We are looking for a dynamic and highly-motivated individual to join our Recruitment team. You will play an important role in attracting and selecting the highest quality applicants to work in prisons with Unlocked Graduates.

The Recruitment Officer is responsible for supporting the delivery of our recruitment strategy to attract high-calibre candidates to the role of a prison officer and guide them through all stages of the process: from initial attraction of applicants through university careers and off-campus events, to screening and assessing candidates and supporting them up until the point that they start the programme. Within the organisation, you will play a key role in building our brand and increasing awareness of this career opportunity for graduates. The position offers an exciting mix of hands-on attraction work, systems development, data analysis, stakeholder management, and wider input into the work of a young organisation.

Attraction

• Build our brand by running events and presentations, encouraging students and graduates to join Unlocked.

• Manage relationships with key stakeholders at university careers services and with student organisations. This may include attending and presenting at external meetings and liaising and negotiating with stakeholders to support our recruitment goals.

• Develop and deliver recruitment activities in order to maintain and grow a pipeline of high-quality applicants.

• Ensure the Unlocked mission, values and messaging are consistently applied in a way that encourages high quality applications.

• Ensure maintenance of detailed records and databases to continuously evaluate and improve the recruitment campaign.

• Continuously reflect and evaluate success on campus to ensure we deliver value for money and effective use of resources.

• Report on and evaluate the pipeline from your different university campuses.

• Act as a relationship contact for successful participants, supporting them in the onboarding process up until they begin the programme.

Selection

• Take a hands-on role in screening applications and selecting candidates at assessment centres, in line with Unlocked Graduates’ competencies.

• Support the co-ordination and processing of all aspects of the screening and assessment process.

• Facilitate assessment days to provide a positive candidate experience.

• Support the development of participant selection exercises and tools.

• Contribute to training of internal and external assessors.

• Deliver feedback calls to unsuccessful applicants.

• Ensure recruitment practices are carried out consistently, efficiently and fairly to achieve a best practice selection process