The Basildon Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to DBS and health checks.
We are currently offering an opportunity for a talented recruitment / personnel professional to join the academies as our Recruitment & Cover Co-ordinator on a 1-Year fixed contract.
Salary Range: Band 5 £35,089 - £41,435. (Actual starting salary £35,089 with annual performance-based increments)
Working weeks: 52 weeks
Working Hours: 37 hours per week (07:00 - 15:00 Mon-Thurs and 07:00 – 14:30 Fri)
Contract: 1 Year Fixed Contract (Maternity cover)
Supporting the Trust in its strategic ambitions, the Recruitment & Cover Coordinator will work closely with Senior Leaders, providing an efficient end-to-end recruitment and cover process, ensuring best practice in accordance with safer recruitment and employment law.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Responsible for the internal and external recruitment for staffing in all roles including Premises, Support, Teaching, Middle Leaders and Senior Leaders for the trust.
- Oversee and coordinate the end-to-end recruitment, including advertising, screening, scheduling, referencing and interview components to ensure a seamless process from initial contact to offer of employment.
- Develop a sustainable recruiting strategy based on operational goals and needs.
- Use multi-channel approach to recruit and build talent networks to find active and passive candidates, posting job adverts on traditional platforms as well as social media and attendance to career fairs.
- Equality and diversity monitoring to promote a consistent and effective implementation of the Academies Equal Opportunities and Diversity policy and procedures.
- Create and review job adverts, job descriptions, interview questions and assessments.
- Scheduling and attending interviews as Safer Recruitment trained panel member.
- Create new starter folders, ensuring relevant information is recorded in preparation for transfer to HR department and start candidates on-boarding process.
- Create and implement first day induction for all new employees in collaboration with key stakeholders.
- Be responsible for arranging cover for staff absence and its associated administration, ensuring efficient outcomes. Building relationships with supply agencies, ensuring compliance and monitoring the quality of candidates through feedback.
The appointed Recruitment & Cover Coordinator will demonstrate experience in a similar role within a recruitment function and hold an appropriate professional qualification such as CIPD Level 3 equivalent or working towards this/or professional qualification.
We are two aspirational and ambitious Academies based in Essex, just 35 minutes from London. The Lower Academy specialises in the teaching of our students aged 11-14 whilst the Upper Academy specialises in our 14-19 year cohorts. The Academies are approximately 1 mile apart.
To apply, please download and complete our application form and return it to our Recruitment Coordinator, Olivia Faustino - [email protected]
Closing Date: Friday 19th June 2026
Position Available: September 2026
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications or are able to fill the position faster than originally anticipated.
