Jobs in Eltham

£65,000-£70,000 | Complex care & social care recruitment | London Head Office | Group-wide leadership

Are you an experienced Head of Recruitment or Recruitment Manager with a background in complex care, community care, supported living or children’s residential services?
We are recruiting for a senior recruitment leader to take ownership of the internal Talent Acquisition function across a growing healthcare and social care group.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who understands regulated care recruitment, can lead a team, build strong talent pipelines and deliver both high-volume and senior-level hiring.

Package & Benefits
£65,000 to £70,000 per annum
Performance-related bonus and commission opportunity
London Head Office base
Regular travel to regional offices
Senior Group-wide leadership position
Opportunity to shape recruitment strategy and workforce planning
Lead and develop a growing internal recruitment teamThe RoleAs Head of Recruitment, you will lead the Group-wide recruitment function across complex care, supported living, community care, CAMHS and children’s residential services.

You will manage the full recruitment lifecycle, lead senior and hard-to-fill appointments, build proactive talent pipelines and work closely with senior leaders on current and future workforce requirements.

Key Responsibilities
Lead and develop the internal recruitment team
Oversee recruitment across multiple regulated care services
Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from attraction to start date
Build candidate pipelines through direct sourcing and headhunting
Recruit across care, nursing, clinical and management roles
Lead recruitment campaigns and service mobilisation hiring
Ensure safer recruitment, safeguarding, CQC and Ofsted standards are met
Manage job boards, agencies, budgets and supplier relationships
Monitor KPIs including time to hire, cost per hire and retention
Provide recruitment MI and market insight to senior leadershipAbout You
To be considered for this Head of Recruitment opportunity, you will ideally have:

Current or recent experience as a Recruitment Manager, Talent Acquisition Manager, Internal Recruitment Lead or senior recruitment leader
Recruitment experience within complex care, community care, supported living, children’s residential care or domiciliary care
Experience leading and developing recruitment teams
Strong direct sourcing and headhunting capability
Experience recruiting across multiple locations
Knowledge of safer recruitment, safeguarding, CQC and/or Ofsted
Experience with both high-volume recruitment and senior appointments
Strong stakeholder management and workforce planning experience
Commercial awareness across agencies, job boards and recruitment spend
Experience using ATS platforms and LinkedInThis opportunity would suit an experienced Recruitment Manager or Head of Recruitment who already understands the challenges of recruiting within regulated healthcare and social care services.

If you are an experienced Head of Recruitment or Recruitment Manager with relevant complex care or social care recruitment experience, please apply today or contact Ehsan at Leaders in Care on (phone number removed) for an informal and confidential conversation.

REF: LICEA