Resourcing Manager – Momenta, Blenheim Schools Support & Tute

Full Job Description

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Job Title:  Resourcing Manager – Momenta, Blenheim Schools Support & Tute

Salary:      Up to £45,000 per annum not pro rata & benefits (dependent on experience and qualifications)

Location:  Hybrid – Bolton based twice per week

Contract:  Permanent, 37.5 hours per week Monday - Friday

About the Group & Brands:

Outcomes First Group is one of the UK’s largest and most innovative education and children’s services providers. We believe that every young person can flourish when given personalised support and the right environment. This role will support three of our brands: 

• Blenheim Schools - delivering inclusive, high-quality independent and international education for all ability levels. 

• Momenta Connect - supporting pupils in mainstream schools to overcome barriers, re-engage and succeed.

• Tute Education – providing flexible online education solutions for non-mainstream settings, reinforcing our digital growth and reach. This Resourcing Manager role plays a key part in enabling these brands to attract, hire and retain the kinds of people who will deliver on that mission.

Job Purpose:

The Resourcing Manager will lead the end-to-end recruitment strategy and operational delivery for Momenta, Blenheim Schools and Tute. You’ll partner with senior leaders across the three brands to forecast, attract and secure top talent, and manage a resourcing team or external resource as required. You will ensure each brand’s unique identity, values and talent needs are understood and embedded in the recruitment process while driving efficiency, quality, diversity and candidate experience.

What you'll do: 

Strategy & Workforce Planning 

• Partner with leadership across Momenta, Blenheim and Tute to understand their workforce plans, growth, retention and specialist requirements. 

• Create targeted resourcing strategies per brand, reflecting their brand identities, operational models (mainstream, specialist, digital) and competitive market. 

• Provide market insight (talent supply, competitor hiring, salary benchmarking) and advise hiring managers accordingly.

End-to-End Recruitment Delivery 

• Manage full lifecycle recruitment: job brief, sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer, onboarding, and early retention. 

• Oversee a high-volume and specialist hiring mix across the three brands, including leadership roles, teaching/therapeutic roles, online education roles, and support functions. 

• Ensure continuity of candidate experience, timely communications, and professional brand representation. 

• Monitor key metrics (e.g., time to hire, quality of hire, conversion rates, cost of hire) and drive continuous improvement

Stakeholder Engagement & Brand Alignment 

• Work closely with brand HR/People partners, hiring managers and senior leadership to define role requirements, select appropriate sourcing channels, and shape inclusive attraction campaigns. 

• Collaborate with marketing and employer-brand teams to promote each brand’s unique employment value proposition. 

• Build trusted relationships and enable hiring managers to lead effective, consistent interview and decision-making practices.

Team & Process Leadership 

• Lead, coach and develop a small team of resourcing/coordinator staff, or manage outsourced recruitment partners. 

• Ensure processes are best-practice, inclusive and aligned to safeguarding and safer- 3 Job Description Central Services Resourcing Manager recruitment requirements (critical in education & children’s services). 

• Identify and implement process improvements or automation (e.g., ATS optimisations, talent pipelining, scheduling systems) in partnership with central functions.

Reporting & Insight

• Produce monthly and quarterly dashboards and reports showing recruitment performance, pipeline health, talent-market insights and progress toward strategic goals. 

• Use data to identify bottlenecks, cost-savings, diversity outcomes, and make recommendations to leadership.

Measures of Success 

• Achievement of agreed time-to-fill and quality of hire metrics across the three brands.

 • Hiring manager and candidate satisfaction scores meet or exceed target thresholds. 

• Diverse pool of candidates attracted and appointed (e.g., meeting diversity hiring goals). 

• Strong retention of new hires at 6- and 12-month mark. 

• Clear, efficient recruitment processes in place for each brand, with minimal errors or delays.

• Resourcing team development: high performance, low attrition, strong engagement

What we're looking for: 

Essential 

• Proven experience in full lifecycle recruitment (360 recruitment) within a fast-paced, multibrand or multi-division environment. 

• Experience recruiting for senior/executive (C-suite) roles and managing a team or recruitment function. 

• Strong stakeholder management skills; able to influence senior leaders across multiple business units. 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; confident presenting to senior stakeholders. 

• Strong data literacy: comfortable using Excel/charts/ATS reporting, able to interpret recruitment metrics and drive actions. 

• Experience with sourcing tools, applicant tracking systems (ATS) or CRM systems. 

• Demonstrable campaign design and candidate attraction (including direct sourcing 4 Job Description Central Services Resourcing Manager techniques).

Desirable

• Experience in education, specialist, digital learning environments or children’s-services context.

• Exposure to employer branding or working in partnership with marketing/employer-brand functions. 

• Experience managing change in recruitment processes (e.g., introducing automation, improving candidate journey). 

• Sound understanding of safeguarding/safer recruitment practices (important in education sector)

Why join Outcomes First Group? 

About the Group

Outcomes First Group is the largest independent provider of high quality special needs education and care. We are a vital part of local communities in England, Scotland and Wales with a renowned reputation for quality and positive outcomes for the people we educate and care for.
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 divisional brands include Acorn Education, Options Autism, Blenheim Schools and Momenta Connect.

Our Vision

Empower every child, whatever their ability, with a world-class education that nurtures potential, inspires lifelong learning, and equips them to thrive in a diverse and evolving world.

Our Mission

We commit to unlocking our pupils’ potential through personalised learning, innovation, and opportunity, supporting growth and aspirations.

Our Promise

We Listen.
We never assume.

We work together.
To make the remarkable happen.

We are accountable.
To each other and for one another.

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks. 

All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer. 

Please note: 4DWW is subject to successful completion of your probation period and is not a contractual benefit.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Outcomes First Group is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, Outcomes First Group does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.