If you love meeting people, have a great passion for the hospitality industry and thrive in a busy and organised work environment, this could be the perfect role for you! We are on the lookout for a People Resourcing Manager to help support our recruitment initiatives and processes here at Farncombe Estate, working as part of the small, but lovely, HR team.
Farncombe Estate, in the beautiful Cotswolds countryside, is home to three very different, yet luxurious and award-winning hotels, Dormy House, Foxhill Manor and The Fish. Our Estate is also home to our head office and Estates team, so the work of recruiter here is wide and varied.
This role is part time, ideally around 30 hours, however we can offer some flexibility on this. You will be reporting into the HR Director. The ideal candidate will be organised, professional and possess a warm personality with a creative flair. You’ll have recruitment experience in the hospitality industry, and be enthusiastic and driven to achieve great things each day. Perfect for someone with strong attention to detail and skilled in building great work relationships, this role offers a unique opportunity to work in a top class hospitality People Team.
We offer a salary package of up to £41,600 full time equivalent per year, pro-rata depending on your total contracted hours (ideally around 30 however we can look at this flexibly), plus a share of gratuities generated by the Estate. Overall, for a 30 hour per week contract, the annual salary expectation would be £31,200 basic plus gratuities.
Day to day role:
- Work with hiring managers to understand the requirements and expectations of different positions
- Use various sourcing methods to attract and identify potential candidates, such as job boards, search licenses, social media, referrals, etc.
- Screen and evaluate candidates based on their resume, skills, experience, and fit for the role
- Conduct second screen of shortlist by phone, video, or in-person interviews and support the hiring managers at interview if required
- Coordinate and facilitate the hiring process, including making offer, reference checks, background checks, etc.
- Proactively monitor frontline recruitment activity, identifying areas of concern and working with hiring managers to identify areas of potential concern and improvement
- Build and maintain a talent pipeline for current and future hiring needs
- Provide a positive and engaging candidate experience throughout the recruitment process
- Track and report metrics and trends
- Deliver recruitment training, or ‘how to guides’ to new hiring managers to improve their recruiting skills
- Good working knowledge of employment legislation required
We also offer a raft of excellent benefits including:
- 30 days holiday pro rata per year (rising to 35 pro rata after 5 years)
- A celebration birthday lunch in one of the hotels, on us!
- Access to onsite mental health first aiders, and an employee assistance programme from Hospitality Action
- Free access to wellbeing resources - online exercise classes, mindfulness tools and nutritious recipes
- Hundreds of High Street discounts and a cash back card via Hospitality Rewards
- Estate discounts on dining, stays, wine, spa products and more
- A complimentary night stay including dinner for you and a guest, to experience our hotel just like our guests do!
- Be rewarded with £1000 to spend how you wish in our employee recognition programme
- Up to £1000 when you successfully refer a friend to work with us
- Premium payments for Christmas and New Year shifts
- An optional, low cost healthcare cash plan
- Free, in-person financial planning advice
- Broad ranging careers in all the usual hotel departments and a few you wouldn’t expect…like our adventure team
- Fully funded apprenticeship opportunities
Due to our rural location, you will require your own transport (WR12 7LJ). If this sounds like your ideal next move, and you would like to discuss this role or any other opportunities on our estate, please do get in touch! We look forward to hearing from you.
We are members of the Hoteliers Charter, and are committed to providing a workplace built on respect, fairness, equality, diversity and opportunity, and to putting wellness and career development at the heart of what we do.