Assistant HR and Recruitment Leader

Assistant HR and Recruitment Leader

Ongoing role
J98837
At a glance

Skills

  • General / operations management
  • HR
  • Management consultancy
  • Office and Administration Management
  • Volunteer management

Where

London, SW5 9JA
Remote opportunity

Time

Mostly outside office hours Estimate of time needed:
3-7 hours / week

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Welcome to Reach Volunteering. We are a community and registered charity that connects people, skills and good causes.

To apply for this role, and any other on our platform, you need to be based in the UK, have at least three years of experience using the skills you wish to volunteer in a professional capacity or have lived experience (for trustee roles). Read more about our criteria.

We are a young anti-bullying charity registered in the UK and Italy. As we are expanding very quickly we are in the process of recruiting experienced HR professionals (volunteers), that allow our organisation to grow in long term

What will you be doing?

The HR and Recruitment Team Lead will oversee the daily operations of the HR and recruitment team, ensuring the efficient and effective execution of recruitment processes, employee onboarding, and HR functions. This role requires a strategic thinker with strong leadership skills, who can manage a team, develop recruitment strategies, and enhance employee experience while ensuring compliance with charity policies and legal regulations.

Job Specification:

  • Lead, mentor, and manage the HR and recruitment team, fostering a positive work environment.
  • Assign tasks, set performance goals, and monitor the progress of team members.
  • Provide training and development opportunities to the team to enhance their skills and performance.
  • Develop and implement recruitment strategies to attract top talent.
  • Oversee the end-to-end recruitment process, including job postings, candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, and selection.
  • Collaborate with department heads to understand volunteer needs and align recruitment efforts with charity objectives.
  • Maintain and optimise recruitment tools and platforms to ensure a smooth candidate experience.
  • Oversee volunteers onboarding processes, ensuring new hires are integrated effectively into the charity.
  • Support the development and implementation of HR policies and procedures.
  • Manage volunteers relations, addressing issues such as performance and conduct.
  • Oversee the performance management process, including performance reviews, goal setting, and feedback mechanisms.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for someone with human resources and recruiting background, willing to dedicate their time to our mission.

Someone emphatic and easy-going, committed to doing good for the community. Especially with the ability and passion to increase our retention levels and improve our staff performance.

  • Previous management experience in Recruitment and Onboarding.
  • Ability to prioritise workload
  • Capacity to ensure the smooth running of our HR Systems (CRMs, databases, ATS, Reach Volunteering Platform)
  • Confident speaking in public, conducting interviews and sharing new ideas
  • Knowledge of GDPR principles
  • Supportive attitude and willing to take ownership & leadership

What difference will you make?

Being a young charity any step forward you will help make, will feel like a big achievement and will have a great impact on us and our goals. The more we grow the better we can help others.

Before you apply

Why do you want to work for the charity?

Causes
  • Children / families
  • Community safety / victim support / domestic violence
  • Counselling / advice
  • Local / community
  • Mental health
  • Social care
  • Young people
  • Organisation type: 
    Charity

    We are an Anti-Bullying Charity with the aim to help individuals victim of bullying through one to one therapy support and Anti-Bullying prevention programmes in schools and organisations....