Resourcing Team Lead

The Woodland Trust; South Kesteven; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading woodland conservation charity in the UK is seeking a Resourcing Team Lead to drive inclusive recruitment strategies and lead a team of professionals. Responsibilities include optimizing the candidate journey, collaborating with various departments, and championing workplace diversity. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and a passion for impactful hiring. This role offers opportunities for personal development and contributes to significant environmental initiatives.

Benefits

Support and training opportunities

Focus on tackling environmental issues

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading resourcing or recruitment.
• Strong grasp of best practices in hiring.
• Ability to influence and educate hiring managers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate the resourcing team.
• Deliver end-to-end inclusive recruitment campaigns.
• Optimize employer branding and candidate journey.
• Partner with various departments for strategic workforce planning.
• Drive key projects to support long-term strategy.

Skills

Experience in leading resourcing or recruitment services

Passion for inclusive hiring and diversity

Stakeholder engagement skills

Strategic thinking

Supportive leadership style

Job description

The Woodland Trust is looking for an inspiring Resourcing Team Lead to join our People Team. This role is pivotal in shaping how we attract, select and onboard the very best talent for the Trust.

You will lead and develop a team of resourcing professionals, ensuring they provide a consistently high-quality service that reflects our values and commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Responsibilities:

• Leading and motivating the resourcing team, creating a positive and collaborative culture.
• Delivering inclusive, end-to-end recruitment campaigns that secure great outcomes for hiring managers and candidates.
• Optimising our employer brand and candidate journey so that the Trust is seen as an employer of choice.
• Partnering with colleagues across People, Finance and wider directorates to ensure our workforce planning and recruitment practices are strategic, fair and sustainable.
• Using data and insights to shape decision-making, continuous improvement and future planning.
• Driving key projects that support the Trust's long-term strategy, ensuring we have the right people in the right roles.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in leading resourcing or recruitment services, with a strong grasp of best practice.
• A passion for delivering inclusive, values-driven hiring that champions diversity and creates a sense of belonging.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence to influence, challenge and educate managers.
• The ability to balance hands-on delivery with strategic thinking, ensuring recruitment activity aligns with organisational goals.
• An inspiring and supportive leadership style, committed to developing others and leading by example.

Benefits & Wellbeing:

Joining our team means you'll be a big part of tackling environmental and climate issues. We take good care of our staff, offering support and training opportunities.

About Us: The Woodland Trust is the UK's leading woodland conservation charity and is dedicated to creating a world where trees and woods thrive for both people and nature. Our mission involves engaging and inspiring individuals to contribute toward tackling the nature and climate crisis through the protection, restoration, and creation of essential woodland habitats.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion. To achieve our vision of a world where woods and trees thrive for people and nature, we need to better reflect society and the communities we work in. All people, no matter their background, identity, ability, or circumstance, should benefit from trees. People of colour and disabled people are currently under-represented across the environment and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we particularly encourage you to apply.