We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the HR Team as a Recruitment Officer. The successful candidate will be based at our Battersea depot, reporting to the Recruitment Team Leader. You would join a busy and demanding team and so we’re looking for candidates who can bring new ideas and ways of working to help the team achieve its objectives. It is also important candidates have the initiative and drive to make things happen. The ideal candidate must have previous experience in high volume recruitment and managing the end-to-end processes of onboarding is absolutely critical.

The Team

It is an exciting and busy time for the HR team. Our vision is to create an organisation that produces highly motivated, high performing and highly satisfied employees. We act as champions and role models of the Abellio Way and its values. The team supports, advises and guides managers through the full employee lifecycle and so you will need a flexible approach to your work in order to quickly respond to the needs of our business.

The Role

This role will contribute to the success of Abellio London. We have a fantastic opportunity to join our growing team.  As a Recruitment Officer, you will be responsible for supporting driver recruitment from start to finish, including the onboarding process of new entrants.

The key accountabilities will include:

• Managing and maintaining the online Applicant Tracking System for all Bus Driver vacancies.
• Coordinating recruitment & selection activities from start to finish including; short-listing candidates, inviting candidates to recruitment days, supporting recruitment day activities such as interviewing/ coordinating drugs & alcohol testing/ driver medicals, notifying candidates of the outcome.
• Ensure that the pre and post offer administrative process for successful candidates is completed including checking candidate’s eligibility to work, arranging references and other background checks.
• Understanding of employment law, recruitment best practice and equality, diversity and inclusion
• Arrange new entrant medicals, including drug & alcohol testing.
• To issue contracts and offers of employment to successful applicants. Ensure that full details of all new entrants’ details are passed to Training Teams. Completing weekly and monthly data for recruitment reports.
• Manage the on-boarding process of new employees and manage the transition of temp-perm employees.
• Act as a point of contact and build influential candidate relationships during the selection process.
• Ordering goods/services, raising purchase orders and goods receipting for the Recruitment team
• To undertake projects and other tasks and activities as necessary.
• We are looking for a proactive, positive individual who is results driven and solution focused with excellent customer service skills to provide an outstanding candidate experience.

Essential skills:

• Proven experience working in a fast paced and customer facing environment
• Strong experience in high volume recruitment.
• Excellent IT Skills, with the ability to use recruitment software and tools.
• Ability to multi-task and manage time effectivley.
• Ability to demonstrate a flexible and hands on attitude, responding effectively to rapidly changing circumstances.

Abellio London supports diversity and inclusion and is committed to eliminating discrimination and encourages diversity amongst the workforce which is truly representative of all sections of society.