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We are looking for a passionate Recruitment Manager to join our People Team at Thrive Childcare and Education! You will lead end-to-end recruitment and onboarding to attract, hire and retain safe, skilled people across our nurseries. You will partner with leaders to forecast workforce needs, drive creative attraction strategies, maintain safer recruitment standards and support our People Plan.
Job Responsibility:
Partner with line managers to forecast workforce needs, manage vacancy approval and build proactive resourcing pipelines aligned to occupancy and operational requirements
Provide expert advice on workforce planning, market insights and competitor trends to support effective hiring decisions
Lead, coach and develop Talent Co-ordinators to deliver engaging, brand-aligned attraction campaigns across job boards, social media, referrals and community outreach
Build strong external partnerships with Nursery Managers, colleges, training providers and agencies to widen and diversify candidate reach
Oversee end-to-end recruitment delivery, ensuring consistent shortlisting, interviewing, ATS usage and a positive candidate experience, including attendance at recruitment events
Ensure full compliance with safer recruitment and regulatory requirements, training managers and teams and overseeing robust onboarding and induction processes
Support People Plan projects, manage apprenticeships and deliver accurate recruitment reporting on performance, cost, timelines and compliance
Requirements:
Proven recruitment experience, ideally in a high-volume or multi-site environment
Experience managing or coaching a small team
Highly organised and able to juggle multiple priorities
Confident communicator
Comfortable analysing data
Proficient in Microsoft Office
Able to travel between sites as required
Positive, professional and confidential approach
Work well both independently and as part of a team
Passionate about people, early years education and delivering a great candidate experience
What we offer:
Earn An Extra £200 Per Month Through Referrals
Birthday Holiday And Wellbeing Day Off - An Additional 2 Days Off Paid Leave!
Christmas Week Closure And Christmas Shopping Vouchers
Up To 85% Off Childcare Discounts (T&C Apply)
Cash Health Plans - Cashback On Dental Treatment & Health Services