Join Our Award-Winning Team at Care South!
Role: Recruitment Business Partner
Pay: Up to £40,000 per annum (DOE) plus car allowance and mileage
Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday
Location: Poole, with regular travel across the Care South portfolio
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced recruitment professional to join Care South and make a real impact across our Residential Care Homes, Care at Home, Assisted Living and Head Office services.
Working as part of our Recruitment Team, you'll partner with managers across the organisation to attract, engage and recruit talented people who share our values. You'll manage a varied portfolio of vacancies, supporting managers from attraction through to offer, while delivering an excellent candidate experience and helping Care South remain an employer of choice.
You will be joining a leading not-for-profit charity providing high-quality Residential Care, Care at Home and Assisted Living services. Care South is one of the Top 20 care companies, as rated on carehome.co.uk, based on published reviews from residents and their family and friends, endorsing our strong reputation in providing high quality care.
Reporting to the Recruitment Business Partner Lead, you'll work collaboratively with managers and colleagues across the HR Team to deliver a proactive, operational support-focused recruitment service across the Care South portfolio.
About You
You will have:
- Proven recruitment experience within an internal or agency environment.
- Experience recruiting within the care sector or another multi-site, fast-paced operational environment.
- Experience managing multiple vacancies simultaneously.
- Experience advertising vacancies and proactively sourcing candidates using an Applicant Tracking System (ATS), online job boards, social media and Indeed Smart Sourcing.
- Proven intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills, together with proficiency in Microsoft Outlook and Word.
- Experience of producing recruitment reports, maintaining recruitment pipelines and analysing recruitment data with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication, organisational and relationship-building skills with the ability to build positive working relationships with managers and candidates.
- A proactive, resilient approach with excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise a varied workload.
- A full UK driving licence and the ability to travel across the Care South portfolio.
Rewards and Benefits
At Care South, we really value all our staff, whatever the role. We offer a stimulating and incredibly rewarding career, and we celebrate our colleagues every year through the Care South Stars Awards.
As a not-for-profit charity, our focus isn't on owners or shareholders—it's firmly on those in our care and those who care for them. We are continually looking for ways to enhance the reward and recognition of our amazing Care South team.
Our current benefits package includes:
- Competitive salary.
- Car allowance.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Life Assurance.
- Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing support.
- Paid induction and ongoing training.
- Career development and progression opportunities.
- Blue Light Card and online retail discounts.
- Staff Association.
- Local staff reward programme.
- Annual Care South Stars Awards.
What You Need to Know
- You must be aged 18 or over.
- This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
- We are unable to offer visa sponsorship.
- A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.
Ready to Join Us?
If you're an experienced recruitment professional looking to join a values-driven organisation where you can make a genuine difference to colleagues and those we support, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and become part of something truly special!