Job Description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Recruitment Advisor to join our team and work for Barnardo's, the UK's largest Children's Charity. Handling the recruitment for around 3,000 vacancies a year.



The role is part time working 30 hours per week and for a fixed term period, until August 2026. The successful post holder will need to live in Northern Ireland and be able to regularly work from our office based in Belfast.

Some but not all the key responsibilities include:

Ensuring that our applicants' experience of the recruitment process is a positive one. Managing the end-to-end recruitment process for a number of vacancies at any one time, including Children's Services, Retail and Corporate vacancies. Providing support and advice to hiring managers as needed at each stage of the recruitment process, including the effective use of our online recruitment system. Following our current recruitment process, promoting best practice and educating others throughout. Ensuring legal compliance in all recruitment and selection activity.

As a minimum you should be able to evidence:

Experience of undertaking Fair Employment and Article 55 reporting. Experience of undertaking Access NI background checks Experience of supporting, monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of recruitment practices in keeping with relevant legislation in NI. Experience of using an online recruitment management system.

Skills required:

Ability to deliver high volumes of varied recruitment related administrative work in a pressurised environment to a high standard. Highly organised with the ability to multi-task and prioritise a large workload, allowing you to effectively manage high volume and specialised recruitment. Ability to work well under pressure and in a busy and varied role with good problem solving and negotiation skills. Able to communicate clearly and professionally both internally as you liaise with recruiting managers and externally, liaising with candidates and external suppliers. Ability and willingness to learn and adapt to new systems of work both manual and online.

Do you think this role is a great fit for you? We warmly encourage you to click the button!





Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.


Pay & Reward FrameworkWe know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.


For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.


Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band - this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.



Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.


Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements. Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options Service related sick pay from day 1 Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension Cycle2work scheme Interest free season ticket loans Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal 20% discount at Barnardo's stores Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's


We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Our basis and values

Reference number: 21648
Job Title: Recruitment Advisor
Location: Workplace offer: Hybrid working, Barnardo's hub/office or home address
Contract type: Fixed term
End date: August 2026
Hours: 30
Salary: 26,751 - 29,185 (FTE)
Closing Date: 10 September 2025

Benefits

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Discounts at 100's of retailers
Employee suggestion scheme
Company pension
Employee Assistance Programme