Location: Aintree, with regular travel across Merseyside and Lancashire to attend recruitment events, partner organisations and Glenelg services.
Salary: up to £35,000 dependent on experience.
Are you ready to shape the future of recruitment in social care?Join Glenelg Support as our Recruitment & Retention Manager and lead our attraction strategy across a growing organisation supporting over 300 colleagues. This is a role where you will have the freedom to introduce new ideas, build employer brand, create talent pipelines and make a genuine impact on the quality of care we deliver,helping us attract and retain talented colleagues who share our HEART values.
About Glenelg Support
Glenelg Support provides supported living services for people with learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs and physical disabilities across Merseyside and Lancashire. We support over 300 colleagues, operating across 40+ supported living services, with continued expansion across Merseyside and Lancashire. We're proud to be accredited by the National Autistic Society.
Everything we do is guided by our HEART values:
These aren't just words on a wallthey shape how we recruit, support and develop our people every day.
Why join Glenelg Support?
This is an opportunity to shape the future of recruitment within a growing organisation where your ideas will be valued, your contribution recognised and your work will directly influence the quality of support we provide.
Benefits:
Free Onsite Parking
Blue light card eligibility
Fully paid DBS check
Casual dress code
Long service recognition
Discounted gym membership scheme
Employee referral scheme
About the role
As Recruitment & Retention Manager, you'll lead Glenelg's recruitment and retention strategy, delivering an excellent candidate experience, strengthening our employer brand and developing innovative ways to attract and retain colleagues who share our HEART values.
This is a rare opportunity to join Glenelg Support in an established role, with the benefit of a fully supported handover from the current postholder to help you settle into the role with confidence.
Key responsibilities
Develop and deliver Glenelg Support's recruitment and retention strategy, ensuring we attract and retain colleagues who share our HEART values.
Design and deliver innovative recruitment campaigns, managing talent attraction through job boards, social media, networking, community partnerships and employer branding.
Deliver an outstanding candidate experience, managing the recruitment journey from first enquiry through to onboarding and supporting hiring managers throughout the selection process.
Build and maintain strong relationships with colleges, universities, job centres and other community organisations to develop sustainable talent pipelines.
Analyse recruitment and retention data, monitor performance, manage recruitment budgets and use insight to continuously improve attraction and retention strategies.
Lead initiatives to improve employee retention, using feedback, exit interviews and workforce data to identify trends and implement positive change.
Work collaboratively with operational managers to reduce vacancies, strengthen workforce planning and ensure Glenelg continues to recruit the right people for the right roles, championing Glenelg Supports values based recruitment approach.
About you
You will have real autonomy in this role. We are looking for someone who enjoys trying new ideas, challenging traditional recruitment methods and helping us become an employer of choice across the region. If you enjoy making a measurable impact rather than simply filling vacancies, we would love to hear from you.
You'll have:
Experience in recruitment, talent acquisition or resourcing, ideally within the social care, healthcare or charity sector.
Experience in employer branding and digital recruitment.
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
Strong organisational and analytical skills.
Creative, proactive and solution-focused.
Confident using microsoft office and recruitment technology (WordPress or back end website experience also desirable).
Most importantly, you'll share Glenelg's commitment to delivering excellent support and embody our HEART values in everything you do.
If you are passionate about attracting great people and creating an outstanding employee experience, we would love to hear from you. Apply today and help shape the future of recruitment at Glenelg Support.
At Glenelg Support, we believe diversity makes us stronger.
At Glenelg Support, we're committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and communities.
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