Recruitment Coordinator

About The Role

Part of the Ark charity, Ark Start is a start-up nursery venture aiming to ensure that every child has access to an excellent early years' education and that families have access to flexible and affordable childcare. Ark Start currently has 7 nurseries with circa 60 staff in the London nurseries and is planning to expand quickly over the next few years.

Key to this is our staff and so we are looking for a Recruitment Coordinator who will play a key role in attracting, selecting, and onboarding high-quality staff across our group of early years childcare settings. This role ensures that recruitment processes are consistent, efficient, and compliant with safer recruitment standards. Working closely with Ark Start managers and the wider Ark People team, the Recruitment Coordinator role is key to maintaining staffing levels that support outstanding care and education for children.

The role would suit a dynamic Recruitment Coordinator with a strong sense of social justice, who would be keen to gain experience and develop in a fast-growing start-up organisation.

Benefits:

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with each year of service up to 30 days after 3-years' service. This entitlement is pro rata for part time employees and excludes bank holidays
• Our flexitime policy allows you to work your hours around our core hours of 10.00 - 16.00, helping you prioritise your work-life balance and personal commitments
• As an Ark employee, you will have the opportunity to be part of the TPT (The Pension Trust) scheme, our workplace pension scheme where we make an 11% contribution; you are not required to contribute towards this scheme unless you choose to.
• Access to high-quality professional learning throughout your career, offering both face-to-face sessions and a bespoke online learning platform
• Access to Ark Rewards scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers, interest-free loans available for season tickets or a bike, gym discounts offering up to 40% off your local gym and free eye tests

About Us

Our dedicated team work together to ensure that every child has a joyful, engaging, and secure nursery experience and leaves us ready to start school happily and confidently. We are driven by our values in everything we do: Aim High, Be Brave, Be Kind and Keep Learning.

Diversity and inclusion:

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone - staff and students - can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark's diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.

Safeguarding statement:

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark's safer recruitment process, please click this link.

Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.

If you would like to hear more about this role or about Ark Start, please contact