Senior Recruitment Officer

Senior Recruitment Officer (Attraction and Selection)

Location: London or Birmingham, with hybrid remote working
Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week). We welcome applications for 0.8 FTE and are open to flexible working (e.g. school hours)
Salary: £33,000 per annum (includes £2,000 London weighting)
Contract: Permanent
Start Date: ASAP, depending on candidate availability

Join us to help recruit the talent that drives educational equality

Are you a driven and creative recruiter passionate about connecting purpose-led professionals with impactful work? We re looking for a Senior Recruitment Officer to lead on the attraction and selection of exceptional tutors who will help students across the country succeed in English and maths.

As a key member of our Operations Team, you ll lead national tutor recruitment campaigns, guide candidates through the selection process, and manage a small team to deliver a fast, fair, and inclusive hiring experience. You ll work with a diverse pipeline of UK-based university students, graduates, and professionals seeking flexible, meaningful work helping Get Further meet ambitious recruitment targets that support our growth and impact.

About Get Further

Get Further is an award-winning education charity helping students from disadvantaged backgrounds to secure key English and maths qualifications. We work in further education colleges and sixth forms, providing high-impact tuition that improves student outcomes and opens doors to higher education, apprenticeships, and employment. Our programme has been independently proven to significantly improve student progress.

Key Responsibilities

As Senior Recruitment Officer, you will:

• Lead on recruitment for Tutors and Lead Tutors across subject areas and regions, ensuring recruitment targets are met
• Develop inclusive, innovative strategies to attract university students, graduates, career changers and other talent pools
• Design and deliver engaging tutor attraction campaigns, creating compelling content and managing social media outreach
• Plan and deliver recruitment events (e.g. webinars, careers fairs, university drop-ins), building strong external partnerships
• Manage the front end of the recruitment pipeline, ensuring candidates have a smooth and supportive journey
• Coordinate and oversee internal assessment centres, interviews, and scheduling
• Line manage a small team of screeners and assessors
• Use CRM systems such as Salesforce to track applicants, evaluate performance and improve the recruitment process
• Support wider organisational recruitment as required, including for central team roles

Who We re Looking For

You ll be an enthusiastic and strategic recruiter with a passion for educational equality and inclusive hiring. You ll enjoy building relationships, bringing ideas to the table, and creating a brilliant experience for candidates from start to finish.

We re especially keen to hear from candidates with experience in:

• Graduate recruitment
• University outreach and engagement
• Charity sector hiring
• Marketing or campaign management related to recruitment or education

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong commitment to Get Further s mission and values
• Knowledge of graduate recruitment, marketing or advertising strategies
• Previous experience in recruitment or marketing
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly organised, with strong attention to detail
• Able to work independently, take initiative, and solve problems creatively
• Confident using Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel
• A collaborative team player with a flexible approach
• Committed to safeguarding and data confidentiality

Desirable

• Experience using recruitment platforms or applicant tracking systems
• Familiarity with Salesforce or other CRM software
• Knowledge of the further education or university sector
• Experience in or passion for the charity sector

What We Offer

• 36 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Flexible and remote working options
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Termly in-person team development days in our London office
• A friendly, supportive team and a mission that matters

How to Apply

Your application must include:

A CV of no more than 2 sides of A4; and

A supporting statement which includes your answers to the following three questions:

Why do you want to work for Get Further? (Max 250 words)

Demonstrate your experience against the following three areas (250 words each):

• Setting and achieving targets
• Delivering a 360 recruitment process
• Managing time efficiently across multiple projects

What two aspects of the role would be most challenging for you and how would you address them? (Max 300 words)

Please submit your application via our website: Jobs - Get Further by 3rd June.
Incomplete applications will not be processed. The first-round interviews will be held online w/c 10th June, followed by a second in-person interview w/c 18th June (London).

This is a UK-based post and applicants must be living in and have the right to work the UK; if applicable please detail your visa status in your covering email. Get Further is an equal opportunities employer and will not discriminate against any candidate on the basis of any characteristic protected by the Equality Act 2010. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made throughout the recruitment process.