HR & Recruitment Manager

Super Camps has a unique opportunity available for a HR & Recruitment Manager to join the team in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The role is a full time, permanent position offering a competitive salary.

Super Camps are the UK’s number one for childcare during the school holidays operating nationwide at over 70 venues. Reporting to the Human Resources Director, the HR & Recruitment Manager is responsible for managing the Recruitment and Compliance teams, and for overseeing all aspects of Recruitment and HR for Super Camps.

What are the responsibilities of the HR & Recruitment Manager?

- Manage the Super Camps HR & Recruitment Team; including coaching, mentoring and developing the team.

- Representing the team in Management meetings and acting as a key link for the team by communicating with other departments.

- Working closely with the Operations Manager regarding staffing, product and the distribution of staff

- Lead on all matters relating to HR procedure for both Head Office and on-camp staff, including recruitment and vetting of internal appointments, performance management, procedural amendments, and grievance management, whilst ensuring company is in line with best practice and dealing with escalated issues

- Prepare all offer paperwork for successful applicants for Head Office roles, ensuring contracts are accurate and compliant. Additionally, preparing all responses for unsuccessful applicants.

- Manage all aspects of recruitment for Super Camps camp staff, within the assigned budgets and provide analysis of recruitment campaigns.

- During camp season, manage the daily sickness and absence levels across camps, replacing staff members to ensure Super Camps ratios are maintained.

- Manage the HR Recruitment Coordinators to ensure they are recruiting for each venue in line with groupings and oversee delivery of associated safer recruitment, compliance and weekly paperwork.

- Work with the Training Manager to monitor training attendance levels and training development

- Being part of the Designated Safeguarding team (Level 3 training provided)

- Monitor and continuously improve team engagement across the business.

- Oversee the camp staff payroll process, including authorising travel expenses , deductions and queries

- Work with Financial Controller to periodically review rates of pay, in line with national minimum wage

- Hold daily meetings with Management team during camp periods

- Hold seasonal reviews with the team and colleagues to reflect on the operating of camps, and continuously identifying areas of improvement.

- Ensure Super Camps remain in line with employment law and best practice

What do we look for in a HR & Recruitment Manager?

Essential:

- Professional HR qualification, e.g. CIPD membership or equivalent experience

- Previous management experience in a HR environment

- Previous experience managing high-volume or seasonal recruitment

- A thorough understanding of safeguarding practices and safer recruitment regulations

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- The ability to work to strict deadlines in fast-paced environment

- High IT literacy with strong skills in MS Office

Desirable:

- A recruitment qualification, or equivalent knowledge gained through experience

- Has a degree in relevant field, or a relevant childcare qualification

- Previous experience in the childcare industry

- An active interest in sporting, coaching and/or the childcare industry

Why not click ‘apply’ today? Don’t miss out on this opportunity to join the UK’s number 1 holiday childcare provider as our HR & Recruitment Manager.

Super Camps is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and an expectation of this role is to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. Appointment is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and two satisfactory references.

At Super Camps, we believe in providing an environment which recognises the values people’s differences/individuality, and benefits from the unique strengths that these differences bring to our organisation. This commitment promotes respect and equal treatment for all persons regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, marital or civil partnership, nationality, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.  We insist that this respect is applied in every aspect of our business and in how we conduct ourselves, under the Equality Act 2010.