Recruitment & HR Coordinator – City West Country Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: £25,750
Hours: 08:30-17:00 (40 hours per week) Part-time applications welcome
Are you an organised professional with a passion for people and recruitment? CWC is looking for a Recruitment & HR Coordinator to join our HR team, supporting both CWC and our sister company Carparison.
In this pivotal role, you'll help shape our employer brand, streamline recruitment processes, and support an exceptional candidate experience - from first contact to onboarding.
Why Join City West Country?
With over 30 years in the motor industry, we're a trusted, privately owned group that believes in investing in our people. You'll work with an experienced HR team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Here's what you'll enjoy:
- Car Benefit Scheme via NELS
- 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays
- Scottish Widows salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Access to our exclusive Benefits Hub – discounts on big brands
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Aspiring Managers programme for future leaders
- Cycle to work scheme and eye care vouchers
- Life assurance 1 x basic salary
- Long Service Awards to celebrate your milestones
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Recruitment & HR coordinator you’ll:
- Administer and coordinate all recruitment and onboarding processes
- Ensuring all Recruitment and HR documents are sent and received, recorded, uploaded and logged on the HR systems
- Be our brands ambassador by promoting the company’s social media presence and careers page
- To maintain the ATS and on boarding process, ensuring future candidates all receive the same level of service – consistency is key.
- Help produce monthly reports of recruitment effectiveness and efficiency
- Support hiring managers and HR Advisors with the preparation of job descriptions, competency profiles, selection/assessment toolkits and salary benchmarking
- Ensure the confidentiality of all written and verbal communications is adhered to in accordance with GDPR and internal procedures
- Accurate maintenance of employee records through the company’s HR Systems including supporting the setup of new starters, amendments, leavers and scanning/uploading relevant documentation and or resetting passwords
- Running regular reports through the HR systems to ensure we have all documents required
- Organise meetings as requested
- Evaluating and selecting candidate applications including initial screening and shortlisting when needed
- Support with keeping the Employee Handbook up to date and compliant
- Support HR meetings with accurate minute taking and production of minutes
- Support with the Induction and on boarding of new joiners with regards to the induction morning, on boarding packs and road maps, role specific. Mapping out an employee’s life cycle from 0-6 months, to probation sign off
- Undertake any other duties and tasks as reasonably required to ensure the successful operation of the HR/Payroll team
- Provide any other administrative support as required
- Provide a high level of general administrative support to the HR/Payroll department in line with employment legislation and the Company/Mercedes-Benz standards and processes
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone with a passion for recruitment and a keen eye for detail - someone who enjoys connecting people with opportunity and thrives in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience in recruitment
- Knowledge and experience of using social media as a recruitment tool
- Previous experience of Head Hunting
- Systems oriented
- Initiative, lateral thinking and problem solving
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive place to work, with a commitment to equality and fairness at the heart of our values and everyday practices and policies. We aim to recruit, nurture and retain a diverse workforce that reflect the diversity of our customer base.
Job Types: Full-time / Part-time - (salary pro-rota)
Pay: £25,750.00 per year - FTE
Experience:
- Recruitment and head-hunting
Work Location: In person