Screening Executive

Reed is the most recognised recruitment brand in the UK, with a rich history and reputation for improving lives through work, for over 60 years. Delivering recruitment solutions with many household brands throughout the UK and globally, we find new jobs and careers for people from many different backgrounds across multiple business sectors.

We look for people who enjoy an inclusive and collaborative environment, who strive for performance and celebrate team success, in a rewarding career.

Pay Range

£24,875 per annum

Job Description

Location - New York Street – Manchester (this is a hybrid role, you will do 1 week in the office, 1 week from home and rotate)

Shift: Full time, Monday - Friday (37.5 hours)

We’re looking for a Screening Executive to join our day shift, with strong administrative skills, great customer service skills and great attention to detail. The purpose of this role is to successfully pre-screen candidates going into assignments placed with our clients.

So, what does this role involve?

The role of a Screening Executive at Reed is to ensure that all administration tasks and audits of the pre-screening packs are completed to the client’s requirements. Day to day the role includes (but is not limited to):

• Ensure that information is correct and present for a pack to enter into screening stage
• Complete industry specific checks i.e. credit checks, qualification verifications, identity checks
• Ensure documentation is present and correct to pass quality checks
• To check detailed information such as work history to ensure gaps are identified and explained and verifying businesses legitimacy and chasing up reference requests
• Provide front line assistance in all administrative tasks to ensure the smooth progression of candidate pack through Reed Screening. Including telephony and email communication with both the client and candidate

What kind of people do we look for?

Our purpose at Reed is improving lives through work and we want everyone joining the family to feel part of that. Therefore, want people who are motivated to deliver the best service to our clients, customers and co-Members and to help the world Love Mondays.

This role will require someone proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word, quick to pick up new systems and process and with high levels of attention to detail. You will ensure that all of the administration and data management tasks are completed efficiently, to ensure that candidates pre-screening packs are completed to the highest standard.

Why Reed

• Retail savings through Reward Hub, save £100s a year
• Annual high achiever awards held at prestigious venues
• Make memories with the people you care most about by winning a holiday of a lifetime through our peer-to-peer recognition scheme
• Paid sabbaticals and long service awards and the ability to buy more holiday
• Our dedicated wellbeing centre and health and wellbeing calendar, including everything from financial wellbeing to mindfulness
• Be part of our social impact strategy - 18% of Reed owned by the Reed Foundation - meaning you work one day a week for charity. We give globally and have invested over £36m to help alleviate poverty and support Women’s rights worldwide

Apply Now: Ready to join our screening endeavours? Submit your CV and the Talent Acquisition Team will contract you if your application is progressed.

Feel what it’s like to truly belong…
All job offers are subject to satisfactory references and compliance with vetting requirements applicable to the job role. Reed is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to ensure that no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity. We are a Mindful Employer and offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. As a proud signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, we welcome applications from ex-services personnel, reservists and cadets and offer a guaranteed interview for applicants who meet the minimum criteria.

Why work here?

We’re never afraid to ask, “What’s next?”

Inspiration comes from knowing the work you do really matters and, as trailblazers in our field, the value of what we do every day is obvious. We are a family business with a rich history and a purpose of improving lives through work, for people and organisations worldwide.

Our inclusive and collaborative approach, combined with an unwavering belief in our long-standing core values, means that we genuinely trust and work hard for each other. We have built a dynamic culture where individual achievement is celebrated and succeeding as a team is revered. A supportive environment, where careers are developed and futures are forged.

Feel what it’s like to truly belong.

About Us

Our story
In the early 1960s, Reed pioneered specialist recruitment in the UK. Seven decades on, we have become the world’s largest family-run recruitment business, with offices spanning across the UK, Europe, USA, the Middle East and East Asia.


With access to the UK’s largest candidate database and expertise across 20 specialist sectors, we are committed to ensuring that people are at the heart of everything we do to ensure we fulfil our purpose: improving lives through work.