Resourcing Team Lead -

Highland Council; Inverness; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Highland Council is seeking an experienced and confident leader to manage and develop our Resourcing Team. You will drive high-quality, customer-focused recruitment, redeployment, retire-and-return, and bank/agency staffing, while offering specialist guidance to the team and the wider organisation.

You will bring strong leadership, a collaborative approach and the ability to manage competing priorities in a complex environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy recruitment or HR environment.
• Data analysis and report writing skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Resourcing Team to deliver recruitment, redeployment, retire and return, and supplementary staffing services.
• Provide specialist advice to the team and organisation.
• Influence stakeholders and communicate complex information clearly.
• Identify improvements to services and systems and implement practical solutions.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Data analysis

Report writing

Communication

Negotiation

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and confident leader to manage and develop our Resourcing Team. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality and customer focused recruitment, redeployment, retire and return, and supplementary staffing, such as bank and agency, services, while providing specialist advice to your team and the organisation.

We are looking for someone with strong leadership and team management experience who can bring a positive, supportive approach to a complex and demanding environment. You will be solution and improvement focused, able to effectively manage competing priorities, resolve issues confidently and identify practical opportunities to improve services and systems.

Skills and experience required include working within a busy recruitment or HR environment, data analysis and report writings skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and negotiation skills.

You will enjoy building effective working relationships, influencing others and communicating complex information clearly to a wide range of stakeholders.

This is a full-time role, although flexible working arrangements will be considered. We would also be open to discuss fixed-term / secondment requests.