About the job

Job summary

About the Government Legal Department

From energy to security, health to human rights, we help the Government deliver life changing law for citizens.

The Government Legal Department is the largest provider of legal services across government, working on high profile matters that are frequently scrutinised in Parliament and the media. Our work includes:

• Developing and drafting legislation
• Providing legal advice on policies
• Securing our economic and trade relationships
• Ensuring value from commercial contracts worth billions of pounds
• Providing the Civil Service’s employment law advice

We are at the heart of delivering the Government’s priorities and our success depends on our people. 

About the Resourcing Team

GLD’s Resourcing Team sits within the HR and Strategy, People and Culture Directorate. Our recently re structured Resourcing Team has three core functions: 

• Attraction and recruitment – focussing on innovative solutions to deliver the attraction strategy for GLD, using latest models, professional networks and outreach to recruit the best people. This team sets the direction and pace for GLD’s presence and attractiveness in the legal professional market place across the UK.  
• Resourcing Operations – managing the candidate experience through application and interview to arrival and on boarding. This team is our engine room, welcoming and supporting all those involved in the internal and external aspects of filling vacancies.
• Resourcing Performance – driving continuous improvement for the performance of team along with management of supplier contracts and ensuring we are compliant with GLD and Civil Service recruiting principles. This team keeps us at the forefront of our aims of delivering excellence and value for money. 
   

Job description

The Role 

We are seeking an enthusiastic and organised individual to join our team. You will contribute to delivering a high-quality recruitment service that sits at the heart of Government and will have a direct impact on the ability of GLD to attract and retain the talent we need.

Being the key point of contact for recruitment campaigns, you will need excellent communication skills to deal with a range of stakeholders including; senior leaders, qualified lawyers, external partners and the Civil Service Commission.

To succeed in this role, you will have a passion for recruitment and a customer centric focus, being highly organised, responsive, attentive to detail and driven to deliver results. 

Key Responsibilities include: 

• Ensure recruitment activities adhere to the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles of open & fair competition -including accurate result compilation and ordering of a merit list.
• Liaise with various stakeholders across the team and within the business to ensure all are supported within your workstream.
• Ensure that sift and interview packs are sent to vacancy holders and panels and providing them with all guidance needed.
• Manage and maintain the shared team mailboxes providing trusted information and support to internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure queries via HR ticketing system are assigned to the correct team members and processed in a timely manner.
• Responsible for ensuring Pre-Employment Checks are completed and that Conditional/Unconditional Offer Letters are issued to candidates without  any delays to the expected timeline.
• Oversight of all onboarding tasks within the team ensuring timely completion.
• Management and maintenance of time sensitive actions for candidates such as those on Fixed Term Appointments or with visa requirements.

Please note this is not an exhaustive list.

Person specification

Essential Criteria 

Behaviours

Below are details of the Success Profiles that make up this role. 

You will be expected to provide evidence to show how you meet the criteria at interview and/or selection stage.

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Managing a Quality Service (Lead Behaviour)
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace
• Leadership
• Seeing the Bigger Picture 

Experience

• Previous experience of working in a customer focussed resourcing (or similar) team in a fast-paced environment
• A team player, who is adaptable, able to work effectively as part of a busy team, with attention to detail, sharing information, communication and liaising with colleagues
• Experience of or ability to manage and develop a small team.
• Experience of delivering in a fast-paced environment and able to demonstrate that. 

Technical (Desirable)

• CIPD accreditation or willingness to work towards 

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £31,393, Government Legal Department contributes £8,476 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

Application

To apply for this post, you will need to complete the online application accessed via the advertisement for this role. This should be completed no later than Midday Monday 22nd April 2024 and will involve:

1. An online CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements which will assess the Experience criteria
2. Examples in no more than 250 words of the following behaviours:
   • Managing a Quality Service (Lead behaviour)
   • Working Together
   • Delivering at Pace 

If we receive a high number of applications, we will sift on the CV and Lead Behaviour alone.

Selection Process

After the closing date, the appointing panel shall assess candidates’ suitability for the role based on evidence provided in their application against the behaviours and experience outlined in the person specification.

Interview

Should you be successful in being invited to interview, you will be assessed on your performance in all essential criteria as listed in the Person Specification, alongside scenario based exercises and strength-based questions. Candidates invited to interview will be given further information on the day and time to prepare.

You will be assessed against the following at interview: 

• Behaviour: Delivering at Pace
• Behaviour: Leadership
• Behaviour: Seeing the Bigger Picture
• Experience
• Strengths

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.
Interviews will probably take place remotely via video conference, full details of the interview format will be provided to shortlisted candidates prior to interview. The timeline later in this pack indicates the date by which decisions are expected to be made, and all shortlisted candidates will be advised of the outcome as soon as possible thereafter.

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 (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.