About the job

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the People Group (HR) in UKHSA as we embark on enabling the new organisation to the next stage of its development.

This role sits within the UKHSA Resourcing Team and gives you the opportunity to work with colleagues across the wider UKHSA. Working with a highly motivated and passionate team, this role has the responsibility for delivering a high quality, customer focused recruitment service with a focus on delegated grade recruitment. Reporting to the team’s Resourcing Lead, you will manage the relationships with vacancy holders for all their recruitment needs.

You will be in charge of the operational activity of the end-to-end recruitment process within UKHSA and will need to partner with internal and external stakeholders to deliver an exceptional service. You will lead on quality checking and support on driving forward service improvements to ensure the best possible customer experience as well as overall compliance with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles. You will be responsible for a small team of Resourcing officers and will support and guide them whilst working within the wider team.

Location

This role is available from any UKHSA core locations with hybrid working available

Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, London

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) operates a hybrid working model where business needs allow.  This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's locations (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London).  Specialist or regional roles will be based at the appropriate UKHSA site. For certain roles, some additional flexibility may be possible, which will be agreed upon with the hiring manager based on individual requirements and business needs.

*Please be aware that this role can only be worked from within the UK and not overseas. Relocation expenses are not available.*

Working Pattern – Part Time, Flexible Working

Job description

Responsibilities section:

As a Resourcing Manager your main responsibilities will include:

• Leading a small team of Resourcing Officers, including performance and behaviour monitoring.
• Operationally managing a high quality, customer focused, effective and efficient recruitment service for UKHSA.
• Leading and providing quality checking for Civil Service recruitment campaigns, ensuring adherence to service level agreements and standard operating procedures, and ensuring delivery of a quality service to our customers and candidates, and compliance with all internal policies and procedures, best practice, and legislation and rules related to recruitment and data protection.
• Managing relationships within UKHSA including vacancy holders, HRBPs, and Group Business Leads.
• Assisting with developing, managing and monitoring systems, processes and procedures aimed at ensuring the provision of an effective and efficient recruitment service for UKHSA.
• Assisting the G7 Resourcing Lead in the monitoring and rebalancing the team workload, aligning team resources according to the needs of the service and providing accurate performance data to inform of future forecasts and resourcing needs.
• Ensuring adherence to Civil Service Commission recruitment principles and guidelines and associated legislation, including data protection and GDPR and the Equality Act, etc., making sure the processes are fair and consistent throughout.
• Championing the work of UKHSA and the People Group, looking for opportunities for continuous improvement and implementing best practice

 

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The Job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Please review the job description for a full list of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Essential Criteria:

It is important through your application and Statement of Suitability of 1000 words that you give evidence and examples of proven experience of each of the essential criteria (for full details of all essential criteria please refer to the attached job description, you must review this to produce your statement of suitability):

Essential

• Experience of running end-to-end recruitment campaigns, using a variety of resourcing routes and methods.
• Evidence of understanding and implementing continuous improvements initiatives.
• Evidence of being a strong leader, with experience of supporting team members to achieve objectives.
• Ability to build and maintain a network across a wide range of stakeholders including senior leaders; building strong interpersonal relationships to achieve a shared objective.
• Proven track record of working to deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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

STAGE 1 - APPLICATION & SIFT: 

You will be required to complete an application form. This will be assessed in line with the full list of essential criteria as detailed in the attached job description – please do provide evidence of how you meet this. 

Please note, in the event of a large number of applications a pre-sift will take place based on the following criteria:

• Experience of running end-to-end recruitment campaigns, using a variety of resourcing routes and methods.
• Evidence of being a strong leader, with experience of supporting team members to achieve objectives.

 

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to an interview.

STAGE 2 – INTERVIEW 

This post will involve an interview by video. 

As part of the process, candidates will be invited to interview which will involve an in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence in relation to the criteria set out in the Person Specification.

You will also be asked to provide information within the ‘Employer/ Activity history’ section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history.

The Success Profiles framework will be used to assess and recruit the most suitable candidate.  The following behaviours will be used ahe interview:

• Changing and Improving
• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

Expected Timeline:

Advert close: 23:55hrs on 14th May 2024 – unfortunately, late applications will not be considered. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Shortlist: w/c 20th May 2024

Interviews: TBC

Please note these dates could be subject to change. 

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.