Recruitment and Resourcing Officer - Maternity Cover

Hybrid working: A mix of working in the office ideally on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and from home on Mondays and Tuesdays.   

Full-time and Fixed term up to 12 months to cover maternity leave.  

Do you enjoy working with a wide range of stakeholders? Do you thrive on a providing an exceptional customer service? 

We have an opportunity for an individual to join us as a Recruitment Officer to cover maternity leave up to 12 months or until the earlier return of the substantive post holder. 

Our Recruitment and Resourcing team are responsible for managing the end-to-end recruitment process for all academic and professional services roles across the University.    

About the role:   

• Daily, you’ll manage your own portfolio being responsible for the end-to-end recruitment process – from advertising to onboarding successful candidates. 
• You’ll provide recruitment and resourcing advice to your hiring managers including where and how to advertise creatively 
• You’ll support on immigration activities in relation to the new starter process; including right to work checks and Certificates of Sponsorships. 
• Be supported by a Senior Recruitment Officer and a Senior Immigration Officer, as well as a Team Leader.  

Key Requirements:  

• You’ll need to be comfortable talking to and advising colleagues at all levels of the university.  
• Have a can-do attitude and thrive on providing excellent customer service to our candidates and key stakeholders.  
• You will be the first point of contact in the team for your designated portfolio customers and will work alongside a team of fellow Officers. 
• You will need to have administration experience and ideally, this would be in a recruitment and resourcing environment, but this is not essential. 
• Your previous administration experience should include prioritising and processing high numbers of tasks with a high level of accuracy and in a timely manner, as well as experience of IT systems including Microsoft applications.  

If you feel you have the necessary experience and skills and would like to be part of our welcoming team, we would love to hear from you!  

We welcome applications from all walks of life, and we are really committed to diversity and inclusion in the way we manage recruitment and how we work with our colleagues at Loughborough University. We’ll expect you to be committed too.  

In return, we can offer you a supportive and friendly environment with lots of opportunity to learn and develop your personal and professional skills. 

Our Benefits

Loughborough University offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you across different stages of your career and personal life.

We continuously review our staff benefits and advantages and you’ll find our complete package on our webpage.  

For an informal discussion please contact Kreena Hemraj, Recruitment and Resourcing Team Leader on K.Hemraj@lboro.ac.uk, telephone on 01509 222771.  

For more information refer to the full job description and person specification. 

We happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process. If there are additional adjustments, you’d like to request please contact Kreena Hemraj on k.hemraj@lboro.ac.uk. We also offer reasonable adjustments on the job.  

Application closing date: Monday 23 June 2025 

Interview date: Friday 11 July 2025

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