Recruitment Resourcer

Package - Pension Scheme, Generous Annual leave, Staff benefits and rewards

Oldham College is a great career choice for ambitious professionals. With a “good” Ofsted rating, a Silver “TEF” assessment for our higher education provision, one of the best apprenticeship programmes in the region, excellent 16-18 results and truly outstanding GCSE English results, we are already a high performer. 

But we want to deliver much more than this.  Our ambition is to be “The Best Place to Learn and Work” and we have a clear Strategic Plan which sets out what this means and what we will do to deliver it.  We will keep on improving and innovating, and we are investing in new provision, new facilities and new technology. 

We expect a lot from you, so we want ambitious, open minded candidates, who are ready to give their best.  But we give a lot in return, from training to pensions, our own benefits package, and one of the best and most helpful group of colleagues you could ever wish to meet. That’s true, by the way – ask almost anyone who has been here. Or come and see for yourself. 

If you want to be outstanding, and want to help us achieve the same thing, then please apply.

We are looking for:

• Recruitment Resourcer
• Salary: Support Scale 4, grade 18 - 21 (£19,331 to £21, 340 Per Annum)

This is a very important role. 

Alun Francis, our Principal, says: “This is a very important appointment, the Working Based Learning and Apprenticeships is central to our plans for the future, and we are looking for high calibre candidates.  We want people who love their profession, are committed to providing high quality support to students, colleagues and the wider college.  We are investing in the facilities, employer relationships and the skills and knowledge of our staff.  We are looking for people who will respond to this, love the learners and enjoy the challenges and benefits of working at Oldham College”.

Oldham College is a medium sized general further education college, with a turnover of almost £25m. It has one main campus in the centre of town, and this in the third phases of a £40m redevelopment which began in 2012.   Higher education is taught on a second, dedicated campus, a short walk away.   The College delivers a full range of work related education and training, including 16-18 programmes of study, T levels, apprenticeships, adult learning and higher education.  It has over 5000 full-time students and 600 undergraduates.   

The College is in the top quartile for 16-18 programmes of study and English GCSE resits, and in apprenticeship provision, but is the second highest performing provider Greater Manchester. The quality of its higher education provision is better than many established universities. 

Joining our Journey:

When you join our college, our colleagues have access to numerous benefits and facilities:  

• Generous Pension Scheme  
• Fantastic Staff Benefits and Rewards platform
• Very generous holiday entitlement
• Employee Assistance Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity provision
• Staff Development days/week (Jan, July, Aug)
• Free confidential counselling service
• Staff recognition awards
• Subsidised car parking
• On-site Day Nursery
• On-site hair and beauty salon and The Grange Theatre both offering staff discounts

The Role:

Main Purpose of Role

Deliver an effective and efficient Apprenticeship vacancy matching, job placing and promotional activity service which include both internal and external events to achieve targets and objectives and maximise outcomes for both learners and employers.

Develop and prepare candidates for traineeship, Job trials and apprenticeships

Deliver within sectors the correct candidates ensuring specialist sector knowledge of standards and frameworks are considered effectively during recruitment of Apprenticeship.

To deliver CV workshops using online tools to support the individual developing candidate Interview techniques.

Provide effective IAG and employability skills to ensure high success rate in candidate placement and retention. 

To work in a fast paced environment ensuring Apprentices and clients receive a high level of customer service in a timely manner.

To be proactive in achieving and exceeding placement targets and to be flexible to work outside office hours.

To promote TOC externally at trade fayres, careers events, school’s events and partner activities.

To drive Apprenticeship progression throughout the college working in specialist areas to ensure colleagues and students have a full understanding of Apprenticeship entry criteria.

Further details including a Person Specification are included within the attached Job Description.

The role will require you to embed and work to the college’s values; working with Integrity, having Ambition to help our learners succeed and being Inclusive to learners and colleagues alike.