Job DescriptionRecruitment Coordinator\n\nDepartment: Human Resources\n\nSalary: Starting from £26,338, rising to £29,959\n\nClosing date: Sunday 20 July 2025\n\nDo you enjoy interacting with others, finding solutions and achieving great outcomes?\n\nWe’ve got an exciting opportunity for you to join our busy and friendly HR team, where you'll play a key role in delivering our important in-house, routine recruitment service. Whether you're looking to build your HR career or take the next step in recruitment, we'll provide all the support and training you need to succeed, both now and in the future. \n\nRight now is a great time to join us whilst we're updating our recruitment strategy to make things simpler, faster, and better aligned with the University's goals.\n\nAbout the role\n\nThis is a varied, fast-paced position, ideal for someone who enjoys problem-solving and working with a wide range of people.\n\nYou’ll support a portfolio of managers recruiting for roles across different departments, from Technicians to Lecturers to professional services. You’ll manage end-to-end recruitment activity, from initial vacancy set-up and advert preparation, to issuing contracts and coordinating onboarding communications.\n\nThe role involves providing first-line advice and support via email, phone, and MS Teams, including checking visa requirements, advertising options, interview logistics, contracts, and right-to-work checks. You’ll work with our Applicant Tracking System, Payroll system, and MS365 to ensure a smooth and efficient recruitment process.\n\nWhat we're looking for\n\nTo be successful in this role, you should be able to demonstrate:\n\n- Strong communication skills and a professional, approachable manner\n- The ability to work at pace with high levels of accuracy and attention to detail\n- Confidence in supporting stakeholders at all levels\n- A proactive, solutions-focused approach\n- The ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines\n\nExperience working in a busy HR or recruitment team (in-house or agency) is desirable, as is experience writing content such as job adverts or web copy. However, we’re primarily looking for someone with the right attitude, skills, and willingness to learn.\n\nWhat's it like working with us\n\nJoining our friendly collaborative team, you'll enjoy an engaging induction, supportive daily catch-ups and virtual interaction through MS Teams. Working at the University means you'll have access to excellent staff benefits and facilities on our campus as well as the opportunity to develop or start your career within HR. \n\nFurther information\n\nThis role is full time (36.5 hours per week), fixed term with an expected end date of 16/08/2026 to cover an internal secondment. We're open to considering applications from those interested in a job share or flexible working. We work on a hybrid basis, where you can normally work from home up to four days per week.\n\nFor an informal discussion about the position please contact Kate Harper, Talent Acquisition Manager (from 02 July), or Sarah Sutton (Head of Talent Acquisition), however, please submit your application via the University website. \n\nThis position is full-time (36.5 hours) per week, but we're flexible and open to discussing job-sharing arrangements to ensure continuous full-time coverage. If you're interested in this role on a job-share basis, please indicate so on your application form. Additionally, feel free to discuss your preferences during the interview. We value flexibility and are open to exploring potential opportunities with you.\n\nInterviews will take place week commencing 28 July. \n\nWhat we can offer you:\n\nWe're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:\n\n- Free counselling services through Health Assured\n- Cycle to work scheme\n- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme\n- Staff discount at Team Bath gym\n- Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees\n- Staff discount on language courses\n- Generous employer contributory pension schemes\n- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance\n- A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more\n- Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath\n- Local discounts and more\n- A family-friendly workplace \n- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce\n- Relocation allowance\n- Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses\n\nWe consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. \n\nWe are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment. We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.\n\nFind out more about our benefits on our website and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work and follow us on LinkedIn.
