Recruitment Coordinator

Job summary

Are you passionate about delivering an excellent candidate experience and providing expert recruitment support? As a Recruitment Coordinator, you will manage end-to-end recruitment administration for a range of vacancies across NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT).

Working closely with hiring managers and candidates, you will provide expert advice, coordinate recruitment activities and ensure every stage of the process runs smoothly and efficiently.

You will play a key role in attracting and appointing talented people who help save and improve lives, while ensuring recruitment activities are compliant, customer-focused and delivered to a high standard.

This is an exciting opportunity to build strong relationships, contribute to continuous improvement and make a meaningful impact through a vital people-focused service.

Main duties of the job

• Act as the first point of contact for hiring managers, providing advice and guidance throughout the recruitment process.
• Manage end-to-end recruitment administration for allocated vacancies, from approval through to appointment.
• Support hiring managers with advertising, shortlisting, interview arrangements and selection activities.
• Provide regular updates to candidates and hiring managers, ensuring an excellent customer experience.
• Complete and monitor pre-employment checks, including right to work, references, occupational health and DBS clearances where required.
• Produce contracts of employment and offer documentation, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Maintain recruitment systems and records, ensuring data is accurate, secure and up to date.
• Support recruitment events, careers fairs and attraction activities to promote NHSBT opportunities.
• Produce reports and analyse recruitment information to support service delivery and decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes and contribute to continuous service improvement.

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHSBT, you'll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.

Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too.Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.

You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Details

• Date posted: 29 July 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 4
• Salary: £28,392 to £31,157 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 009233
• Job locations: NHSBT, Capitol Way, Dodworth, Barnsley, United Kingdom, S75 3FG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

This role will be based at Barnsley Blood Centre, South Yorkshire. We have two posts available, as follows;

Permanent - 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday (7.5 hour days between 08:00am - 17:00pm).

Fixed term / secondment (until 31st March 2027) - 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday (7.5 hour days between 08:00am - 17:00pm). For NHSBT staff wanting to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please discuss with your current line manager before applying.

Whilst this is a hybrid vacancy, there is an expectation to be office based 5 days/week during your initial training period (which is dependent on the individual appointed), followed by mandatory office working 2 days/week. The current office working days are Tuesday and Wednesday, however this is subject to change without notice, and you may be asked to work more office days at the request of the Recruitment Team Leader or Head of Recruitment Operations for training days or team meetings (notice will be provided, where possible, in these instances).

What we offer:

• Flexible working options we promote flexible working where the role allows. Were happy to discuss what flexibility might look like for you.
• Generous annual leave - 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years service and to 33 days after 10 years.
• Inclusive pension scheme - the NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns). Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/information-about-nhs-pensions
• Supportive learning culture - weve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. Its open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.
• Health and wellbeing support we offer confidential services including occupational health, employee assistance programme, and wellbeing resources. Our support is available to all colleagues and we endeavour to provide tailored workplace adjustments where possible.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applications from disabled candidates. We will talk with you to explore any adjustments that may help you during the recruitment process.

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