Hybrid Summer School Recruitment Officer – Young Learner Division

at EC English Language Centres

• Job title: Summer School Recruitment Officer – Young Learner Division
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: £26,000 per year
• Degree requirement: High School Diploma
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Brighton, United Kingdom

About the role

• Recruitment Officer responsible for staffing summer programmes and ensuring compliance with accreditation. Promoting safer recruitment practices while supporting young learners' welfare.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a team to ensure all summer centre locations are fully staffed, meeting operational requirements and adhering to the British Council accreditation scheme.
• Recruit staff in line with British Council accreditation guidelines, promoting safer recruitment practices to safeguard the wellbeing of young learners.
• Assess applications against role criteria to create a shortlist of qualified candidates.
• Conduct structured interviews to evaluate suitability, ensuring all recruitment decisions align with safeguarding policies and best practices.
• Follow robust recruitment and selection procedures, focusing on safer recruiting to protect the welfare of students while hiring the best candidates for temporary summer roles.
• Coordinate onboarding and maintain administrative processes for new hires, ensuring compliance with safer recruitment and company policies.
• Use recruitment software and tools to streamline shortlisting, interview scheduling, and tracking candidate progress.
• Assist with staff enquiries and deliver ongoing HR support during the summer operational period, ensuring employees feel valued and informed.
• Position Embassy Summer as the preferred employer for temporary summer school staff, ensuring all interactions reflect our brand values and commitment to safeguarding.

Requirements

• Educated to A Level / High School level or above.
• Excellent communication skills; must be fluent in both written and spoken English.
• Ability to manage own workload and work independently as well as part of a team.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Computer literate with practical knowledge of Excel and Microsoft Outlook.
• Experience of working in summer schools or an EFL environment.
• Experience of working in HR / Recruitment & Selection (educational industry preferred).
• An understanding of welfare and safeguarding good practice guidelines.
• An understanding of safer recruitment good practice guideline.
• Database management experience.