Do you have excellent organisation, administrative and IT skills and a keen interest in recruitment and the social sector?
About Eastside People
We are a community of experienced professionals from diverse industries & backgrounds focused on helping not-for-profits build the capacity & impact of their organisations. We do this by providing consultancy and executive recruitment services across the not-for-profit sector.
Summary
The focus of this role is to provide administrative support to our recruitment team and is a great role for someone looking to get into not-for-profit sector recruitment. Bernice Rook heads up our team, and she is supported by two members of permanent staff and up to three consultants. The team supports clients recruiting for a range of leadership roles in the not-for-profit sector, including permanent, interim and board roles. You will be supporting a number of recruitment projects across the team, using great people skills, excellent prioritisation and organisation, and an affinity for IT systems.
Benefits of working with Eastside People
- There are a huge variety of organisations in the not-for-profit sector, and we work across all of them, so our work provides real diversity and interest
- We have strong social values and a genuine desire to do ‘good’ work for ‘good’ organisations, so everything we do has the potential to help change lives for the better
- We offer flexible and remote working.
Key Information
- Full-time or four days a week
- £26-28k (FTE)
- Bonus up to 10% of salary in line with company scheme and performance
- Location home-based – we have team days at our office in London twice a month, but a hybrid/virtual option would be possible if circumstances make it difficult to attend.
- Reports to Bernice Rook, Head of Recruitment/Director of People
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
Overall purpose of the role
Administration to support the efficient and professional delivery of recruitment projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Compiling candidate information packs for our client recruitment campaigns
- Posting roles on our website and job boards
- Working with our Marketing Manager to organise the social media campaign for each role
- Helping the recruitment team search for candidates on LinkedIn Recruiter or similar applications
- Using our recruitment system, Hireful, to manage candidate applications for roles
- Anonymising and standardising CVs and cover letters to be sent to clients
- Setting up interviews with candidates and the recruitment team
- Ensuring our database, SalesForce, is updated daily with new opportunities, candidate information, role appointments etc.
- Generating reports from our recruitment system, Hireful, to understand data and trends in the recruitment business
- Supporting the Head of Recruitment/Director of People with her administration, including contracts, diary management, etc
- Occasionally supporting the Project Administrator role, such as managing enquiries/leads in their absence, providing additional administrative support for proposal deadlines, etc.
Competencies and requirements:
Essential
- A genuine interest in recruitment and the not-for-profit sector
- Advanced computer literacy, especially with respect to Microsoft Excel, Word and database management
- Excellent administrative skills
- Excellent organisation skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Good interpersonal, oral and written skills and ability to maintain great working relationships with a wide variety of people
- The ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team, with good judgement and the ability to prioritise multiple tasks
- Self-motivation such that you’ll proactively seek out work where you can help others.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a busy recruitment team
- Experience of using applicant tracking systems or databases such as SalesForce
- A proven ability to identify inefficiencies and implement process improvements by making good use of IT or other suggestions
- Knowledge or experience of the not-for-profit sector.
It’s important that we have a range of experience and styles within our team, and we are especially keen to recruit staff with experiences that are currently underrepresented. If you are from a Black or Asian background, the LGBTQ community, working-class or have a disability – we’d be especially keen to receive your application.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
