Resourcing Manager

Financial Conduct Authority; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Financial Conduct Authority is seeking a Resourcing Manager to lead recruitment efforts and enhance talent acquisition strategies. This role will involve managing a team, overseeing outsourced services, and driving diversity initiatives. The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping the FCA's employment brand and ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.

Benefits

28 days holiday per year plus bank holidays

Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)

Private healthcare with Bupa

Non-contributory Pension of at least 8%

Life assurance of eight times your basic salary

Income protection

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing an in-house experienced hires resourcing function.
• Experience managing an outsourced resourcing provider.
• Excellent relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the resourcing service via an outsourced provider.
• Lead the in-house resourcing team.
• Drive DEI initiatives in recruitment.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Proactive mindset

Relationship building

Tools

Workday

Job description

Job Title – Resourcing Manager

Division – Human Resources

Department – Resourcing and Talent

Team – Resourcing

Salary - National (Edinburgh or Leeds) salary up to £90,000 and London salary up to £95,000 per annum (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience).

About the FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of nearly 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found here.

The FCA has been driving significant organisational, people, process and technology change in order to continue its evolution towards becoming a regulator of the future. Our people are at the centre of this journey, and key to our success.

The Resourcing team supports our objectives by working with the business to attract, identify and select the diversity of talent required to match our ambitions. We’ll achieve this by establishing a compelling employment brand, engaging our hiring managers as talent champions and by building a best-in-class recruitment and onboarding experience.

The Resourcing team at the FCA sits in Human Resources, alongside the Executive Resourcing, Early Careers and Talent teams to form the Resourcing and Talent department. The FCA Resourcing & Talent department is passionate about getting the right people, in the right roles at the right time to enable the FCA to meet its objectives.

What you will be doing?

As the Resourcing Manager you will report to the Head of Resourcing and Talent. Your responsibilities will be:

• Management of the resourcing service via an outsourced provider (team of 40 across the UK) to deliver all operational recruitment & onboarding services for the FCA & PSR.
• Management of the in-house resourcing team of 5 people.
• Capability building; identifying and hiring the skills and knowledge needed to meet both present and future needs.
• Leading on the Resourcing workstream of our 3 year DEI programme ensuring we support, attract and hire diverse talent via inclusive recruitment processes.
• Establishing leaders across the FCA as talent scouts, assisting in talent identification and attraction
• Responsibility for managing the FCA employment brand and its integration with the FCA EVP, including careers website, social media presence and internal branding.
• Driving talent collaboration across HR, and most specifically between the resourcing & talent and organisational capability teams to ensure full use of all talent data and make use of synergies where possible.
• Oversight of demand planning, working with SHRBP’s and the business to ensure accurate and useable workforce plans that will drive resourcing/talent activity
• Establishing strong relationships across HR and with key business stakeholders to drive the talent acquisition agenda
• Leveraging data to optimise recruiting efforts, making informed, strategic adjustments to improve efficiency, quality, and team performance
  

What will you get from the role?

• This is a great opportunity to take ownership of a key service and drive improvements which help our people join and then thrive.
• The successful candidate will manage a collaborative, high performing team, and be part of a wider resourcing and talent function.
• You will be able to impact change whilst working within a supportive and inclusive HR function.

The skills and experience you will have

We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore, disabled people or individuals with long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. (To learn more about the Disability Confident Scheme Click Here)

Minimum

• Proven experience managing an in-house experienced hires resourcing function for a medium-large sized organisation
• Previous experience of managing an outsourced resourcing provider across both RPO and MSP
• Previous direct line management experience
  

Essential

• Experience of reviewing and continuously improving resourcing strategy and delivery model to ensure it is aligned to business objectives
• Excellent relationship and stakeholder management skills, at all levels of the organisation and the ability to challenge and influence as required
• A pragmatic, proactive and curious mind-set with the experience to deploy a range of solutions when faced with challenges; ensuring these solutions are customer focused and balance the wider needs of the organisation
• Motivated individual who demonstrates accountability for their own actions and development, who thrives on owning new initiatives and delivering outcomes to continuously stretch themselves and enhance the future HR proposition
• Evidence based approach; experience analysing data to inform activity
• Ability to manage a variety of competing priorities and maintaining a high level of resilience when under pressure
• Experience working collaboratively across HR teams e.g. Reward, Talent and Business Partners to deliver better results
• Experience of, or ability to get up to speed quickly with Workday, utilising functionality effectively
• Experience of leading on DEI initiatives relating to resourcing and recruitment activity

Our Values & Diversity

We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and our ambition is to cultivate a culture for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.

Did you know? 50% of our Executive Committee were the first in their family to attend university.

Benefits of working at the FCA

• 28 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)
• Private healthcare with Bupa
• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)
• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
• Income protection

We also have a competitive flexible benefits scheme which gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle.

Application Support

We are dedicated to removing barriers and ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition requiring changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter using the details below and they will be happy to discuss this further with you.

Useful Information and Timeline

This role is graded as: Manager

• Advert Closing Date: 5th June 2025
• CV Review/Shortlist: 10th June 2025
• 1st Stage Interview: 16th June 2025
• Assessment: TBC
• 2nd Stage Interview: TBC
  

Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.

Got a question?

If you are interested in learning more about the role, please contact Lauren McHale on [e-mail]

Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.