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Wakefield Council is looking for a proactive and customer-focused HR Recruitment Coordinator to join our busy, professional HR Transactions & Operations service. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about delivering an excellent candidate and manager experience and wants to develop their HR career in a supportive, forward-thinking environment.

About the Role

As an HR Recruitment Coordinator, you will play a key role in delivering a high-quality, commercially focused recruitment service. You will support the full recruitment lifecycle from advertising through to onboarding and ensure processes run smoothly, professionally, and in line with legislation and council policies.

You’ll be a first point of contact for managers, employees, and candidates, providing clear, confident advice on recruitment policies, safer recruitment practices, employment legislation, and best practice.

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to service improvement, support recruitment campaigns, attend job fairs, and work closely with HR colleagues to ensure we continue to deliver a streamlined and engaging recruitment service.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Providing professional recruitment advice to managers, employees, and candidates.
• Managing all aspects of the recruitment lifecycle, ensuring compliance with safeguarding, employment legislation, and internal policies.
• Supporting managers with advertising, shortlisting, interviewing, and onboarding tasks.
• Ensuring pre-employment checks (Right to Work, DBS, references, medical clearance) are completed efficiently.
• Using the Council’s HR and recruitment systems to administer recruitment processes and support users.
• When needed, support recruitment events such as job fairs to promote Wakefield Council as an employer of choice.
• Challenging and improving existing processes, contributing to service development and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborating with HR colleagues on projects, toolkits, guidance materials, and digital content for managers.

Want to Know More?

If you would like to know more about the role, the recruitment process or working for Wakefield Council feel free to contact Kathryn Parker.

Tel: 01924 305993

E-mail: kathrynparker@wakefield.gov.uk

Company: Wakefield Council

Salary: Grade 5 - Grade 6, 37 hours, Permanent

Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Sector: Corporate Services

Sector: Human Resources & Recruitment

Job Role: Co-ordinator