Summer School Recruitment Officer - Young Learner Division

Location: UK, Brighton (Hybrid working; office-based min 3 days per week)

Role Type: Full Time, Temporary, January 2026 - July/August 2026

Start Date: 12 January 2026

Application Closing Date: 28 November 2025

Join our winning team of global superstars in summer 2026

Embassy Summer, under its parent company EC English, offers award winning summer vacation programmes for young people across multiple locations in the UK, Malta, Spain, South Africa & UAE.  Students learn English or Spanish whilst immersing themselves in the local culture and surroundings.  Our programmes are a combination of language classes, exciting excursions and fun-filled sporting, creative and social activities.    

From its humble beginnings in Hastings over four decades ago, Embassy Summer has today evolved into a globally recognised and trusted brand.  Our vision is to help our students succeed in a global community.  We love bringing our young learners from around the world together through a common language and building global connections.  

Summary:

The objective of the EC Young Learners recruitment team is to source, select, secure, and develop the very best people for our young learner programmes, ensuring welfare and safeguarding policies are adhered to at all times and to position Embassy Summer as the preferred employer of choice for temporary summer school staff. 

The Recruitment Officer works as part of a team primarily responsible for ensuring our UK locations and programmes are adequately staffed and resourced in line with our British Council accreditation scheme and our internal recruitment targets, and that there is a focus on safer recruiting to ensure the wellbeing and safety of our young learner students.  

 Key Responsibilities: 

Work as part of a team to ensure all summer centre locations are fully staffed, meeting operational requirements and adhering to the British Council accreditation scheme.

Recruit staff in line with British Council accreditation guidelines, promoting safer recruitment practices to safeguard the wellbeing of young learners.

Assess applications against role criteria to create a shortlist of qualified candidates. Conduct structured interviews to evaluate suitability, ensuring all recruitment decisions align with safeguarding policies and best practices.

Follow robust recruitment and selection procedures, focusing on safer recruiting to protect the welfare of students while hiring the best candidates for temporary summer roles.

Coordinate onboarding and maintain administrative processes for new hires, ensuring compliance with safer recruitment and company policies.

Use recruitment software and tools to streamline shortlisting, interview scheduling, and tracking candidate progress.

Assist with staff enquiries and deliver ongoing HR support during the summer operational period, ensuring employees feel valued and informed.

Position Embassy Summer as the preferred employer for temporary summer school staff, ensuring all interactions reflect our brand values and commitment to safeguarding.

Knowledge/Skills Required:

Educated to A Level / High School level or above.

Excellent communication skills; must be fluent in both written and spoken English.

Ability to manage own workload and work independently as well as part of a team.

Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.

Computer literate with practical knowledge of Excel and Microsoft Outlook.

Knowledge/Skills Desired:

Experience of working in summer schools or an EFL environment.

Experience of working in HR / Recruitment & Selection (educational industry preferred).

An understanding of welfare and safeguarding good practice guidelines.

An understanding of safer recruitment good practice guideline.

Database management experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

If you do not have a valid Enhanced DBS and are not subscribed to the DBS update service, we will need to apply for a new Enhanced DBS for you. Please confirm this at the time of application.

Equality and Diversity: Equality and diversity are at the heart of everything we do. Our learning opportunities are open to everyone, regardless of their background and circumstances, and we apply the same standards to the staff we employ.

Recruitment and Selection Policy: EC young learners is committed to providing the best possible care and education to its students and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. EC young learners is also committed to providing a supportive and flexible working environment to all its members of staff. EC young learners recognises that, in order to achieve these aims, it is of fundamental importance to attract, recruit and retain staff of the highest caliber who share this commitment.