Childrens Services Recruitment Lead

5 Star Recruitment; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

5 Star Recruitment is seeking a Children’s Services Recruitment Lead to coordinate and drive internal and external recruitment campaigns, ensuring a strong applicant pool and timely onboarding with a high-quality service.

You will manage ATS processes, write compelling adverts, support hiring managers, align recruitment with equality and inclusion, and deliver on SLAs while maintaining professional relationships with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience as Recruitment Officer/consultant in a customer-facing organisation.
• Experience maximising recruitment systems and processes.
• Experience working with external agency contracts.

Responsibilities

• Develop, design, and run recruitment campaigns, including hard-to-fill roles.
• Co-ordinate interview logistics and manage the onboarding process.
• Write compelling job advertisements for internal and external placement.
• Ensure recruitment processes are inclusive and aligned with SLA targets.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Organised

Stakeholder management

Relationship building

Presenting skills

Education

Recruitment qualification (REC)

Tools

ATS systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

About the job Childrens Services Recruitment Lead

JOB PURPOSE

To co-ordinate and lead on the internal and external recruitment campaigns and processes for Childrens Services to ensure we promote our roles effectively, have a good pool of applicants and successful candidates are on-boarded in an effective and timely way with a professional service delivered at all times.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, design, and run recruitment campaigns, working to recruit hard to fill roles.
• Process recruitment requests as they are approved, ensuring adverts are well written and placed in appropriate places.
• As a user of ATS ensure that the system is used to its full advantage and that all inputs are of a high quality. Provide coaching on the system to hiring managers as required.
• Ensure all approved roles are dealt in a timely manner.
• Write compelling job advertisements for placement internally and externally e.g. Council website, and job boards that position Hillingdon as an employer of choice.
• Support all hiring managers in the recruitment process.
• Progress candidates and applicants through the system as required
• In conjunction with the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager ensure all recruitment processes are based on best practice and deliver an inclusive approach and ultimately a diverse workforce across all areas of protected characteristics
• Ensure all recruitment communications are properly branded and reflect the vision and values of the organisation.
• Work with hiring managers to co-ordinate the interview and feedback process. This will entail making all the arrangements for interview and selection.
• Support any early careers initiatives when required.
• Deliver to the agreed service level agreements (SLAs) for recruitment services into the business service areas
• Undertake pre-employment checks and the onboarding process to ensure candidates are on-boarding promptly and efficiently by following the departments policy and processes.
• Work closely with recruitment managers to ensure a smooth induction package is in place for new starters.
• Run reports from the ATS as required
• Be a super user of the ATS
• Where directed, take a direct sourcing approach for specific roles
• Answer recruitment related queries from managers, candidates and public as needed
• Work with HR colleagues on specific recruitment campaigns as required.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

• Recognised Recruitment qualification e.g. REC

ROLE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

• Experience of operating as a Recruitment Officer/consultant in a customer facing organisation

EXPERIENCE:

• Experience within recruitment, either in-house or agency
• Experience of maximising recruitment systems and processes
• Experience of working with external agency contracts

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Experience of ATS systems
• Excellent communication skills, including oral, written and presenting skills
• Highly analytical
• Highly organised and structured approach to work
• Excellent relationship builder, and able to manage stakeholders effectively through influencing and communication skills
• Experience of all Microsoft packages

COMPETENCES

Demonstrates a commitment to changing work practices and processes, and a willingness to try new ways of working or thinking.

Takes responsibility and delivers results

Adapts to changing demands to ensure that objectives are met, overcoming problems and making well considered decisions.

Acts as a role model to others in the team, sharing knowledge and experience when necessary, whilst respecting and valuing the contribution other team members experiences can bring.

Communication

Demonstrates well developed written and verbal communication skills, and the confidence to present reports and verbal accounts credibly to a variety of different audiences.

Customer Care

Develops contacts and relationships with customer/ client groups, regularly reviewing service delivery and taking responsibility to ensure quality service provision.

Takes ownership of personal development

Takes action to develop own and others' capability and knowledge by promoting and supporting developmental opportunities to improve performance.