NELFT NHS Foundation Trust Hiring for HR Officer – Recruitment at Essex Full Time

The post is a is a full/part time job share. The post is based in our office in CEME Centre in Rainham but there is an expectation for some travel around other HR Localities.

The vacancy has a core focus on Barking & Dagenham Recruitment with the post holder supporting and providing cross cover to other HR Officers in the Trust.

The post holder will provide a responsive and efficient recruitment service to meet the needs of the team. The post holder will use their reason, intellect and judgement to work on their own initiative to deal with matters on behalf of their Manager.

Essential criteria for the role includes:

• Recruitment or Senior Admin or PA experience
• Proven track record of customer service

The main responsibilities of the post are:

• To act as the first point of contact for general recruitment enquiries from staff and managers within the Trust, providing general advice and support on the recruitment procedures and processes.
• To manage all stages of the recruitment process from approved vacancy to appointee start date within a designated area or for dedicated recruitment campaigns.
• Ensure all staff are employed in accordance with the Trusts Recruitment and Selection policy and procedure and current legislation.
• Responsible for the administering of pre-employment checks and procedures as appropriate including references, Occupational Health clearance, validation of right to work, disclosure and barring checks, etc.
• To support with the Trust assessment and recruitment days.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham Essex

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

At NELFT we set very high standards to ensure we provide quality services. We require prospective employees to carry out an online literacy and numeracy test, equivalent to NVQ Level 2. For more information regarding our assessments, please visit our website. If you are shortlisted, invited for interview and successfully offered the post, you will be required to undertake an assessment for these skills during the pre-employment checks.

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £3,722 to a maximum of £4,743).