Strategic Talent Attraction Lead

Derbyshire County Council; Matlock; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Derbyshire County Council is seeking a proactive Recruitment Campaign Lead to shape how we attract, engage and recruit talent across the Council. You will lead campaigns, build longer-term talent pipelines and develop a team of Customer Service Advisors.

As a trusted partner to managers and senior leaders, you will use labour-market insights and data to optimise approaches, advise on sponsorship and right-to-work, and drive improvements in recruitment technology and ways of working.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing multiple recruitment campaigns.
• Knowledge of recruitment legislation and right to work.
• Ability to mentor teams and implement new recruitment technology.

Responsibilities

• Leading and delivering innovative recruitment campaigns across the Council, including specialist, hard-to-fill and senior leadership appointments.
• Acting as a trusted adviser to recruiting managers and senior leaders, providing expert guidance on attraction strategies, advertising, candidate markets and effective selection methods.
• Developing proactive approaches to talent attraction, including headhunting, direct sourcing, social media campaigns and building longer-term talent pipelines.
• Using recruitment data, labour-market intelligence and campaign performance to influence decisions, improve outcomes and ensure value for money.
• Championing fair, inclusive and compliant recruitment, including advising on right to work, sponsorship requirements and appropriate recruitment processes.
• Leading and developing Customer Service Advisors, promoting manager self-service and helping implement new recruitment technology and improved ways of working.

Skills

Campaign management

Candidate sourcing

Employer branding

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Job description

Derbyshire County Council is seeking a proactive Recruitment Campaign Lead to shape how we attract, engage and recruit talent across the Council. You will lead campaigns, build longer-term talent pipelines and develop a team of Customer Service Advisors.

As a trusted partner to managers and senior leaders, you will use labour-market insights and data to optimise approaches, advise on sponsorship and right-to-work, and drive improvements in recruitment technology and ways of working.