Head of Recruitment

At Agincare we are proud to be one of England's leading social care providers. Our Head Office is based on Portland, Dorset, and we are extremely passionate about the work we do. We cover all aspects of care provision from Care Homes, Domiciliary Care, Supported Living and Live-in Carers all over the country. We continue to expand our services throughout the UK

We now have an excellent career opportunity for an experienced Head of Recruitment , responsible for leading the recruitment strategy across the entire Agincare Group, leading a centralised recruitment department.

The role will be offered with a salary of up to £67k plus benefits depending on experience.

About the Role

You will lead and manage adynamic, effective and forward-thinking in-house recruitment team to attract high-volume recruitment within the Health & Social Care Sector. The team covers all ‘salaried’ and ‘hourly’ permanent recruitment across all services and support functions, working closely with directors across the organisation.

You will use your experience and knowledge to work with operations stakeholders, and propose ways of improving the Agincare recruitment proposition, sharing market intelligence and knowledge, working closely with the marketing team to build and communicate our employer value proposition in particular via social media platforms.

We are a sustainable, self-financed organisation to which integrity is paramount, and our legacy continues to grow. In the head office it’s our role to support our direct care teams, enabling people to live with dignity and independence.

Here are the main duties and responsibilities you will have as Head of Recruitment at Agincare:

• Effectively lead, manage and develop teams in line with the Mission, Vision and Values of the Agincare range of services (domiciliary care, live-in care, care homes, extra care, supported living, day care and training services)
• Attract both high-volume and targeted talent into the organisation
• Match quality candidates into relevant positions to meet our staffing requirements
• Ensure the recruitment team attract a wide selection of candidates using all appropriate methods of candidate attraction while working to our KPIs
• Proactively head-hunting senior management and specialist roles for the services
• Proactively developing both external and networking partnerships to support the effective attraction, recruitment and retention of our employees
• Manage and report on recruitment data, using appropriate systems

What you need to be successful in this role:

• Experienced in recruitment within a large multi-site organisation, or through at least 3 years as a Recruitment Manager
• Experienced in working in a senior management capacity
• Strong team leadership and communication skills
• Proactive, self-motivated and able to identify and respond to opportunities and trends
• Organised and able to multi-task/prioritise
• Experienced in being accountable for a department budget
• Good understanding of Health & Social Care (though this is not essential)

About Agincare

We’re a family run business caring for people since 1986.

With over 4,000 team members, we’re one of the UK’s largest care providers and are continuing to grow. We have nearly 100 locations across our care homes, home care branches and live-in offices – there really is something for everyone.

Agincare are signatories of the Care Leaver Covenant and are committed to supporting care leavers to live independently.

Agincare are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.