Recruitment Partner - Hybrid, Flexible HR Support

UK-Research-and-Innovation-; Swindon, Harwell; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

30 days annual leave

Employee discounts

Employee assistance programme

Flexible working options

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

UK Research and Innovation is seeking a Recruitment Partner to provide recruitment advice, support hiring managers, and manage candidate processes. The role covers full-cycle recruitment activities, collaboration with HR and onboarding teams, and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.

The position offers hybrid working and requires flexibility for in-office presence. Candidates should have solid recruitment experience, strong admin skills, and excellent

Qualifications

• Experience working in recruitment, or similar environment.
• Strong administrative experience.
• Outstanding organisational skills with the ability to coordinate and prioritise work in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of recruitment best practice and process stages such as writing/placing engaging recruitment adverts, reviewing CVs and organising interviews.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to adapt to change and demonstrate a continuous improvement approach.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and guidance on recruitment solutions to hiring managers, including advertising, interviews, all forms of assessment and on-boarding.
• Provide support and guidance to enable hiring managers to carry out all recruitment activity. This includes ensuring the vital approvals are in place, coaching hiring managers to input vacancies correctly onto the relevant System, providing/uploading the relevant paperwork and forms for completion and being responsible for progress of recruitment campaigns.
• Deliver the full range of activities relating to candidate management, including where appropriate, working with our onboarding service provider, UK SBS, to ensure a flawless, timely and professional experience for candidates.
• Provide information and support to candidates from the point of application to on boarding, acting as an ambassador for UKRI to present a positive and engaging impression.
• Assist with/writing recruitment adverts.
• Arrange interviews when required.
• Oversee the new starter process to ensure successful candidates can take up employment quickly and seamlessly.
• Administer the relevant talent pool. This includes reviewing CVs, adding candidates, keeping the database up to date through keeping in contact with candidates and collaborating closely with relevant staff about candidates.
• Working closely with HR colleagues to ensure they are kept up to date with progress on recruitment activity.
• Providing updates on key accountabilities to allow for analysis for continuous improvement.
• Adapt to new ways of working identified in overarching resourcing strategy to improve the UKRI offering, working alongside our Talent Team.
• Support corporate recruitment campaigns when required (e.g. senior hires, graduates, generic programmes and students).
• Assist and support with the administration and communication of the resourcing pool and secondments when required.
• Support, organise and attend occasional careers events as necessary to help raise the employer profile.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Administrative experience

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Change management

Stakeholder management

Interview coordination

Job description

UK Research and Innovation is seeking a Recruitment Partner to provide recruitment advice, support hiring managers, and manage candidate processes. The role covers full-cycle recruitment activities, collaboration with HR and onboarding teams, and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.

The position offers hybrid working and requires flexibility for in-office presence. Candidates should have solid recruitment experience, strong admin skills, and excellent