Head of Recruitment - Stoke-on-Trent

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Staffordshire
Salary
Competitive
Posted
16 May 2022
Closes
13 Jun 2022
Job Title
Director
Category
Sales
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Head of Recruitment – Healthcare Recruitment

Salary Details: Negotiable depending on experience (plus an uncapped quarterly commission)
Location: Northwood, Stoke–on–Trent, ST1
Contracted Hours: Full–Time, performed between Mondays to Fridays
Contract Type: Permanent

Optima Nursing & Care Services Ltd is a leading UK based recruitment service provider. Since the founding of our company in 2009, our core aim has been to deliver an efficient and essential service to our clients and candidates. The foundation to our success is prioritising meaningful relationships and delivering a transparent service by working in partnership. Within our current portfolio, Optima has over 300 care providers ranging throughout the UK, including Northern Ireland, we ensure their demand for nursing requirements is met fully.

This is a perfect opportunity to become part of our experienced and compassionate friendly team as the Head of Recruitment. We are looking for a driven, pro–active, and experienced salesperson to complement our existing team by engaging and successfully recruiting candidates for a variety of roles within the healthcare sector.

What you will be doing

* Line management and development of a strong team of 4 recruitment consultants including coaching and mentoring individuals in their roles, target setting, performance management and reviewing team efficiency

* Communicate deadlines, goals, and targets to team members

* Candidate sourcing and management using a variety of online tools, job boards, social media, sector–relevant websites, referrals, and direct–approach

* Screening and matching CVs to current job vacancies

* Candidate interview preparation and support

* Complete business development for the company

* Creating and managing a resourcing strategy which attracts the type and volume of candidates outlined in the operational forecasts

* Use social media to post and attract candidates

* Continually improve and build upon direct sourcing opportunities and to be aware of competitor advances

* Design and post both internal and external adverts

* Provide expert knowledge of the tools, techniques and methodologies that underpin the end–to–end recruitment lifecycle

* Managing and coaching a team of recruiters, ensuring effective use of recruitment tools to drive the attraction, assessment, and selection of casual workers

About you:

You will have proven experience within a recruitment background, with excellent leadership and management skills. You will also have excellent relationship building skills along with a positive attitude to lead and mentor a team of recruitment consultants.

* Senior Recruitment experience within Health & Social Care (Desirable but not essential)

* Target driven with ambition to grow and expand your desk

* Ability to build and maintain client relationships

* Extensive knowledge and experience with agency recruitment

* Experienced and confident communication skills over the telephone

* Target driven and focused

* Strong written and administrative skills

* Confident user of Outlook, Internet, social media (Facebook, LinkedIn) and Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Benefits:

* Competitive base salary

* Generous quarterly commission

* Company pension scheme

* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

* Birthday duvet day (T&C apply) *

* Free onsite car parking

For more information or to apply for the role, please contact Tara Wilson at Optima Plus Recruitment.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Optima Nursing & Care Services Ltd is an employment agency with a legitimate interest in providing work finding services. Please be advised that by submitting your CV to Optima, directly or via any of our job advertisement platforms, your personal data will be held on our secure internal CRM. Your personal data will not be shared with any third parties without your consent. As an individual, you have the right to withdraw consent for your details to be held on our database at any time

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