Senior HR Assistant (Resourcing)

Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector organization in Birmingham is seeking a Senior Resourcing Assistant to join their HR team. The role involves providing advice on recruitment practices, liaising with candidates, and maintaining recruitment systems. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and the ability to manage priorities in a fast-paced environment. This position offers a hybrid working model and generous benefits including a robust pension scheme.

Benefits

28 days holiday, rising to 33

Excellent pension scheme with 19.4% employer contribution

Flexible working options

Discounts with a wide range of companies

Car leasing schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced recruitment environment.
• Ability to maintain accurate recruitment data.
• Understanding of confidentiality issues.

Responsibilities

• Offer advice and support to Managers on recruitment practices.
• Liaise with candidates to ensure an inclusive experience.
• Maintain recruitment systems for accurate data.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability to prioritise conflicting tasks

Ability to deal tactfully and sensitively

Adaptability to strategic directions

Job description

We are in the office two days per week (usually a Monday, and a further team day), and the rest of the time we are trusted and empowered to work remotely.

Responsibilities

• Using your excellent verbal and written communication skills to offer advice, guidance and support to Managers to ensure good recruitment practice is followed while also offering insight on their local area.
• Liaising with candidates to ensure their experience is timely, inclusive and fair while reflecting our organisational values and policies.
• Maintenance of recruitment systems so that we have accurate recruitment data to support continuous improvement of our service standards.
• Working closely with operational HR colleagues to share learning and solve any issues in a timely manner.
• Collaborating with Resourcing colleagues to identify creative solutions and working on special projects that will enhance our service to Managers, candidates and the wider organisation.

You will be part of our Resourcing and People Transactions team within the wider HR and OD team; as a Senior Resourcing Assistant you will be part of a busy, inclusive team that plays an important role in recruiting talented, motivated and passionate people to work for us, whether that is Social Workers or in our Business Services or Corporate teams.

• Ability to prioritise conflicting tasks in a fast-moving, varied role, managing your workload to ensure high quality standards and optimum timescales.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with confidence to deliver at management meetings.
• Ability to deal tactfully and sensitively with people and have an understanding of confidentiality issues.
• Ability to adapt to the strategic direction of the organisation and changing priorities across the HR Resourcing and Transactions team.

The above is only a flavour of the responsibilities and what we're looking for in candidates. The job description / person specification is available to you prior to applying (if you are on our recruitment platform this is an available document) and we encourage you to read this so you can ensure your application / CV fully reflects your suitability.

Benefits

• Generous holidays: 28 days holiday (including three for Christmas) rising to 33 days with five years continuous service, which could include your current employment. You can also buy more holiday or sell any you do not need.
• Excellent pension: 19.4% employer contribution to Local Government Pension scheme, potentially building on your current pension.
• Flexible working: Most colleagues work in a hybrid way, having the benefits of working both from the office and home, we also accommodate flexible working requests.
• Exclusive discounts: Generous discounts with wide range of companies covering leisure, technology, travel, personal finance, fashion and supermarkets.
• Car leasing schemes: We have our own scheme for colleagues that travel a significant number of business miles, as well as an open scheme through a third party.

Additional information

• Panel Interview: Week commencing Monday 8th April 2024
• While we will always try and respond as soon as possible, we wouldn’t want you to miss the closing date before we are able to.
• If this is the case, you can apply and as part of your application you can ask questions, and this may allow us to contact you and provide you with the required information to decide if you still wish to be considered.
• Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

• Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
• People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.