Recruitment and Resource Manager

Aspire Recruitment; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspire Recruitment is supporting a leading university research department in Manchester to recruit a Recruitment and Resource Manager. This permanent, full‑time, office-based role offers £40,000 per year and sits at the heart of workforce planning and resource allocation.

You will oversee end-to-end recruitment campaigns across academic, research, technical and professional services roles, coordinate vacancy approvals, interviews and onboarding, and develop workforce plans.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in recruitment, resourcing, workforce planning or a related field.
• Experience managing end-to-end recruitment campaigns in a complex organisation.
• Strong stakeholder-management and influencing skills.
• Excellent planning, organisational and problem-solving abilities.
• Confidence working with workforce data, budgets and management information.
• A sound understanding of fair, inclusive and legally compliant recruitment practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to work independently while contributing positively to a collaborative team.
• A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Managing recruitment campaigns for academic, research, technical and professional services roles.
• Advising hiring managers on recruitment processes, role design, selection methods and resourcing options.
• Coordinating vacancy approvals, advertising, shortlisting, interviews, offers and onboarding.
• Developing workforce and resource plans aligned with project priorities, funding and delivery timescales.
• Monitoring staffing levels, workloads, vacancies and contract end dates across the department.
• Producing accurate management information and reports on recruitment and resource requirements.
• Working with HR, Finance and research support colleagues to ensure recruitment activity is compliant and financially sustainable.
• Supporting the effective allocation of staff across research programmes and projects.
• Identifying opportunities to improve recruitment, onboarding and workforce-planning processes.
• Promoting inclusive recruitment practices and an excellent candidate experience.

Skills

Recruitment

End-to-end recruitment

Stakeholder management

Workforce planning

Budgets

Inclusive recruitment

Communication skills

Independent worker

Job description

Recruitment and Resource Manager

Location: Manchester
Salary: £40,000 per annum
Working pattern: Full-time, office-based
Department: University Research Department
Contract: Permanent

One of Manchester's leading university research departments is seeking an experienced Recruitment and Resource Manager to support its continued growth and delivery of high-quality research.

This is a varied and influential role with responsibility for coordinating recruitment, workforce planning and resource allocation across a busy academic environment. Working closely with research leaders, principal investigators and professional services teams, you will help ensure that projects have the people, skills and capacity needed to succeed.

The role

You will oversee recruitment activity from initial workforce planning through to appointment and onboarding. You will also monitor staffing requirements across multiple research projects, identify resource gaps and help managers make effective use of available capacity.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing recruitment campaigns for academic, research, technical and professional services roles.
• Advising hiring managers on recruitment processes, role design, selection methods and resourcing options.
• Coordinating vacancy approvals, advertising, shortlisting, interviews, offers and onboarding.
• Developing workforce and resource plans aligned with project priorities, funding and delivery timescales.
• Monitoring staffing levels, workloads, vacancies and contract end dates across the department.
• Producing accurate management information and reports on recruitment and resource requirements.
• Working with HR, Finance and research support colleagues to ensure recruitment activity is compliant and financially sustainable.
• Supporting the effective allocation of staff across research programmes and projects.
• Identifying opportunities to improve recruitment, onboarding and workforce-planning processes.
• Promoting inclusive recruitment practices and an excellent candidate experience.

About you

You will be an organised and confident recruitment or resource-management professional who can build effective relationships with senior stakeholders and manage competing priorities.

You should be able to demonstrate:

• Substantial experience in recruitment, resourcing, workforce planning or a related field.
• Experience managing end-to-end recruitment campaigns in a complex organisation.
• Strong stakeholder-management and influencing skills.
• Excellent planning, organisational and problem-solving abilities.
• Confidence working with workforce data, budgets and management information.
• A sound understanding of fair, inclusive and legally compliant recruitment practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to work independently while contributing positively to a collaborative team.
• A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Experience within higher education, research, the public sector or another regulated environment would be advantageous but is not essential.

What we offer

This is an opportunity to join a respected research environment and contribute directly to work with meaningful academic and societal impact. Benefits include:

• £40,000 annual salary.
• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• Access to a competitive university pension scheme.
• Professional development and training opportunities.
• Employee wellbeing and support services.
• A collaborative and inclusive working environment.
• Excellent public-transport links in central Manchester.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. Appointments will be made on merit, and reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process.