The Beehive Project

Internal Recruiter Southampton 25 hours per week £25,000 - £27,000 (pro-rata) The Role This is not a box-ticking HR role. You ll be responsible for finding, attracting, and securing the people who shape everything we do from frontline Support Workers through to House Leaders and senior roles. In a service like ours, recruitment is quality. You ll sit at the centre of that. What You ll Be Doing: Support recruitment across The Beehive Project, helping us find the right people for our services. Help build and maintain candidate pipelines so we re not just hiring reactively. Assist with writing and posting job adverts that attract the right candidates. Screen applications, shortlist candidates, and undertake interviews. Support safer recruitment processes (references, compliance checks, onboarding admin). Proactively chase references and required documentation to keep the recruitment process moving. Help create a smooth and positive candidate journey from application to start date. Work closely with managers to understand the kind of people we re looking for. Contribute ideas to improve how we attract talent whether through job boards, social media, or partnerships. Candidate Attributes and Desirable Skills You re someone who: Has a strong instinct for people who fits, who doesn t, and why. Can move at pace without dropping standards. Writes clearly and knows how to sell a role without overselling it. Understands (or is willing to learn) safer recruitment and compliance. Thinks ahead you re already building pipelines before roles go live. Our Values PRAISE At The Beehive Project, values aren t a poster on the wall they show up in who we hire. You ll be responsible for spotting and selecting people who genuinely live these: Passion You care about the work and the people behind it, not just filling roles. Respect You treat every candidate with fairness, honesty, and professionalism. Advocacy You champion quality, challenge poor fits, and stand up for what s right. Innovation You re always looking for better ways to attract and engage talent. Sense of Fun You bring energy and personality into what can otherwise feel transactional. Empowerment You build teams that enable young people to grow, not depend. What You ll Get: A role with real influence over how the organisation grows. Direct access to decision-makers no layers slowing things down. Flexibility in how you work. Ongoing development as the organisation scales. The chance to shape recruitment into something. Why The Beehive Project We support young people with complex backgrounds to move towards independence and stability. That only works when the right people are in the room. This role decides who walks through the door. In return you will receive: 30 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) with additional days rewarded with long service. Regular supervision, support, and ongoing training opportunities. Support available for relevant health and social care qualifications. Gym membership. Health and wellbeing programme. Blue Light Discount card. Day off for your birthday (after successful completion of probation). Buy / Bank holiday scheme (after successful completion of probation). Company sick pay. Interested If you ve worked in recruitment and want something with more meaning and more ownership this is worth a conversation.