Role Overview
As a Recruitment Resourcer, you will support Shield Safety’s internal recruitment activity, helping to identify, attract and engage talent for roles across the business, including specialist and hard-to-fill positions.
Working closely with the Recruitment Manager and wider People team, you’ll focus on candidate sourcing, talent pooling and market research, building strong foundations for future hiring needs. This is an ideal entry-level opportunity for a graduate or early-career professional who is curious, people-focused and interested in developing a career in internal recruitment.
Key Responsibilities
Recruitment Support & Sourcing
- Assist with sourcing candidates via LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, and other channels
- Conduct initial outreach and support screening activity
- Draft and post job adverts reflecting the role and Shield Safety’s values
Talent Pooling & Market Research
- Build and maintain talent pools for future and hard-to-fill roles
- Conduct market research to identify potential candidates and talent hotspots
- Support headhunting by engaging passive candidates
- Keep talent pool data up to date
Talent Attraction, Events & Early Careers Engagement
- Attend and support recruitment events (careers fairs, university talks, networking)
- Network with students and prospective graduates
- Build relationships with universities, student societies, and early-careers networks
- Promote opportunities, career paths, and development at Shield Safety
- Capture and maintain candidate details for future engagement
Candidate Experience & Employer Brand
- Support a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment journey
- Act as an ambassador for Shield Safety
- Assist with employer branding, careers content, and recruitment campaigns
- Keep candidates informed and engaged
Recruitment Administration & Systems
- Maintain accurate recruitment records in PeopleHR or other systems
- Support interview scheduling and candidate communications
- Track recruitment activity and metrics (applications, source of hire)
- Ensure processes follow company procedures and best practice
About Us
Shield Safety is one of the UK’s leading Environmental Health consultancies. For over 20 years, we’ve helped businesses meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and protect people. As a software-enabled services business, we combine expert consultancy with our award-winning digital platform, RiskProof, giving organisations a smarter, more practical way to manage their Health and Safety, Food Safety, and Fire Safety compliance.
We work with businesses across hospitality, retail, leisure, and beyond. Our solutions are built for real-world environments where consistency, clarity, and accountability matter. By combining deep technical expertise with intuitive technology, we help teams move from reactive compliance to confident, proactive safety management.
Trusted by thousands of businesses, from independent operators to brands like Tesco, ASDA, YO! Sushi, Radisson Hotels, and KFC, we have a 90% client retention rate. We’re also proud to be the first certification body for Safe to Trade, raising food hygiene and allergen management standards. At Shield Safety, we focus on meaningful work that makes Every Day Safer.
Our Values
We take great pride in what we do, the service we deliver, and the culture we’ve built. Our values guide how we work every day.
- Be the best you
- Add value. Love what you do
- Work together and have fun
- Aim high and don’t fear failure
- Respect colleagues, work, and customers
What We Offer
At Shield Safety, we combine passion with a relaxed, fun workplace. We believe people do their best work in an environment that’s supportive, flexible, and welcoming, where you can bring your whole self to work. Our office culture is friendly and inclusive, complete with hybrid working options and office dogs. We thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and support every team member with tailored training, growth opportunities, and skill development. We look after our people because they’re at the heart of everything we do. If you’re ambitious, enjoy working with like-minded colleagues, you’ll fit right in.
We’ve worked closely as a team to come up with a benefits package with something for everyone. Some of our benefits include:
- Competitive base salary
- 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to purchase an extra 5 days)
- Birthdays off
- Flexible working options including flexi-time and remote working
- Employee Assistance Programme & Wellbeing App
- Generous, enhanced Maternity Leave and Paternity Leave
- Monthly one-to-ones with your Manager to ensure you have all the support you need
- Health Cash Plan (to claim back the cost of various private healthcare/dental/holistic treatments)
- Clear progression opportunities
- We also support training & development for all colleagues
Requirements
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Degree-level education (or equivalent)
- Confident with digital tools, including LinkedIn and Microsoft Office
- Well-organised with attention to detail
- Proactive, curious, and eager to learn
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are proud to have a diverse workforce and we are committed to ensuring equality and inclusion at all levels within the business. It is imperative that we have a mix of talents, skills and experience within our teams and actively encourage diversity in order to meet these requirements. We value the diversified opinions when we make key decisions, generate new ideas or come up with solutions to challenges. We know that this is the best way to support our clients, and we feel that our workplace should mirror the demographic make-up of the population and of our client base.
As Shield Safety company continues to grow and expand, we welcome applications from everyone interested in joining our team, including applicants within underrepresented groups. Our recruitment process is being continually refined and evolved to ensure that all applicants are screened fairly and without discrimination.
