Resourcer

Full Job Description

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

We're on a mission to give our colleagues an amazing work/life balance! We are trailing the four day working week, get paid 100% for 80%!

Job title:         Resourcer

Location:        Bolton (Hybrid)

Salary:            up to £25,000 per annum 

Hours:            9-5 Monday-Friday      

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

Job Purpose:

To support in the delivery of qualified and unqualified workers into our professional services settings and support with the staffing requirements of our Head Office and muliple sites by taking ownership of selected sites and building strong relationships with hiring managers and senior leadership.

Manage the candidate pipeline to ensure we have delivery of applications, complete pre-screening and complete all interview booking and preparation for the candidate to drive the highest candidate experience for all applicants.

Be a support function for candidates and hiring managers on their recruitment journey, delivering the highest levels of candidate and customer experience for all involved the hiring journey.

To proactively search for and pool talent for specialist roles across the residential settings, live and future vacancies.

Uphold the Group’s commitment to safeguarding the children and young people in our care by championing our safer recruitment standards.

Key Stakeholders:

Resourcing Manager, Hiring Managers and Senior leaders in the field.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Owning the candidate pipeline for the selected sites, being responsible for the candidates in the pipeline, full pre-screening of candidates and booking in interviews with sites and working with candidates to drive up interview attendance rates.

2. Partner with the Resourcing Manager to deliver a proactive, best in class resourcing service by direct sourcing candidates for senior and specialist, live and future vacancies.

3. Be the main contact for your selected sites, deliver high levels of communication and build strong relationships across the owned sites to assist and support the teams with their staffing requirements.

4. Own and deliver the management of the pipelines for the sites that you own. Including making sure the right roles, correct vacancies are updated and correct.

5. Partner with the Resourcing Team to improve advertising content and methods.

6. Respond to Hiring manager queries via phone and email providing updates on recruitment performance as requested by Resourcing Managers.

7. Communicate with candidates proactively using the system, phone, email and field queries via email, phone and social media.

8. Post organic content via social media channels, interact and respond to candidate queries.

9. Partner with the Resourcing Manager to continuously inform sector insight and improve the employer brand.

Standard responsibilities:

There are a number of standard duties and responsibilities that all employees, irrespective of their role and level of seniority within OFG Group are expected to be familiar with and adhere to;

• Participates in an annual performance review programme
• Works, at all times, in accordance with the policies and procedures of the OFG Group and statutory regulations applicable to the Group.
• Observes, at all times, strict rules of confidentiality appropriate to the post.
• To comply at all times with the requirements of Health and Safety Regulations to ensure their own wellbeing and that of their colleagues.
• OFG Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all employees to work in accordance with this.
• Undertakes other duties as assigned.

Measures:

• Candidate management SLAs
• Monthly hires
•  Agency savings
• Customer service
• Candidate experience

Experience, Skills & Qualifications:

• Advert writing and attraction strategy experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Shortlisting and interviewing experience.

Why join Outcomes First Group? 

About the Group

Outcomes First Group is the leading provider of specialist education in the UK. We exist to give neurodivergent children and young people access to a great education that caters to their specific needs, abilities and aspirations.

There are three brands in our Outcomes First family: Acorn Education, Options Autism and Momenta Connect. Together, we educate, care for and support children, young people, and adults across the UK, empowering them to be happy and make their way in the world.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

Our Vision
We believe that with a great education, every neurodivergent pupil can thrive and make their way in the world.

Our Mission
Every day we improve the lives of our pupils, their families, and local communities through a relentless focus on wellbeing and learning.

Our Promise
We are kind to ourselves and each other...We work together... and we make things happen.
Our Promise sits alongside our Vision and Mission. It describes the sort of people we are and our commitment to how we treat each other, work together, and behave.  

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

We're on a mission to give our colleagues an amazing work/life balance!

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.