About the Role
We're recruiting an experienced Talent Acquisition Officer to join us on a permanent basis. You'll support the recruitment process from attraction through to onboarding handover, ensuring both candidate and hiring managers feel supported throughout and delivering an inclusive service.
We are a social housing landlord and one of the largest housing providers in the region with over 22,000 social and affordable homes, mainly in the Bradford district. We employ a talented workforce of nearly 1,000 people. In 2024 we've launched our five-year Corporate Strategy, which runs to 2029. Our purpose is to provide high quality homes, services, and support to our customers, so we've worked with colleagues and customers to find out what's important to them. Our customers sit at the heart of what we do, and our colleagues are the people who'll help us achieve our vision, which is to create the best customer experience to improve everyday lives.
Responsibilities
•Manage assigned vacancies through the recruitment lifecycle, working to the campaign plan agreed with the Talent Acquisition Partner and hiring manager.
•Prepare vacancy materials, place adverts, coordinate activity and maintain accurate campaign records.
•Keep managers and candidates informed, follow up actions and provide a responsive candidate experience.
•Maintain vacancy trackers and identify delays, risks and decisions requiring escalation.
•Use job boards, social media, CV databases, direct sourcing and networks to identify potential candidates.
•Support targeted campaigns for specialist and hard-to-fill roles, testing different routes and recording effectiveness.
•Develop and maintain candidate pools for recurring and priority roles.
•Attend local careers events and support Jobcentre Plus and community outreach activity.
•Support localised recruitment and outreach activity that contributes to the EDI Strategy and improves access to opportunities for local communities and under-represented or hard-to-reach talent.
•Provide practical support with shortlisting, interviews, assessment materials and candidate feedback.
•Support managers to follow consistent shortlisting and assessment processes and maintain complete records.
•Gather candidate and manager feedback and recommend practical improvements.
•Oversee the day-to-day progress of pre-employment checks undertaken by People Assistants, including DBS checks where required, right-to-work checks, references and other role-specific clearances.
•Produce routine vacancy and campaign updates and flag trends in applicant flow, sources, timescales and outcomes.
Requirements
•Experience supporting or delivering recruitment campaigns and managing candidate communication.
•Experience working with hiring managers and coordinating multiple deadlines.
•Experience using an applicant tracking system, recruitment platform or comparable case-management system.
•Ability to source candidates using digital platforms, networks and outreach routes.
•Ability to identify process gaps, follow up actions and escalate risk appropriately.
•Experience maintaining accurate and confidential records.
•Awareness of recruitment compliance and common pre-employment checks.
•2 days in the office weekly - BD17 7BN.
•Right to work in the UK - visa sponsorship is not available.
Conditions & Benefits
•Salary of £39,386 per year
•Social Housing Pension Scheme with up-to 10% employer contribution
•28 days annual leave that increases with service, plus bank holidays
•Option to buy and sell annual leave
•Training, development, and qualification opportunities
•Our Hub: wellbeing and benefits site, with exclusive access to discounts and savings (at over 800 retailers)
•Corporate health scheme membership
•Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
•Cycle to work scheme
•Local gym membership discounts
•A team of trained Mental Health First Aiders available for colleagues to contact for support
