Head of Resourcing & Onboarding

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Manchester; On-site; GBP 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK Government Department in Manchester is seeking a Head of Resourcing & Onboarding to lead the HR Operations team. The role involves developing innovative recruitment strategies, driving cultural change, and enhancing the onboarding process. Ideal candidates will have HR leadership experience, strong communication skills, and a commitment to inclusive practices. The position offers a competitive salary of £56,167 per annum and benefits like a Civil Service pension and flexible working options.

Benefits

Learning and development tailored to your role

Flexible working options

Civil Service pension with a 28.97% employer contribution

Qualifications

• Experienced HR leader with a people-focused and inclusive leadership style.
• Ability to drive digital changes to support service delivery.
• Excellent at managing priorities and time in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver a resourcing and onboarding strategy.
• Drive a culture of creative recruitment practices.
• Lead and manage the resourcing and onboarding team.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Creativity in recruitment

Judgment

Team collaboration

Education

CIPD qualification or willingness to obtain

Job description

Overview

The People Capability & Change (PC&C) Directorate provides direction, drives change and delivers support on the Department's people issues. We are an exciting, fast‑paced place to work and we operate as a single team, working flexibly across themes as required, using our shared knowledge and expertise in the most effective and efficient way. The Head of Resourcing & Onboarding is a key leadership role within the HR Operations team and will drive our end‑to‑end resourcing and onboarding function.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: develop and deliver a forward‑thinking resourcing and onboarding strategy aligned with organisational goals and strategic workforce planning priorities; lead and inspire a high‑performing Resourcing and Onboarding team; champion diversity, equity and inclusion across all recruitment and onboarding practices.
• Operational Excellence: drive a culture of creative recruitment practices, embed continuous improvement in recruitment and onboarding processes, policies and metrics while maintaining compliance with CSC principles; collaborate with hiring managers and senior leaders to forecast talent needs and build talent pipelines.
• Digital Services and Change Management: align resourcing processes with the Government Shared Services model, ensuring compliance with centralised standards and frameworks; lead a review of resourcing and onboarding services and technology systems, manage commercial engagement and budget, and own the resourcing and onboarding aspects of the Government Shared Services agenda.
• Stakeholder Engagement: build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, the Civil Service Commission and Public Sector Resourcing colleagues; represent the organisation in cross‑government resourcing forums and working groups; provide expert advice and insights to senior leadership on talent acquisition trends and innovations.

Qualifications

• Experienced HR leader with a people‑focused and inclusive leadership style, able to motivate and lead a team through change.
• Experience working creatively and autonomously within a recruitment delivery or talent acquisition role, with an understanding of Civil Service Recruitment Principles.
• Experience delivering significant digital changes to support service delivery and improvement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to use organisational insight and data to drive continuous improvement, quality services and innovative solutions.
• Excellent at managing priorities and time in a fast‑paced environment, planning and collaborating to meet challenging deadlines.
• Driven, with strong judgement, a hands‑on attitude and flexible but strategic approach.
• Strong team player, adaptable and flexible, adjusting to the priorities of the team and wider HR function.
• CIPD qualified or willing to work towards this.

Experience & Behaviour

What experience would you bring to the role of Head of Resourcing & Onboarding? Behaviours: Leadership, Changing and Improving.

Benefits

Salary: £56,167 per annum.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government contributes £16,271 towards your membership of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

• Learning and development tailored to your role.
• An environment with flexible working options.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97 %.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. We welcome all candidates who meet the nationality requirements and who are committed to promoting inclusion.