# Recruitment Advisor

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Cambridge
- **Region:** East of England
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Manager and corporate
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum pro-rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-05-26T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-05-22T08:41:48.747Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/Cambridge_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Corporate_Services/Corporate_Services-v8031785
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8031785?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.cuh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Recruitment Advisor to join our busy Resourcing Team.

This is an excellent opportunity for individuals with strong organizational skills, recruitment experience and a passion for providing a high‑quality service to colleagues across the Trust.

In Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH), we pride ourselves on delivering outstanding care — and this starts with recruiting excellent people. In this role, you will help shape our recruitment service and ensure a seamless, high‑quality experience for candidates and hiring managers across the Trust.

We have three post available one is a permanent contract and the other two are secondment with Aug 2026 and Dec 2026 end dates, respectively.

### Main duties of the job

To provide an efficient, customer‑focused front‑of‑house and administrative recruitment service for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.  And support the delivery of safe, timely and values‑led recruitment by ensuring high‑quality administration, excellent customer service to candidates and staff, and full compliance with pre‑employment standards.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- Please note:-
- Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: -       applied for a Graduate visa -       or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment -       or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on 26th May 2026

Interviews are due to be held on 5th  June 2026, please note this may change.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

## Job Details

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Recruitment Advisor to join our busy Resourcing Team.

This is an excellent opportunity for individuals with strong organizational skills, recruitment experience and a passion for providing a high‑quality service to colleagues across the Trust.

In Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH), we pride ourselves on delivering outstanding care — and this starts with recruiting excellent people. In this role, you will help shape our recruitment service and ensure a seamless, high‑quality experience for candidates and hiring managers across the Trust.

We have three post available one is a permanent contract and the other two are secondment with Aug 2026 and Dec 2026 end dates, respectively.

## Job Description

To provide an efficient, customer‑focused front‑of‑house and administrative recruitment service for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.And support the delivery of safe, timely and values‑led recruitment by ensuring high‑quality administration, excellent customer service to candidates and staff, and full compliance with pre‑employment standards.

## Responsibilities

Please note:-

·         Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

-       applied for a Graduate visa

-       or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

-       or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on 26th May 2026

Interviews are due to be held on 5th  June 2026, please note this may change.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Ability to work as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills including telephone, email, face to face
- Ability to develop templates for letters
- Ability to organise and manage own time keeping to schedule and deadlines
- Ability to allocate and monitor work of others
- Ability to use own initiative and work autonomously
- Ability to demonstrate leadership skills
- Willing to take on/learn new skills
- Ability to show attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to adapt to change
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to store and safeguard confidential documents

**Desirable**

- Ability to touch type
- Ability to work with budgets
- Ability to requisition general stock

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Understanding of confidentiality and data protection
- Sound knowledge of office procedures
- Understanding of customer service
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of the Trust including awareness of priorities
- Knowledge of Trust information systems
- Awareness of NHS targets and Trust priorities

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working in a busy clerical/office environment or reception service
- Secretarial and /or administrative experience including minute taking
- Prioritising, planning and organising own tasks
- Working within guidelines
- Experience of dealing with difficult situations and confrontations
- Data entry experience and documentation
- Experience of IT packages – Microsoft office
- Experience of producing documents to a high standard

**Desirable**

- Previous experience of working in NHS
- Recruitment and Selection of staff
- Experience of supervising staff

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Educated to A level or NVQ level 3 Customer Service/ Business Admin /ITQ or equivalent

**Desirable**

- Secretary qualification or equivalent

### Additional Requirements

**Essential**

- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent

## Documents

- [completing your application (pdf, 448.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10319372)
- [applicant information pack_recruitment advisor (pdf, 512.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10319370)

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