Recruitment Manager / Hands-on Recruiter

As an assistant manager, you’ll support your fellow recruiters and serve as a point of contact for management. You’ll help the team with complex issues, take on challenging job openings, and provide strategic advice to management teams.

As an experienced Recruiter and Team Leader, you will guide the recruitment strategy and be closely involved in day-to-day operations. You will set the direction, actively support your team, and take on challenging roles, such as hard-to-fill or time-intensive positions (e.g., niche senior roles, Director, or Operations Manager). You will share your knowledge and experience and inspire the team to develop creative, client-focused solutions.

In addition, you will serve as a key point of contact for management. You will represent the recruitment team in strategic meetings, effectively communicate recruitment strategies, and translate them into concrete actions. Together with your HR colleagues and the HR Director, you will work toward the mission of positioning Arkin as a leading and attractive mental health care organization.

What will you be doing?

As a Recruitment Manager at Arkin, you will shape a forward-thinking recruitment strategy that makes a real difference in mental health care. With your vision, you will build a robust recruitment policy that meets the evolving needs of the healthcare sector. You will provide guidance and inspiration to a team of five talented recruiters and ensure that their creativity and expertise are utilized to the fullest.

Through your engaged leadership, you consistently motivate your team to develop innovative, customer-focused recruitment solutions. Based on your vision, you develop a multi-year plan and know how to implement it to ensure that objectives are met.

As a key liaison within HR, you will work closely with the management team, effectively representing Arkin’s recruitment strategy and goals. Together with your HR colleagues and the HR Director, you will contribute to the shared mission of positioning Arkin as a leading and attractive mental health care organization in the market.

With your strategic vision and energy, you’ll significantly strengthen Arkin’s position in the job market and create sustainable solutions to attract and retain the right healthcare professionals.

We offer you:

• Here are just a few of Arkin’s attractive employment benefits:
• Terms of employment in accordance with the GGZ FWG65 Collective Bargaining Agreement(€4,692–€6,141) based ona 36-hour workweek;
• A 13th month;
• 8% vacation pay and you’ll build up a solid pension plan with the Healthcare & Welfare Pension Fund;
• A pleasant work environment at our headquarters in Amsterdam North and a work-from-home policy that includes reimbursement for office equipment and work-from-home days;
• For commuting and business travel, you will receive a second-class transit pass, which can also be used for OV-fiets, or a mileage allowance;
• Discounts on insurance from Univé and Centraal Beheer;
• A flexible benefits plan that allows you to use your gross salary for additional vacation time, a bicycle purchase, and supplemental travel expenses;
• For your well-being, you’ll receive an annual wellness budget of up to €100 (for full-time employees working at least 18 hours per week) and access to the Nrgize platform to participate in activities such as boot camp, yoga, and salsa dancing. You’ll also get unlimited access to Good Habitz’s online course offerings;
• Colleagues who enjoy a good time and are always up for spontaneous or planned lunches and drinks at the trendy NDSM in Amsterdam North!

What do you bring to the table?

Of course, you have an inspiring and energetic presence! We would also love to receive your application if you:

• Possesses a college-level (HBO) or university-level (WO) level of work and thinking, supplemented by knowledge and experience in recruitment;
• Experience in the healthcare sector is a plus, but certainly not a requirement. You can hold your own in a complex and politically charged organization. You stay the course despite conflicting interests; leadership experience is a plus, but not a requirement;
• Have experience motivating and inspiring teams of professionals, as well as further developing and positioning them;
• You are a strong project and account manager and an advisor to management and executive teams;
• Possesses tact, persuasiveness, and sensitivity, which you apply in your leadership role within the departments and in your interactions with brand executives and managers;
• You have a service-oriented attitude and know how to translate your customers’ needs into concrete products and services.

Careers at Arkin

Arkin is the leading mental health care provider in the Randstad region, offering 11 specialties.Together, we are experts inthe fields of psychiatry and addiction treatment. We are committed to fostering the mental resilience of our clients.

Arkin employs 4,200 dedicated, passionate professionals who aren’t afraid to take risks. They are constantly seeking tailored solutions for their clients. Quality is always our top priority. We therefore encourage our employees to continue developing their expertise through comprehensive training programs.

Arkin’s recruitment team consists of five recruiters, each responsible for their own areas of expertise, such as labor market communication and target audience knowledge. Recruitment is part of the People & Organization department. Our office is located on Klaprozenweg in Amsterdam North. Arkin is easily accessible by public transportation, and parking is available upon request.

Interested? 

For more information about the position of Recruitment Manager, please contact Joel van Velzen, Interim Recruitment Manager, at 06-40962514. He is available to tell you more and answer any questions you may have. This position is open to both internal and external candidates. In the event of equal qualifications, internal candidates will be given priority. You may apply as long as the job posting is online. Once we have welcomed a new colleague, the job posting will be closed.