Recruitment Manager – Parental Leave Replacement (Cologne, Germany)

Recruitment Manager – Parental Leave Replacement (Cologne, Germany)

Our client is a top international school in Germany. They are currently looking to hire a Recruitment Manager from Germany in Cologne to join the central Recruitment Department of the school group, they are looking for a full-time Parental leave Replacement.

Role Purpose

The Recruitment Manager is responsible for overseeing full life cycle recruitment, ensuring that the best talent for the school group is sourced, whilst also developing effective programs for retention and succession planning.

In this role, you will be responsible for the smooth operation of all recruitment activity across the business and will work in close collaboration with the central HR Department and with the school’s School Management Teams. The right person will be a confident relationship builder who loves providing creative people solutions and can thrive in a growing and fast-changing environment.

Responsibilities

Recruitment

• Manage full life cycle recruitment (post, source, pre-screen, schedule, background screening, references, offer, onboarding, etc.) intervening where necessary to ensure all processes are completed in line with the Recruitment Policy and other associated policies
• Promote awareness of current best practices in safer recruitment and equal opportunities throughout the organisation, providing training or support where necessary
• Promote child welfare and safer recruitment at every stage of the recruitment process
• Define roles and responsibilities with the hiring team and develop and maintain the standard timelines to ensure an effective and efficient recruitment lifecycle while minimising cost-per-hire.
• Serve as a business partner with hiring managers to develop effective sourcing and recruitment strategies that result in school satisfaction.
• Coordinate the planning of annual induction schedules, ensuring all relevant stakeholders are actively engaged at the appropriate time and that the schedule is communicated with incoming staff within given timelines.
• Promote child welfare and safer recruitment at every stage of the recruitment process.
• Conduct risk assessments when background checks highlight a conviction or are not available before the commencement of employment, applying judgment where these cannot be obtained and escalated to the relevant member of the management
• Coordinate the creation and updating of recruitment documents and online content, including job descriptions for academic and non-academic roles.
• Oversee the acquisition and inputting of the data required by the HR and Recruitment team for the Single Central Register for incoming employees, monitoring its completeness and taking remedial action as necessary until they commence employment.
• Establish and manage agency and advertising relationships, including the negotiation of terms of business and cost per service to support recruitment processes.

Staff Remuneration

• Prepare, maintain and check salary forecasts based on all relevant information and share this with the relevant managers as required.
• Conduct out-of-cycle pay reviews as required using a fair and consistent approach.
• Coordinate the annual review of pay scales to ensure SGS salaries remain competitive.
• Conduct salary negotiations for complex or variable pay scenarios, applying judgment, taking into account internal policy and available budget.

Miscellaneous

• Maintain the establishment list codes for all school employees, ensuring that data is complete and accurate.
• Coordinate the process of amendment, removal and addition of roles to the establishment lists, including the marking of positions as open to be filled at each site.
• Liaise with the HR Department and schools regarding resignation, dismissal, parental leave and long-term absence, to advise and establish implications for recruitment.
• Coordinate the development of effective programs for retention and succession planning in collaboration with the HR Department.

Qualifications

• Proven track record as a senior recruiter with In-House recruitment experience
• Strong analytical skills with a flexible approach to problem-solving
• Strong communicator with the ability to work collaboratively across all levels
• A confident decision-maker with the ability to demonstrate logical reasoning
• Educated in Business, HR, Organizational Psychology or another relevant field
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Fluency in English is a prerequisite for this position, fluency in German is desirable but not essential
• A willingness to travel between sites regularly
• A positive individual with a can-do attitude and the ability to lead with influence
• A working knowledge of the British education system would be advantageous, but is not essential