Recruitment Manager

About This Role

Recruiting talented people and building the employer brand are the driving forces behind this role. The Recruitment Manager will lead a high-quality, proactive recruitment service for professional services across the organization, shaping how the schools attract, engage, and recruit talent. This position involves partnering with hiring managers and senior stakeholders to understand workforce needs and deliver effective, tailored recruitment solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead Professional Services recruitment, delivering end-to-end recruitment across a diverse portfolio of corporate, operational, specialist, and senior roles, with tailored strategies for hard-to-fill vacancies
• Strengthen the employer brand by showcasing the organization, culture, and career opportunities through engaging recruitment campaigns, compelling content, and effective digital channels
• Build future talent pipelines by developing proactive sourcing strategies, talent pools, and candidate communities to support current and future workforce needs
• Drive insight and performance using recruitment data, reporting, and campaign evaluation to identify trends, improve outcomes, and inform workforce planning
• Improve recruitment delivery by enhancing processes, systems, and standards to deliver a responsive, efficient, and commercially aware service
• Partner across the organization, building trusted relationships with hiring managers, senior leaders, and colleagues across HR and Marketing, while working collaboratively to strengthen recruitment practice

Requirements

• Significant experience managing end-to-end recruitment within a complex organization, including Professional Services, corporate, operational, or specialist appointments
• Proven ability to develop and deliver effective attraction strategies, including for hard-to-fill and senior roles
• Experience using direct sourcing, digital recruitment, targeted advertising, and professional networks to reach high-quality candidates
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to advise and influence hiring managers and senior leaders
• Experience contributing to employer brand, recruitment marketing, or talent attraction initiatives
• Collaborative, commercially aware, and committed to fair, inclusive, and safeguarding-focused recruitment practices
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn recruitment data into meaningful insight and practical recommendations
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to create engaging recruitment content and deliver a positive candidate experience
• Proactive, organized, and solutions-focused approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver results

Nice to have:

• Experience within education or a multi-site organization