Resourcing Business Partner Support

Network Rail; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Network Rail Benefits

Job summary

Network Rail in Glasgow is seeking a Resourcing Business Partner Support on a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will manage a high-volume recruitment process from approval to offer and support our Early Careers Manager in delivering apprentice, graduate and work experience routes.

Reporting into the Head of Resourcing, you will ensure a seamless onboarding experience, address pre-employment issues, and create reports while complying with processes across Scotland.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in a recruitment environment with focus on candidate experience and compliance.
• Excellent communication skills, including posting on internal and external channels.
• Ability to work to deadlines in a high-volume resourcing environment.
• Strong organisational and process management capabilities.
• Experience with Microsoft Office and applicant tracking systems.
• Experience with uploading resourcing documents and maintaining records.
• Desirable knowledge of the employment law and recruitment marketplace.

Responsibilities

• Write job adverts and advertise vacancies on internal and external platforms.
• Advise hiring managers on role closure and screening to maintain candidate experience.
• Manage offers, including salary approvals and documentation for transparency and compliance.
• Respond to candidate and manager queries in a timely manner.
• Coordinate recruitment approval processes before roles are advertised.
• Coordinate Recruitment Workshops and high-volume recruitment events.
• Maintain vacancies and dashboards for monthly reporting.
• Support Early Careers engagement activities and assess placements.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Communication skills

Deadline driven

Organisational skills

Applicant tracking system

Admin processes

Employment law knowledge

Job description

Resourcing Business Partner Support (12-Month Fixed-Term Contract)

IRC2369386

Who We Are

At Network Rail, we're the publicly owned operator of Britain's rail infrastructure.

We're trusted custodians of one of our nation's most critical public assets: Scotland's Railway.

We keep Scotland moving - connecting people and places, supporting businesses, public services and communities - driving economic, social and environmental success.

Our work spans almost 20% of the UK network and between 2024 and 2029, we're investing £4.8 billion to enhance our stations and routes, supporting new passenger and freight rolling stock.

Working together with train operators, our investment will mean a more reliable, climate resilient railway; a better customer experience; and greener, more sustainable travel that links cities, towns, urban and rural communities with each other and with the wider UK.

But it's our people who make this progress possible. At Network Rail Scotland, you'll find an inclusive, supportive and flexible working culture where your ideas are valued, your growth is encouraged, and your impact is real. Join us.

About the role

This role is a 12-month secondment opportunity.

As a Resourcing Business Partner Support, you will see your role split between recruiting for a high volume of vacancies from approval to offer as well as supporting our Early Careers Manager in delivering our early career initiatives such as our apprentice, graduate and work experience routes.

In both instances, you will work closely with the onboarding team to address pre-employment issues and will support in all administration tasks which includes updating trackers and creating reports.

Your goal is to deliver an excellent experience for all candidates and managers whilst meeting internal deadlines, early career targets and ensuring compliance. You will be responsible for managing shared inboxes and responding to stakeholder and candidate queries. This role will give you exposure to interfacing with managers and Directors.

Maintaining data, processes, and systems with precision, accuracy, and care will be a core part of this role. You will a dvise hiring managers on recruitment methods and sourcing, and support in creating business engagement to sign up to early career initiatives.

Reporting into the Head of Resourcing, this role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the development of future talent pipelines and shape the experience of early careers candidates across Scotland as well as promoting Network Rail to be an employer of choice.

Travelling to various office locations or attending career events Scotland wide will be required.

Here are some of the duties your role will include: -

• Writing job adverts and using both internal and external platforms to advertise vacancies
• Advising hiring managers when roles are closing and due to be screened to continually maintain the candidate experience
• Managing candidate offers - including salary approval and benchmarking, attaching all documentation to maintain transparency and compliance
• Responding to general queries from candidates and hiring managers
• Co-ordination of the recruitment approval process prior to any roles being advertised
• Co-ordination of Recruitment Workshops, Recruitment Days for high-volume roles and supporting Early Engagement Events
• Daily housekeeping of your vacancies which can be circa 50 roles at any time
• Supporting the early careers manager with engagement and assessment activities
• Coordinating work experience placements and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation
• Engaging with schools, colleges, and universities to promote early careers opportunities
• Updating trackers and creating reports to present at monthly meetings
• You will be a confident and enthusiastic self-starter with excellent organisational and communication skills, capable of working independently and proactively. We will be looking for you to demonstrate your ability to deal with a variety of duties and priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Salary: £31,000 per annum.

Network Rail Benefits - To find out about what benefits we offer.

Closing date: Midnight of 28th October 2026.

We're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone! Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles. You can visit Evenbreak's Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you're unsure of the options available.

Assessment Format: -

• First In-Person Interview - Meet with one half of the team to discuss your experience and skills
• Final In-Person Interview - Connect with the other half of the team for a deeper conversation about the role and culture.

Your experience and skills

What you will bring to the role: -

• Demonstrable experience of working in a recruitment environment whilst providing a good candidate experience in a fair and consistent way
• Excellent communication skills. We will be looking for demonstrable experience of posting on internal and external social media channels
• Experience of working to deadlines in a volume orientated resourcing/recruiting environment
• Proven organisational and process management experience
• Proven experience of Microsoft Office and utilisation of applicant tracker systems
• Previous experience in database and administrative process management for uploading resourcing documents.

It's desirable if you have it to help give you context to the role: -

• A basic knowledge of relevant employment law and the employment marketplace.

Key Information

Number of Positions:

1

Contract Type:

Fixed-Term

Hours:

Full Time

Location:

Glasgow St Vincent Street, Glasgow

Geographical Area:

Scotland

Closing Date:

28-OCT-2026

Job Category:

HR and Legal

Function:

Scotland Region

Organisation:

OS HR Business Partner - Scotland (109006) G5