About the job

Job summary

Are you someone with excellent attention to detail who prides themselves with outstanding organisational skills?

Do you have experience of working in a recruitment function that is fast paced?

Would you like to be a trusted partner for DfT’s resourcing department, providing expert advice and an excellent value add customer service?

If so, then we would love for you to apply!

Job description

This role brings variety and exposure to various work strands that compliment and underpin the wider Departmental Resourcing Group (DRG) operational service offer.

As Resourcing Partner – Support and Development, you will work closely with all our Executive Agencies (DVLA, DVSA, MCA, VCA and DfTc), to deliver alternative routes of recruitment, whilst ensuring adherence to the Civil Service Commissioner Recruitment Principles.

You will effectively manage a small team of  Resourcing Support Advisors and Resourcing Support Officers,  who deliver key tasks and services, which supports candidate onboarding experience.

You will ensure regular updates are made to the customer relationship management (CRM) system by working closely with the HR (Human Resources) Operations Digital Products Lead, in order to produce accurate and up to date documents, which supports the effectiveness and efficiency of your team.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• You will be responsible for leading a small team and ensuring the delivery of Ad-hoc recruitment, contracts, governance processes (especially the CSC Principles, GDPR etc), and Contingent Labour processes.
• You will develop your team to support the Department for Transport and its Executive Agencies to ensure DRG provides expert advice, and an excellent value add customer service.
• Support your team by sharing your knowledge and expertise to ensure the effective delivery of day-to-day recruitment services for our customers.
• Monitor and support your team to action key priorities, day to day general queries and project tasks within designated time limits.
• Represent DRG as a trusted partner by delivering upfront customer engagement and providing expert advice and recommendations.
• Analyse, review, and monitor recruitment Management Information to identify trends and potential areas of improvement and where appropriate, alert Resourcing Partners and Senior Leadership Team.
• Identify opportunities for improvements in recruitment guidance or policy and processes, aiming to achieve an overall reduction in time to hire and continuous improvement in the quality of hire.
• To link in with key stakeholders where project improvements could potentially impact their process, carry out consultations and build solid working relationships.

For an in-depth insight into the role please refer to the Role Profile.

Person specification

As a Resourcing Partner you will use your experience and knowledge of recruitment processes, polices and governance to lead a small team to provide an excellent recruitment service for our customers. You are an advocate for change and will identify opportunities for continuous improvement. You have a high level of pro-activity, self-motivation and able to respond well to pressure and tight deadlines.

Using your interpersonal and communication skills, you will influence and motivate others at all levels within the Department and drive outcomes. You will have experience of delivering and maintaining a high-quality service level to stakeholders whilst working at pace and with volume. You will have excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to analyse complex situations conceptually and provide workable solutions for a range of stakeholders.

Additional Information

A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance. 

Occasional travel to other DfT offices will be required.

We recognise the challenges that people with protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.

Benefits

Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance. 

Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport

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.

How to apply

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

When considering applying please look at how your experience relates to the role, and within your CV and Personal Statement please provide detailed evidence of your experience of the following:

• Considerable experience of working in a recruitment function with excellent knowledge of recruitment processes, policies, and governance
• Experience of delivering and maintaining a high-quality service level to stakeholders whilst working at pace and with volume
• Experience of working within a high-pressured or fast-paced operational team with the ability to organise and prioritise workloads to maximise productivity

Your personal statement will be limited to a maximum of 1000 words.

The sift is due to take place from 11th March 2024 

Interviews/assessments are likely to be held w/c 18th March 2024 

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.

The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:

• An interview.

This interview could be conducted online via Teams or face to face at one of our offices. Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.

You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.

The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

For further information on Success Profiles visit our Careers website.

Please see attached candidate notes for further information about our recruitment process.

Reasonable Adjustments

As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

If you need a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Document Accessibility

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

This job advert contains links to the DfT Careers website. Our website provides useful guidance and information that can support you during the application process. If you cannot access the information on our website for any reason, please email DRGComms@dft.gov.uk for assistance.

Further Information

For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How We Hire page of our DfT Careers website. You can find detailed information about the recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role.

Pre-employment Checking

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment. 

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

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.