Talent Sourcing & Compliance Specialist - Children's Residential Social Care

Location: Sandyford, Dublin 18/Hybrid (3 days in office)

Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Salary: €40,000 - €45,000

Join Our Team

Are you a proactive recruiter with a passion for sourcing exceptional talent and ensuring compliance excellence? We're looking for a Talent Sourcing & Compliance Specialist to join our growing team and play a key role in attracting top talent while supporting a robust compliance framework across our workforce.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys both the challenge of talent acquisition and the satisfaction of maintaining high standards of recruitment and employee compliance.

What You'll Do

Talent Sourcing & Recruitment

Source and engage high-quality candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, referrals, networking, social media, and direct sourcing techniques.

Build talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs across a range of roles.

Conduct candidate screening and initial assessments.

Coordinate interviews and provide an excellent candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.

Support employer branding initiatives, recruitment campaigns, and career events.

Develop targeted sourcing strategies using market mapping, competitor analysis, and talent insights.

Market Intelligence & Talent Insights

Research labour market trends, salary benchmarks, and talent availability.

Monitor competitor activity and identify new sourcing opportunities.

Provide recruitment insights and recommendations to support workforce planning.

Help strengthen candidate attraction and employer branding strategies.

Compliance & Employee File Management

Conduct audits of recruitment and employee files to ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.

Monitor documentation including Garda Vetting, Driving Licences, Employment Permits, and Irish Residence Permits (IRP).

Track renewal dates and proactively manage compliance requirements.

Prepare audit reports, compliance trackers, and exception reporting.

Support inspection readiness and continuous improvement of compliance processes.

Reporting & ATS Administration

Maintain accurate candidate and employee records within the Applicant Tracking System (ATS).

Produce recruitment, sourcing, and compliance reports.

Support process improvements and data quality initiatives.

About The Role

What We're Looking For

Essential

2-3 years' experience in recruitment, sourcing, talent acquisition, or a related field.

Proven experience sourcing candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, referrals, networking, and direct search methods.

Strong experience building talent pipelines and engaging passive candidates.

Experience using an ATS and maintaining accurate recruitment records.

Knowledge of compliance administration, employee documentation management, or audit processes.

Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail.

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret recruitment and compliance data.

Desirable

Experience within social care, healthcare, childcare, or another regulated environment.

Knowledge of Tusla standards, safer recruitment practices, Garda Vetting, Employment Permits, IRP requirements, and driving licence compliance.

Understanding of Irish labour market trends and recruitment practices.

Qualification in Human Resources, Recruitment, or a related discipline.

Why Join Us?

Competitive salary

Hybrid working model

Opportunity to make a real impact on recruitment strategy and compliance standards

Collaborative and supportive team environment

Career development and growth opportunities

Varied role combining recruitment, market intelligence, and compliance

If you're a detail-oriented recruitment professional who enjoys sourcing top talent and ensuring operational excellence, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today!

Required Criteria

2–3 years' experience in talent sourcing, recruitment, talent acquisition, or a related role.

Desired Criteria

Experience working within social care, healthcare, childcare, or another regulated environment.

Skills Needed

About The Company

Overview

Mission: Odyssey Social Care provides safe homes where children and young people can heal from trauma, rebuild trust, and discover their own strengths. We give them the support and opportunities they need to build resilience and step into a brighter future.

Working for Odyssey Social Care involves being part of a team (led by CEO Stacey McGrath, above) dedicated to supporting children and young people.

As professional caregivers, we are caring, compassionate and resilient. We work with children who have experienced trauma, and believe in healing through trusting care relationships.

The Odyssey Way

We put the needs of the child at the forefront of everything we do. Our care framework is designed to be flexible, responsive and provide holistic care to our young people.

Our care model, The Odyssey Way, is trauma-informed, evidence-based, and outcome-led. It supports the needs of each individual child, helping them to work through trauma by focusing on overall wellbeing.

Our unique, specialised intervention, the Odyssey Saoirse Project, uses eco-therapy, adventure-based life skills and positive mentoring to help young people heal, grow and thrive.

Company Culture

Our Values

Safety – safe homes, safe care, safe relationships

Quality – trauma-informed, evidence-based, outcome-led

Trust – built through honest communication and consistency

Empowerment – giving young people and staff the tools to succeed

Inclusion – equity and belonging for all

Impact – measurable difference for young people, staff, communities & planet

Accessibility & Sustainability

Odyssey Social Care is committed to encouraging a culture of diversity and inclusion across our organisation.

As a Certified B Corp, we also believe in providing care sustainably, measuring our impact across our people, our communities, and the planet.

Company Benefits

On joining Odyssey, you’ll be supported every step of the way.

Competitive salary & incremental pay progression

Flexible rostering that supports work-life balance

Accredited training & continuous development

Education assistance grants

Health & life insurance supports

Social events & wellbeing supports

Real career progression – 80%+ of our leaders Have grown from within

We believe in caring for our staff with the same commitment we bring to the young people in our homes.

For more details, visit About Us

Flexible schedule, Employee development programs, A diversity program, Cycle to work, Referral bonus, Company retreats, Life insurance, Employee Assistance Scheme, Social Opportunities, Culture of recognition, On the job learning, Long service awards

Salary

€40,000.00 - €45,000.00 per year