Recruitment Business Partner(FTC)
Location: Cambridge, UK (this role will be office based a minimum of 3 days per week)
Salary: £45,000 – £50,000 p.a. - Full-time equivalent, dependent on experience
Basis: Fixed-term contract (14 months), Full-time, part-time, or versatile
Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the UK

The role

We are looking to appoint a Recruitment Business Partner to join the Raspberry Pi Foundation's People and Culture team to help us realise our ambitious plans for expanding our impact around the world.

Reporting to the Director of People and Culture and working with colleagues from across the organisation, you will be responsible for partnering with hiring managers and managing the end-to-end recruitment process, from the attraction of candidates to the induction of new colleagues.

You will support recruitment in all markets in which we employ people, including India, Ireland, Kenya, the UK and US.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced recruiter who has a passion for delivering great candidate experience and supporting hiring managers to hire top talent.

This is a fixed-term contract to provide cover for a colleague who is due to go on family leave. The contract period has been extended to provide ample opportunity for handover at each end of the contract.

This is an office based role, working from our HQ in central Cambridge. Candidates will need to be able to work at least three days per week from the office.

This is a unique opportunity to join one of the most exciting educational nonprofits at the forefront of the movement to democratise computing education and tackle educational disadvantage.





We strive to make the Foundation a place where talented people who care about our mission can do the best work of their careers. We have a flexible and collaborative approach to all aspects of our work. If you’re the right person for the job, we’ll make it work for you, and you can be confident that you’ll be working with an exceptional team.

We work hard to make sure that the Foundation is a place where everyone is supported to do the best work of their careers. We have a flexible and collaborative approach to all aspects of our work. If you're the right person for the job, we’ll make it work for you, and you can be confident that you’ll be joining an exceptional team of people who care about our mission and each other.

Responsibilities

- Working with hiring managers, providing training, coaching, and support throughout the recruitment process and ensuring that they follow our Recruitment Playbook and other relevant policies.
- Making sure that job descriptions are accurate and engaging to help us attract the best candidates, as well as being responsible for positive candidate experience
- Advertising roles to maximise applications from high quality candidates, including ensuring that job boards are fully utilised.
- Responsible for the applicant tracking system (ATS) and making sure it is up to date at all times.




- Screening applications and shortlisting candidates for manager review.
- Developing and implementing ideas to increase the proportion of eligible candidates and reduce applications from ineligible candidates.
- Ensure we always recruit colleagues with the correct right to work and perform background checks for candidates before the offer stage.
- Support the onboarding processes, ensuring all new colleagues receive the best onboarding and feel welcomed into the organisation.
- Support the Foundation's apprenticeship programme, working with managers to develop opportunities for apprentice roles.
- Collect benchmarking data for roles to ensure we remain competitive.
- Manage relationships with external recruitment companies as required.

Experience and personal attributes

We recognise that everyone has the potential for growth. We welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they have some, but not necessarily all, of the experience and personal attributes listed here.

- Minimum of 5 years experience in a recruitment role, ideally in the education, technology, or not-for-profit sectors
- Experience recruiting in a number of different countries, ideally including India, Kenya, the UK and US
- Experience with screening candidates for hiring manager review, including dealing with very high volumes of candidates
- Able to understand the requirements for a diverse range of roles
- Experience of coaching hiring managers, including on the design of job roles and recruitment processes
- Experience of developing work based assessments that support better hiring decisions
- Experience of working with an applicant tracking system (w

📌 Recruitment Partner (Town of Cambridge)
🏢 Raspberry Pi
📍 Town of Cambridge