Recruitment & Development Officer
Location: Multi-Site Role | Selca Day Nurseries
Hours: 25–37.5 Hours Per Week
Requirements: Full UK Driving Licence, Own Vehicle and Business Insurance Required
Selca Day Nurseries is a rapidly expanding childcare organisation operating across five settings throughout South Wales, employing a team of over 70 staff.
We are seeking an organised, professional and people-focused Recruitment & Development Officer to support the continued growth, development and retention of our workforce.
This is a unique multi-site role supporting employees across all Selca settings. Rather than being based within one nursery, you will work across the organisation, building strong relationships with employees, Nursery Managers and senior leaders while helping to shape the employee experience from recruitment through to career development.
The successful candidate will play a key role in attracting talented individuals to the organisation, supporting apprentices and employees throughout their development journey, helping tell our story through social media and creating a positive, ambitious and engaging workplace culture.
No two days will be the same. One day you could be interviewing a future Nursery Manager, the next delivering an induction, supporting an apprentice review, capturing content for social media or helping a team celebrate a success.
We're looking for someone who is just as comfortable sitting in an interview as they are walking into a messy play activity, chatting with a practitioner about their career goals, capturing content for social media or supporting a team training event.
You'll be visible across our settings, building relationships, celebrating successes and helping both our people and our organisation continue to grow.
If you love working with people, enjoy building relationships, aren't afraid to get stuck in and want to help shape the future of a growing childcare organisation, this could be the perfect role for you.
What You'll Be Doing;
Finding Great People
You will take a leading role in supporting recruitment activity across the organisation by:
- Creating and managing recruitment advertisements across multiple platforms.
- Monitoring applications and candidate enquiries.
- Reviewing applications and identifying suitable candidates.
- Conducting candidate screening and interviews.
- Coordinating interviews with Nursery Managers and senior leaders.
- Supporting recruitment campaigns and careers events.
- Building talent pipelines for future vacancies.
- Promoting Selca as an employer of choice within the childcare sector.
Giving New Starters the Best Start
You will help ensure every employee receives a positive and professional introduction to Selca by:
- Delivering inductions across all settings.
- Supporting new starters through the onboarding process.
- Conducting regular check-ins throughout probationary periods.
- Ensuring onboarding documentation is completed accurately.
- Working alongside managers to support probationary reviews.
- Helping new employees settle successfully into the organisation.
Supporting Growth & Development
You will become the primary point of contact for apprentices across the organisation by:
- Liaising with apprenticeship providers, tutors and assessors.
- Supporting apprentices throughout their qualification journey.
- Conducting apprentice reviews and development meetings.
- Encouraging progression and professional development opportunities.
- Supporting employees in identifying career goals and development pathways.
- Promoting a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
Helping Our Teams Thrive
Working alongside managers and senior leaders, you will:
- Coordinate training opportunities across the organisation.
- Deliver internal training sessions where appropriate.
- Monitor mandatory training compliance.
- Promote engagement with learning platforms, including Noodle Now.
- Identify development opportunities for employees and teams.
- Support the development of future leaders within the organisation.
- Help develop highly skilled, qualified and confident childcare practitioners.
Showcasing Selca
You will play an active role in promoting Selca Day Nurseries, our people and our culture through engaging digital content by:
- Creating and scheduling content across Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
- Showcasing staff achievements, qualifications, promotions and development journeys.
- Supporting the promotion of vacancies, recruitment campaigns and careers events.
- Creating content that highlights daily life across our nurseries and school clubs.
- Attending events, training sessions and activities to capture engaging content.
- Supporting the planning and delivery of social media campaigns throughout the year.
- Working alongside managers to identify positive stories and achievements worth celebrating.
- Helping maintain a consistent and professional online presence across all platforms.
- Monitoring engagement and identifying opportunities to grow our audience and reach.
- Supporting the development of marketing materials, graphics and promotional content where required.
Creating a Great Place to Work
You will support the development of a positive and engaged workforce by:
- Organising employee engagement initiatives.
- Supporting staff recognition programmes.
- Gathering employee feedback and identifying opportunities for improvement.
- Supporting staff wellbeing initiatives.
- Encouraging collaboration and positive relationships across settings.
- Helping create a workplace culture where employees feel valued, supported and motivated to succeed.
Supporting Success
Working closely with managers, you will:
- Support supervision and appraisal processes.
- Conduct employee development check-ins.
- Assist with workforce reporting and development planning.
- Support performance improvement initiatives where appropriate.
- Identify opportunities to improve employee retention and engagement.
Making Things Happen
As a multi-site role, you will:
- Travel regularly between all Selca settings.
- Support managers with workforce projects and initiatives.
- Contribute to business improvement and growth projects.
- Provide practical support where required.
- Support the smooth running of operations across the organisation by adopting a flexible and team-focused approach.
- Act as a key link between employees, managers and senior leadership.
About You
We are looking for someone who genuinely enjoys working with people and supporting their development. You will be highly organised, proactive and professional, with a strong work ethic and a genuine passion for helping others succeed.
The successful candidate will:
- Have experience working within a childcare setting.
- Be passionate about supporting and developing others.
- Have excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Demonstrate a strong work ethic and positive attitude.
- Bring energy, enthusiasm and a positive attitude wherever you go.
- Be confident building relationships with employees at all levels.
- Be comfortable working alongside managers to support performance and development.
- Have a genuine interest in developing highly skilled, qualified and professional childcare practitioners.
- Be able to motivate and encourage employees to achieve high standards of practice.
- Be comfortable working independently across multiple locations.
- Be creative, confident and comfortable generating ideas for content.
- Enjoy engaging with people and capturing authentic moments across our settings.
- Have experience using social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
- Be confident taking photographs, videos and creating engaging content.
- Understand how social media can support recruitment, parent engagement and organisational growth.
- Not be afraid to get involved. Whether that's joining a messy play activity, attending a training event or supporting a nursery celebration, you'll be happy to step in and capture the moment.
- Enjoy bringing people together through training, engagement and development opportunities.
- Be committed to supporting the continued growth and success of the organisation.
Essential Requirements
- Experience or knowledge of working within a childcare setting.
- Full UK Driving Licence.
- Access to your own vehicle.
- Business use insurance.
- Willingness to travel regularly between all five Selca settings.
- Strong IT, administration and organisational skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Hours & Working Pattern
- 25–37.5 hours per week.
- Monday to Friday working pattern.
- Flexibility to work across all Selca settings in line with business requirements.
- Due to the nature of the role, working hours may vary depending on recruitment activities, training sessions, meetings and operational priorities.
Salary: £14.45 per hour.
Why Join Selca?
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role within a rapidly expanding childcare organisation.
You will support a workforce of over 70 employees across five settings, helping us attract talented individuals, develop future leaders, support apprentices, strengthen engagement across the organisation and showcase the fantastic work taking place across our settings every day.
If you are passionate about recruitment, people development, social media, employee engagement and creating positive workplace cultures, we would love to hear from you.
Pay: £14.45 per hour
Application question(s):
- How many hours per week are you available to work? Please specify your preferred minimum and maximum hours.
- What interests you most about this Recruitment & Development Officer role, and why do you believe you would be a good fit?
- This role requires flexibility to work across our settings between 7:00am and 6:00pm, Monday to Friday. Please detail any times, days or regular commitments that would restrict your availability. If you have no restrictions, please state "No restrictions".
- This is a multi-site role requiring travel between all five Selca Day Nurseries settings. Do you hold a full UK driving licence, have access to your own vehicle and hold (or are willing to obtain) business use insurance? This is a requirement for the role.
Work Location: In person
