Resourcing Officer

Government Recruitment Service; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A government recruitment agency in London is seeking a recruitment leader to manage end-to-end recruitment campaigns. This role involves leveraging data insights for strategic hiring decisions while developing a high-performing team. Candidates should have experience in recruitment, excellent team management skills, and the ability to collaborate with stakeholders. This position offers an opportunity to enhance hiring strategies and improve organizational workforce planning.

Qualifications

• Experience managing recruitment campaigns internally and externally.
• Strong organizational and strategic planning skills.
• Ability to analyze workforce and recruitment data effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment campaigns to meet organizational hiring needs.
• Develop a high-performing recruitment team with clear objectives.
• Maintain strong stakeholder relationships for effective recruitment.

Skills

Data literacy

Team management

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

The UK has recently held the first UK-EU Summit with EU leaders to discuss how we can create a new “strategic partnership”. A core element of that is an SPS Agreement where we have agreed to negotiate how to meaningfully reduce trade barriers such as certification requirements and border checks to agrifood products.

The Summit was a key milestone in our new relationship with the EU and the ambition of implementing a new SPS agreement will be similar in its complexity to EU Exit.

The Resourcing Delivery Team within EU Delivery Programme is responsible for the operational delivery of recruitment across the group, with a renewed focus on data-driven decision-making and strategic workforce planning. This role leads the delivery of end-to-end recruitment campaigns—internal and external—ensuring timely access to high-quality, appointable candidates. You will also be responsible for managing and leveraging workforce and recruitment data sets to inform hiring strategies, improve service delivery, and support organisational workforce planning.

You will help the G7 Resourcing Lead manage a dispersed team of Resourcing Managers (HEOs) and Resourcing Assistants (EOs), ensuring recruitment activity is aligned with business needs and supported by robust data insights. This includes overseeing campaign planning, execution, and evaluation, while embedding data-led approaches to optimise recruitment outcomes and reduce time-to-hire.

Leadership & Team Management

• Support the G7 Resourcing Lead to develop a high-performing recruitment team with clear objectives and expectations.
• Foster a culture of data literacy, continuous improvement, and customer focus.
• Monitor team performance and capability, identifying training needs and supporting professional development.

Recruitment Delivery

• Oversee and deliver a variety of recruitment interventions (Internal/External campaigns, EoIs, Contingent Labour, Fast Stream, Direct Appointment Scheme, Apprenticeships etc.), ensuring efficiency, compliance, and candidate quality.
• Collaborate with hiring managers to understand role requirements and work with HR colleagues tailor attraction strategies accordingly.

Workforce & Recruitment Data Management

• Use workforce planning data and recruitment metrics to forecast demand and inform resourcing strategies.
• Manage and interpret data from Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) to monitor team capacity, campaign performance, and hiring trends.
• Work with HR colleagues to develop dashboards (WASP/Workforce Planning Tool) and reports to support decision-making and improve transparency across recruitment activities.

Strategic Planning

• Partner with other Resourcing teams across Defra to align recruitment activity with future workforce needs.
• Advise on optimal resource deployment, including the use of contingent labour, to ensure cost-effective staffing solutions.
• Balance workloads and manage expectations using data insights and capacity modelling.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor on recruitment and workforce data.
• Use data to influence and inform stakeholders on complex resourcing issues and opportunities for improvement.
• Be an active member of the recruitment community within Defra, working with other imbedded Recruitment Teams and HR colleagues to improve recruitment efficacy across the department.
• Ensure a positive customer and candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle.