates for roles, whilst effectively negotiating payment terms.

You will lead the recruitment team to be outcomes and solution-focused, creating engaging job adverts and posting to relevant websites and social media platforms.

An ambassador for bpha internally and externally, you will lead on creative ways to reach a broad range of candidate pools, including networking and recruitment events to drive attraction and retention across the business.

Benefits

A competitive salary from £55,000 and a fantastic range of benefits including:

1. 28 days holiday PLUS Bank Holidays
2. A generous contributory pension scheme
3. Private health care
4. Free life assurance
5. Access to an extensive suite of wellbeing services and tools including a digital gym
6. Opportunities for learning and development
7. Discounted gym membership
8. Retail discount scheme
9. Hybrid Working

Be You: We aim to create a space where everyone feels comfortable and empowered to bring their individuality to work. A space where everyone feels safe to share their experience and know that their individual voice will be heard, valued, and respected. We value all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences, and we truly believe that diversity drives creativity and innovation for customers and ourselves.

Please note all successful candidates will need to complete a DBS check.

Closing date: Friday 3rd January 2025

We reserve the right to close this recruitment at any time if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis, we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible. Interviews may take place throughout the recruitment campaign.