Recruitment Officer

Job reference:006275

Salary:£30,000 per annum

Department:Education

Hours Per Week:37.5

Closing date:03/04/2026

Job Description

Exceptional People Deserve Exceptional Staff

Shaftesbury Education is three settings, Victoria School in Poole; Millie College in Holton-Lee and Nash College in Bromley.

Shaftesbury Millie College sits within a group of specialist education provision; this group comprises a special independent school (Victoria School in Poole) and a specialist college provision (Nash College in Bromley). Each of these settings caters for a wide range of learning need and disability, including autism and physical disabilities.

We now have an opening for an enthusiastic and motivated Recruitment Officer to join our People team, and working across our directorate at Victoria School, with potential remote working at Nash and Millie College.

Job outline

Based at Victoria School, the Recruitment Officer will be responsible for leading and managing the recruitment of suitably qualified, skilled, and value driven staff to support learners across the school and college. The role involved developing and implementing a safer recruitment strategy in collaboration with Head of settings; ensuring the recruitment cycle support the school/college commitment to safeguarding, inclusion and high-quality provision for leaners with complex needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle for teaching, learning support, therapy and operational roles within the school and college. Manage end to end recruitment processes, from posting the vacancy through to job offer.
• Promote vacancies through appropriate education and focused recruitment channels.
• Coordinate shortlisting against agreed criteria, ensuring fairness, equality, and transparency.
• Coordinate interview processes, including arranging panels, timetables, and candidate communications.
• Manage and coordinate recruitment activity for teaching, support, therapy and operational staff in line with workforce planning priorities.
• Support the recruitment and vetting of agency, bank, and temporary staff in line with safeguarding expectations.
• Support robust selection processes, including values-based recruitment and appropriate assessment of candidates’ suitability to work with children and young people.

What We Offer:

• A supportive and collaborative working environment.
• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
• Access to great facilities and resources.

Expectations

• To have due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people.
• To follow the safeguarding procedures adopted by Shaftesbury and within the school/ college policies.
• To work within the framework of the mission statements, aims, policies and procedures of the college and Shaftesbury, and to support the Christian objectives of the organisation.
• To be committed to the development of opportunities for inclusion for all students attending school/college and to promote equality of opportunity and cultural diversity.
• To accept responsibility for the education, care and development of all students attending the School/College.
• To promote and develop a team approach across all professional disciplines to the work of the school/college.
• To be a role model for staff and students in all aspects of personal and professional conduct and by exemplifying the Code of Conduct of Shaftesbury.

Commitment to Safeguarding

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Shaftesbury Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and staff. It is the responsibility of all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and will follow our rigorous safer recruitment processes.

Shaftesbury Education strives to be a diverse and inclusive community and welcomes applications from people from all backgrounds.

Application Process

Job Description and Application Form on request – please contact Helen Malt-VECHR@victoria.poole.sch.uk

Closing date: 3rd April 2026

Interview Dates: W/c 6th April 2026

Early applications are strongly encouraged, and we reserve the right to close the advert should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate before the above dates.

Visits to the setting are welcomed, and encouraged, by arrangement.