Onboarding Specialist

Responsibilities

We’re looking for a forward-thinking individual to join our Onboarding team during our peak season, ensuring every individual we hire is qualified, suitable and equipped to work safely with children.

You will share our commitment to safeguarding, following our safer recruitment policies to ensure individuals we appoint have relevant experience, qualifications, and we conduct the appropriate suitability and pre-employment checks prior to them starting work.

You’ll communicate regularly with students, teachers and sports coaches across a number of channels so you’ll need to work flexibly to maximise engagement time, be compelling with information and have an engaging video/phone manner to motivate individuals to complete all contract requirements.

You’ll need to be meticulous in processing disclosure checks, verifying qualifications and following up with referees and s to meet verification targets.

At Kings, our Recruitment Team is a little different… loud and lively video interview’s are not unheard of!

We recruit over 800 passionate individuals each year for seasonal roles on our own activity programmes (Kings Camps). With all candidates, our Recruitment Team showcase The Kings Factor. They do this through each & every interaction; whether meeting via University events, email enquiries or initial interview.

We’re looking for you to have experience in recruitment, HR, or interviewing, ideally with a proven track record of building strong relationships and engaging candidates. You’ll need to be organised, confident on the phone and in video calls, and comfortable managing your own workload while hitting targets and deadlines. A good level of IT skills and attention to detail are essential, and experience in processing checks, verifying qualifications, or working with candidates’ documentation would be highly advantageous.

To be successful with us, you need the ‘Kings Factor’ – energy, enthusiasm, a genuine passion for helping people succeed, and a commitment to supporting the mission and values of the Kings Active Foundation. You must be eligible to work in the UK.

The important part

• Our People: Work with a like-minded, dedicated, and passionate team that shares our mission — to get children active, having fun, and learning together.
• Salary: From £26,500 per annum, depending on experience.
• Pension: Enhanced pension with 5% employer contributions and Group Life Assurance Scheme.
• Holiday: Starting at 25 days per annum plus statutory holidays, rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service.
• Work Patterns: Full time, 37.5 hours per week, between 8am–6pm, Monday to Friday, with flexibility during peak demand times.
• Training: Includes a bespoke onboarding plan, market-leading Safeguarding training and a free disclosure check as part of safer recruitment.

The little extras

• Meetings:
  Weekly Monday Morning Meetings (MMM) and Quarterly Briefs to stay connected and develop your skills.
• Celebrations:
  Monthly socials with Friday Quiz, plus quarterly awards for those living our values.
• Our Offices:
  Lovely leafy suburb of Sheffield, with free parking, bike storage, good public transport, and shops & cafés nearby.
• Perks & Discounts such as free holiday programme places for your kids (if you’re at that stage in life), cycle scheme, travel & social opportunities and discounts and rewards, including charity worker benefits.

The recruitment process consists of:

• Video screening call – an informal chat with one of our friendly team.
• In-person interview – at our Sheffield HQ with a couple of our team. Details of the interview specific to the role will be provided in advance.

We review applications on a rolling basis and may fill the position once we find the right candidate.

Established in 1991, Kings Active Foundation is a UK registered charity with a vision of a world where children love being active, and a mission to get children active, having fun and learning together.

We’re experts in using active games, sport and fun to connect with children via our activity programmes and we equip, enable and inspire others to deliver activity programmes.

We are a small team doing big things. We have a passion for our work and a desire to get more children active and improving their physical and mental wellbeing.

To find out more about how we can work with you to deliver inspiring programmes, please get in touch.