Recruitment Officer - Waterfront

🚀 Recruitment Officer

• Waterfront Salary: £26,000 - £30,000 + OTE Location: Juniper Training Centre, Ground Floor, Admiral House Waterfront East, Level Street Brierley Hill, West Midlands DY5 1XG Hours: Full-Time (Mon-Thurs 8.30-4.30, Fri 8.30-2.30) Contract: Permanent Are you passionate about helping young people find their path to success? Do you thrive on connecting with people and building strong relationships? If so, we want you on our team! We are looking for a dynamic and engaging Recruitment Officer to join our team. The role is focused on recruiting students onto suitable training programmes, providing effective careers advice and guidance, and ensuring their individual support needs are identified. This includes promoting Juniper through outreach, social media, schools, careers events and local networks, building strong relationships with referral partners, interviewing and onboarding new students, and meeting recruitment targets. The role also involves ensuring appropriate safeguarding, Prevent and British Values processes are followed, while working closely with colleagues and managing relationships and workload effectively. ✨ What You’ll Be Doing ✨ 🎓 Actively recruiting students through outreach, networking, and marketing activities 🤝 Building strong relationships with local agencies, schools, and other referral sources 📣 Promoting Juniper pathways and Apprenticeships through career events, recruitment fairs, and pop-up shops 📱 Using social media to raise Juniper’s profile and attract students 📝 Interviewing potential students and completing accurate paperwork 💡 Identifying support needs and creating initial support plans to help ensure students thrive 🎯 Ensuring our centre meets its student recruitment targets 🔎 What We're Looking For🔎 💬 Confident and outgoing, with excellent communication skills 🎯 Motivated and goal-driven, with experience in sales, outreach, or marketing 📅 Organised and proactive, with strong time-management skills 🤝 Able to build rapport with young people and guide them on their career journey 📱 Familiar with using social media platforms to promote services and engage potential students ✅Qualifications & Experience✅ ✔ Minimum of Level 2 English and Maths ✔ Experience in sales, marketing, or recruitment ✔ Strong communication and organisational skills 💡 Bonus points if you have.. ✔ CEIAG Level 3/4 qualification ✔ Experience working in education/training ✔ Experience working with 16-18-year-olds 🎁 Perks & Benefits – Because You Deserve It! 🎁 🎉 25 days holiday, increasing to 30 with service 💰 Buy & sell annual leave 🏋️ Earn an extra week of leave just by exercising! 🚗 Paid mileage (35p per mile, above normal work mileage) 📞 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 🏆 Long service & special recognition awards 🎟️ Juniper Lottery & Dragons’ Den competitions ⭐ PRIDE monthly celebrations 🕑 Early Finish Fridays (2:30pm!) 🎄 Christmas Savings Club 👀 Eyecare reimbursement 🚲 Cycle to Work Scheme ⚡ Electric Car Scheme (after 5 years’ service) 🛡️ Critical Illness Cover (after 5 years’ service) 🎉 Corporate events throughout the year! 🌍 Diversity, Inclusion & Safeguarding At Juniper Training Ltd , we believe that language should never be a barrier to opportunity. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination. We actively encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply. Juniper Training is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults , and expects all staff to share this commitment. As part of our safer recruitment process , we carefully review all applications, check employment history and references, and investigate any gaps in employment. Pre-employment checks will also include verification of identity, right to work in the UK, and relevant qualifications. Where roles involve working with young people or vulnerable adults, they are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 , and successful applicants will be required to undertake appropriate safeguarding checks, which may include an enhanced check through the Disclosure and Barring Service . We may also carry out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will do our best to support you. Join us in building a workplace that champions diversity, equity, inclusion, and safeguarding for all .