Recruitment Administrator - Central

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Job Title: Recruitment Administrator - Central
Location: Bolton Office | Hybrid (2 days per week)
Hours: 22.5 hours per week | Monday–Friday
Salary: £16,179.24 per annum (dependent on experience)
Contract: Permanent | Part Time
UK applicants only | No sponsorship

At Outcomes First Group, we’re reimagining work/life balance. As part of our 4-Day Working Week trial (4DWW), you’ll work fewer hours for the same pay*, in a culture recognised six years running as a ‘Great Place to Work’.

We’re the UK’s largest independent provider of high-quality special needs education, empowering every child to thrive through personalised learning and opportunity.

About the Role

We are seeking a proactive and highly organised Recruitment Assistant to join our Central Recruitment Team. This is a fast-paced and varied role supporting the end-to-end recruitment process, ensuring vacancies are accurately set up, effectively advertised, and smoothly managed through to offer stage.

You will act as a key point of contact for candidates and hiring managers, delivering a professional and efficient recruitment experience while maintaining compliance and data accuracy across systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Setting up vacancies from approved requisitions or directly from hiring managers, including amending, refreshing, and closing roles as required.
• Posting and managing adverts across platforms including LinkedIn and Indeed, ensuring all adverts are clear, accurate, and high quality.
• Managing applications within REACH, progressing candidates through stages, transferring between vacancies, and preparing manager forms for HR contract processing.
• Coordinating and confirming interviews, setting up interview slots, and issuing interview and candidate packs.
• Liaising with candidates to gather additional information, arrange interviews, communicate offers or rejections, and provide updates throughout the process.
• Supporting hiring managers with interview coordination, system guidance, and document collection.
• Managing the recruitment phone line and central inbox.
• Coordinating HOGAN and ERA assessments, ensuring they are issued, returned, and distributed appropriately.
• Producing weekly recruitment reports and supporting with presentations and benchmarking documents.
• Liaising with internal teams to track onboarding progress, including equipment and candidate status.
• Engaging third-party agencies where additional sourcing support is required.

Experience, Skills & Qualification

• Strong administrative skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Confident communicator with a professional telephone manner.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with stakeholders.
• Motivated to develop within recruitment or HR.
• Experience using CRM/ATS systems is desirable but not essential.

Why Join Us?

Outcomes First Group is the UK’s largest independent provider of high-quality special needs education, operating across England, Scotland, and Wales. 

Our divisional brands include Acorn Education, Options Autism, Blenheim Schools, and Momenta Connect.

By joining our central teams, you’ll help shape strategy, provide expert support, and drive continuous improvement across a growing organisation renowned for quality, impact, and innovation. We value collaboration, professionalism, and creativity, offering the opportunity to influence change at scale while staying true to our core values of care, aspiration, and inclusion.

Benefits

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with flexible contribution options
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – mental and physical health support
• Family Growth Support, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Flexible benefits via Vista, including discounts, Cycle to Work, Electric Car Scheme, critical illness cover, and more

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

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of suitable applications is received. Outcomes First Group is committed to a fair, thorough, and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. While we aim to keep applicants informed, we do not accept liability for any loss of earnings or costs incurred due to delays or changes in compliance processes. 

All stages are subject to safeguarding checks and statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.