Recruitment Administrator

If you would like an informal chat about the role please contact Aqib Iqbal, Recruitment Team Leader.

Email: [email protected]

Call: 01924 546152

About The Role

We have an opportunity for someone with great customer service and administration skills to join our Recruitment Team. This is a fixed term role for 12 months and will provide the successful candidate with valuable experience in a busy admin role. So, if you are leaving college or university and looking for your first role, or you are interested in working in a non-clinical role in the NHS, then this could be an ideal stepping stone for you.

You will help with the recruitment process and be the first point of contact for job applicants and recruiting managers. You should be organised, good with computers, and able to handle admin tasks that help the team meet its goals, following guidance from team leaders.

Main duties

• Providing a meet and greet service to the department
• Answering calls and responding to emails
• Taking accurate messages, responding appropriately, and passing information on in the appropriate manner
• Making appointments and arranging meetings as required
• Writing emails and letters using standard templates or adapting as appropriate.
• Maintaining data quality at all times, ensuring accurate information is recorded onto Trust systems including the Trust’s recruitment platform Jobtrain
• Cleansing of employee records, scanning relevant documentation on to CITO, the Trusts employee records system
  
  

Key Requirements

• NVQ Level 1 in Administration or equivalent qualification, or demonstrable experience including data input
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Outlook
• Understanding of the responsibilities involved in handling confidential information
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written, with attention to detail
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to work under pressure
• Team player with the ability to provide cover for colleagues
• Demonstrates a positive attitude towards the implementation of new systems and ways of working
  
  

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application Guidance

We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Our Benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support
  
  

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