Head of Recruitment

Job Description

£65,000-£70,000 | Complex care & social care recruitment | London Head Office | Group-wide leadership
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\nAre you an experienced Head of Recruitment or Recruitment Manager with a background in complex care, community care, supported living or children’s residential services?\n
\nWe are recruiting for a senior recruitment leader to take ownership of the internal Talent Acquisition function across a growing healthcare and social care group.\n
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\nThis is a hands-on leadership role for someone who understands regulated care recruitment, can lead a team, build strong talent pipelines and deliver both high-volume and senior-level hiring.\n
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\nPackage & Benefits\n

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• £65,000 to £70,000 per annum
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• Performance-related bonus and commission opportunity
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• London Head Office base
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• Regular travel to regional offices
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• Senior Group-wide leadership position
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• Opportunity to shape recruitment strategy and workforce planning
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• Lead and develop a growing internal recruitment team
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The RoleAs Head of Recruitment, you will lead the Group-wide recruitment function across complex care, supported living, community care, CAMHS and children’s residential services.\n
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\nYou will manage the full recruitment lifecycle, lead senior and hard-to-fill appointments, build proactive talent pipelines and work closely with senior leaders on current and future workforce requirements.\n
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\nKey Responsibilities\n

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• Lead and develop the internal recruitment team
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• Oversee recruitment across multiple regulated care services
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• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from attraction to start date
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• Build candidate pipelines through direct sourcing and headhunting
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• Recruit across care, nursing, clinical and management roles
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• Lead recruitment campaigns and service mobilisation hiring
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• Ensure safer recruitment, safeguarding, CQC and Ofsted standards are met
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• Manage job boards, agencies, budgets and supplier relationships
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• Monitor KPIs including time to hire, cost per hire and retention
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• Provide recruitment MI and market insight to senior leadership
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About You\n
\nTo be considered for this Head of Recruitment opportunity, you will ideally have:\n
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• Current or recent experience as a Recruitment Manager, Talent Acquisition Manager, Internal Recruitment Lead or senior recruitment leader
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• Recruitment experience within complex care, community care, supported living, children’s residential care or domiciliary care
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• Experience leading and developing recruitment teams
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• Strong direct sourcing and headhunting capability
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• Experience recruiting across multiple locations
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• Knowledge of safer recruitment, safeguarding, CQC and/or Ofsted
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• Experience with both high-volume recruitment and senior appointments
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• Strong stakeholder management and workforce planning experience
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• Commercial awareness across agencies, job boards and recruitment spend
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• Experience using ATS platforms and LinkedIn
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This opportunity would suit an experienced Recruitment Manager or Head of Recruitment who already understands the challenges of recruiting within regulated healthcare and social care services.\n
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\nIf you are an experienced Head of Recruitment or Recruitment Manager with relevant complex care or social care recruitment experience, please apply today or contact Ehsan at Leaders in Care on 07533 113393 for an informal and confidential conversation.\n
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REF: LICEA