Recruitment Administrator
- Posted 22 October 2025
- Salary Up to £13.99 per hour
- LocationNorthampton
- Job type Temporary
- Discipline HR, Business Support & Administration
- Reference26632
Job description
Recruitment Administrator
Pay: £13.99 per hour, 37 hours per week, Mon-Fri
Location: Northampton, hybrid (after initial office-based training)
Length: 12 weeks with potential to be extended
Opus People Solutions are recruiting for an experienced Recruitment Administrator for our client based in Northampton to provide support with a range of Recruitment administration tasks.
We are looking for a proactive, clear communicator with a can do, customer focused attitude who holds previous proven experience of working in a HR/Recruitment role; someone who can truly hit the ground running while taking real pride in their role and what the company stands for.
As Recruitment Administrator your typical duties will be:
- Recruitment - creating job adverts and tracking of applications, working in collaboration with managers to understand their challenges and needs; screening of candidates and helping with setting up interviews; communicating offers and rejections in a timely manner.
- Onboarding and Compliance - preparing employment contracts; ensuring all essential new starter paperwork and compliance checks are completed in line with company processes and best practices regulated by the UK Employment law - including Right to work in the UK and DBS checks, as well as gathering necessary details for new starter processing by the Payroll team.
Preparing inductions and welcome packs for new starters while keeping key stakeholders well informed, e.g. HR, Payroll, Management and other relevant site staff to ensure seamless transition into the company.
- Systems - keeping accurate records of any personal data where required, in line with relevant regulations and in confidentiality.
Data input and collation for traceability and reporting in support of producing stats as well as decision making within Recruitment and People Services, including wider company projects and changes.
- Coaching - providing training to recruiting managers on best practices of interviewing and the recruitment process.
You may also be tasked with:
- Engagement - ensuring new members of management team have received sufficient initial information and training by offering catch-up meetings.
- Promotion - assisting internally and externally at Recruitment fairs and workshops as well as building and maintaining a professional and service driven company image.
The perfect candidate will:
- Be well acquainted with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Have high attention to detail and take accountability and pride in their work
- Possess great interpersonal skills and be able to build rapport with various stakeholders in a friendly but professional manner quickly and effectively
- Find fast paced environment and at times challenging deadlines to be their opportunity to continuously grow in the role which will keep them engaged and motivated
- Understand the importance of and champion diversity, equality, confidentiality and data protection
- Collaborate well with site staff and be flexible in their approach to meet the demands of the post and team
If you are looking for your next role, which will provide you with broad invaluable range of further skills and experience while being supported by a collaborative team that works together to deliver success, don't hesitate to apply NOW!
