Job summary
- Main area
- Recruitment
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 390-COR-SO-0420
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- MSE
- Town
- Southend
- Salary
- £37,338 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Recruitment Advisor
Band 6
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend.
We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve.
Job overview
Are you a recruitment/HR specialist looking to take your career to the next level? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, love solving recruitment challenges, and have a passion for attracting top talent? If so, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE) are looking for a proactive and knowledgeable Senior Recruitment Advisor to join our dedicated Recruitment team!
As a Senior Recruitment Advisor, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving recruitment strategies, enhancing candidate experience, and ensuring a smooth hiring process across the organisation. You’ll have the opportunity to lead, innovate, and make a real impact in shaping the workforce of our Trust. If you’re ready to bring your expertise, leadership, and fresh ideas to a dynamic team, this is the perfect opportunity for you!
Main duties of the job
As the Senior Recruitment Advisor, you will work alongside the recruitment team to achieve deliverable objectives for the divisions; with particular reference to workforce plans, difficult to recruit to roles, driving down agency reliance & spend and supporting innovation against recruitment challenges.
You will work alongside our HR Business Partners in providing a professional HR Recruitment service to managers and staff.
You will have a commercial outlook, perfect to generate ideas and support ongoing recruitment activity.
You will be required to project plan and deliver potentially large- and small-scale hiring projects.
You will be required to work at an advisory level, to be engaged in the provision of a customer focused recruitment service and the development of improvement plans.
Working for our organisation
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on this exciting role, please see the attached job description and person specification.
We look forward to your application!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Higher Degree or equivalent experience
- CIPD qualified or equivalent HR experience
Desirable criteria
- Leadership and team management course
- Project Management Course
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing volume recruitment
- Experience of working with team members at senior/director level
- Current knowledge of employment law and Right to work in the UK
- Experience of managing a diverse workload
- Ability to deliver against project plans
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Trudi Tyler
- Job title
- Head of Permanent Recruitment
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 443 2031
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Britannia House
Comet Way
Southend-On-Sea
SS2 6GD
- Telephone
- 0300 443 2031
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