Recruitment Campaign Manager

HM Treasury; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join HM Treasury as a Recruitment Campaign Manager and contribute to attracting top talent across various levels within government. This role, based at the Norwich office, involves managing recruitment processes, ensuring compliance, and providing support to hiring managers. Ideal candidates will possess HR experience and a commitment to high-quality service delivery.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus public holidays

Flexible working patterns

Civil Service pension with employer contributions

Onsite restaurant and coffee bar

Access to cycle-to-work scheme

Staff discounts

Rental Deposit Advance Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience of delivering a high standard of service within a recruitment or HR environment.
• Ability to manage workload in a deadline-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for HM Treasury and related bodies.
• Support and guide hiring teams through recruitment processes.
• Maintain compliance with recruitment policies and principles.

Skills

Service Delivery

Team Collaboration

Adapting to Change

Job description

This post is based in Norwich (Rosebery Court) and cannot be worked from any other HM Treasury location.

Job Summary

HM Treasury

If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s lives, the Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth.

Our work ranges from protecting customers through the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, to promoting British trade around the world and supporting people across the country on jobs, growth and more.

We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus, a pioneering new cross-government hub which brings people together to play an active role in the most important issues of the day whilst working closer to the communities we serve. The campus provides the opportunity for people from all over the UK to help shape the future of the country, and our flexible working practices ensure you can collaborate effectively with our partners. It’s central government, made more accessible to you!

Job Description

About the Group - Corporate Centre Group

The Corporate Centre Group delivers a wide range of corporate services to enable people at HM Treasury and many of the other organisations who form part of the Treasury Group (including the Government Internal Audit Agency and the Debt Management Office) to operate effectively and efficiently. We are a diverse group, both in terms of our professions and in our ways of working. Our colleagues are based across 3 sites in London, Darlington and Norwich.

The Corporate Centre Group consists of a range of teams and is led by two directors (one of Finance and one of Operations);

• Correspondence and Information Rights
• Finance & Commercial
• People & Capability
• Treasury Business Solutions
• Exchequer Funds & Accounts team
  
  

About The Team

This role is in the Operational Recruitment team that sits within the wider Resourcing and Reward branch. The team is responsible for end-to-end recruitment for HM Treasury and some of our Arm’s Length Bodies. We are based in HM Treasury’s Norwich office, but you will work closely with, and have the opportunity to visit our offices in London and Darlington, too.

We’re a friendly and supportive team who work collaboratively to deliver an outstanding service, recruiting the best people at the heart of government. We maintain our excellent reputation within the Treasury by positioning ourselves as recruitment experts and providing support, guidance and advice to colleagues across the business.

About The Job

This is an interesting and varied role, which offers an insight into the wide-ranging and high-profile work of a department at the heart of government. As a Recruitment Campaign Manager you will play a pivotal role in attracting the best talent, working closely with hiring managers and teams across the Treasury.

The role offers exposure to a range of business areas across the department. You will be recruiting for roles at all levels of seniority - anything from a Business Support Officer, Policy Adviser or Economist, up to Deputy Director and Director level. You'll work collaboratively with HR Business Partners and business management teams, guiding and supporting them through the recruitment process.

Day To Day, You Will:

• Build relationships with hiring managers and support them to run successful, compliant recruitment campaigns. You’ll craft engaging and attractive adverts, engage with candidates, organise interviews, extend job offers and issue contracts of employment.
• Support Senior Civil Service recruitment campaigns, working closely with HR Business Partners and the Civil Service Commission.
• Maintain compliance with HM Treasury recruitment policy and the Civil Service Recruitment Principles by championing best practice and ensuring accurate record keeping in preparation for audit.
• Work to service level agreements by ensuring workloads are handled effectively and efficiently, working flexibly to prioritise where necessary.
• Continuously assess and refine recruitment processes to optimise efficiency, enhancing candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Work across the team and wider Resourcing and Reward branch on various areas of recruitment strategy and outreach.
  
  

This role is available for up to 12 months on a fixed term contract.

If you have any questions about the role or you’d like to speak to the hiring manager informally before the closing date, please contact [e-mail].

Day To Day, You Will:

• Build relationships with hiring managers and support them to run successful, compliant recruitment campaigns. You’ll craft engaging and attractive adverts, engage with candidates, organise interviews, extend job offers and issue contracts of employment.
• Support Senior Civil Service recruitment campaigns, working closely with HR Business Partners and the Civil Service Commission.
• Maintain compliance with HM Treasury recruitment policy and the Civil Service Recruitment Principles by championing best practice and ensuring accurate record keeping in preparation for audit.
• Work to service level agreements by ensuring workloads are handled effectively and efficiently, working flexibly to prioritise where necessary.
• Continuously assess and refine recruitment processes to optimise efficiency, enhancing candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Work across the team and wider Resourcing and Reward branch on various areas of recruitment strategy and outreach.
  
  

This role is available for up to 12 months on a fixed term contract.

If you have any questions about the role or you’d like to speak to the hiring manager informally before the closing date, please contact [e-mail].

Person specification

We are looking for the below skills, experience and behaviours and we will ask you to demonstrate these in your application form. Please review the Candidate FAQ document that is attached to the advert for guidance on how to complete your application form.

• Experience of delivering a high standard of service within a recruitment or HR environment, meeting defined quality and efficiency requirements.
• Working Together: Ability to contribute to collective goals by effectively supporting colleagues when required.
• Delivering at Pace: Ability to manage your own workload in a deadline driven environment, adapting to changing and conflicting needs.
  
  

The lead criterion is: Experience of delivering a high standard of service within a recruitment or HR environment, meeting defined quality and efficiency requirements.

If we receive large volumes of applications, we will conduct an initial sift on the lead criterion only

Candidate Guidance Support Session

We will be running an overview of Success Profiles and the STAR approach; top tips for the application and interview process and an opportunity to ask general questions around our recruitment practices. If you would like to join us, then use the link below to join the call at the right time.

Thursday 19th June 2025 12:30 –13:15 Join the meeting now

Monday 30th June 2025 12:30 – 13:15 Join the meeting now

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
  
  

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace
  
  

Alongside your salary of £28,260, HM Treasury contributes £8,186 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• 25 days’ annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King's birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant)
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
• Generous parental and adoption leave package.
• A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 28%
• Onsite restaurant and coffee bar. The London office also offers a gym, showers and prayer room
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme, season ticket advances and payroll giving
• Access to a retail discounts and cashback site
• A Rental Deposit Advance Scheme to help meet the total costs of deposits for privately rented homes
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests and diversity
  
  

Flexible Working Arrangements

HM Treasury views flexible working as essential in enabling us to recruit and retain talented people, ensuring that they can enjoy a long-lasting career with us. All employees have the right to apply for flexible working and there are a range of options available including; part-time, compressed hours and job sharing. Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees the flexibility to adjust their working patterns throughout the week which is subject to operational needs and line management approval.

At HM Treasury we have an incredibly broad remit; our work touches every citizen of the country. So, it’s important our employees come from the widest possible range of backgrounds, bringing us the widest possible range of perspectives and ways of thinking. We are committed to ensuring that all staff can realise their potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

HM Treasury operates an office based working approach across all Treasury sites - Darlington, London, and Norwich, and along with the rest of the Civil Service, has an expectation of a minimum of 60% attendance in the office, along with working remotely. This blended working approach allows you to work collaboratively, meet stakeholders face to face, support others and promotes a healthy work life balance (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review. All our offices have been recently modernised and designed to collaborate and connect with colleagues as well as desk and quiet space to allow a range of ways to work.

The office working expectation is linked to the location of the role. If you apply to a post in a single location, then you will not be able to meet this expectation at any of our other sites or move your role to another location.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

Recruitment Timeline

• Closing date: 29th June 2025
• Shortlisting: w/c 30th June 2025
• Interviews: w/c 14th July 2025
  
  

This timeline is indicative and may be subject to change. We will inform you if there is a substantial change to the recruitment timeline.

If your contact details change at any time during the selection process, please ensure you update your Civil Service Jobs Profile.

Please note that only applications submitted through Civil Service Jobs will be accepted.

Reserve Lists

You will be placed on a reserve list if your application is successful, but we cannot offer you a post immediately. Where more than one location has been advertised, candidates will be approached for roles in merit order according to the first preferred location stated on your application form.

Please note that a place on the reserve list does not guarantee an offer. We would still encourage you to apply for other HM Treasury opportunities that you are interested in. If you are offered a role in your first preferred location and you decline the offer or you are unable to take up the post within a reasonable timeframe, you will be removed from the reserve list, other than in exceptional circumstances.

Those on the reserve list may also be approached for similar roles at a lower grade. If you are offered a role at a lower grade and choose to decline, you can remain on the reserve list.

Eligibility Statement

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role in the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government. Checks will be performed as part of pre-employment checks in line with this. Please refer to the Candidate FAQ document attached to the advert for more information.

Everyone working with government assets must complete Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks. Additionally, individuals appointed to the Treasury group will be subject to National Security Vetting. The level of security vetting required for this role is Security Check (SC)

To allow for meaningful checks to be carried out, applicants will need to have lived in the UK for at least 3 out of the past 5 years. In exceptional circumstances, for example if you have been working abroad on a government posting, a lack of residency would not be a bar to security clearance however the Department will need to consider eligibility on a case-by-case basis once the advert closing date has passed.

Please read the Vetting Charter for information on what to expect during the vetting process and what will be expected from you. Many areas of your life may be explored during your vetting journey, and it is important that every individual, regardless of their background and experiences, should feel comfortable going through this personal process, whilst having confidence that it is fair, proportionate, and inclusive.

These short videos address common concerns and preconceptions which applicants may have about national security vetting. If you have questions relating to security clearances, please contact [e-mail]

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
  
  

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job Contact :

• Name : Molly Seal
• Email : [e-mail]
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : [e-mail]
  
  

Further information

Complaints Process: Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment based on fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact HMT by email at: [e-mail]. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.