Buckinghamshire Council Hiring for In House Recruiter Job at Aylesbury, England Full Time

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Recruitment Consultant to join our friendly team, to cover parental leave. This is a varied, fast-paced, customer and candidate focused role providing both strategic and operational recruitment services.

Here’s what Tara had to say about the team,; ‘’I’m fortunate to have found such a supportive and friendly team to work with, the resourcing team work hard and pull together to help each other out.’’

About us

In April 2020 Buckinghamshire Council became the UK’s newest council. Meaning the residents of Buckinghamshire are now served by a single, unitary council. Buckinghamshire is an ambitious, rapidly growing county, and our economy is one of the strongest in the country.

We are looking for motivated, ambitious and inspiring people to join us on our journey.

About the role

This is a varied and fast-paced, customer and candidate focused role. In this post, you will be responsible for leading and managing the end to end recruitment activity and recruitment administration for specified service area(s) whilst achieving the recruitment KPIs and filling vacancies in the most efficient and effective way possible.

Offering a high quality, professional and proactive specialist resourcing advisory service to our hiring managers and HR colleagues is a priority for the team.

This is achieved by developing strong and positive working relationships with our hiring managers and other stakeholders to gain a thorough understanding of the current and future recruitment needs of the service area(s). Working in partnership with the services to develop and manage strategic and operational recruitment plans. Including developing and managing talent attraction strategies on multiple platforms including writing and posting professional and effective recruitment advertising and marketing copy. Reviewing careers sites and work positively with partner agencies.

Other responsibilities will include the delivery of ad hoc Resourcing projects and positively support the Resourcing Consultancy Leads in delivering the resourcing service.

This role is for 6 months initially, to cover parental leave. We actively encourage a good work-life balance and promote flexible and agile working arrangements. Currently the team work from home, and are in the office in Aylesbury on Tuesday – however this can vary dependent upon work requirements.

Any-Desk:

As an ‘any-desk’ worker, you’ll need to be connected to our network to access digital folders and resources, but this can either be from home or an office location when required. You will be required to work from the office a couple of times a week, depending on your role and team requirements*.

• subject to current Government Covid-19 Guidance

About you

We are looking for a professional, friendly, proactive individual with previous experience in leading and managing the end to end recruitment activity and recruitment administration, ideally within an inhouse recruitment environment. Experience of recruiting for social care roles would also be advantageous.

With great relationship-building skills, you will have the ability to develop strong and positive working relationships with our hiring managers and other stakeholders to gain a thorough understanding of the current and future recruitment needs of the service area(s).

The role is fast-paced and would suit someone who has managed a number of projects and recruitment activities in a busy environment.

The ability to analyse recruitment data to identify trends and potential risks enabling evidence-based decisions and within a data-driven recruitment service are essential to the role.

Previous experience and evidence of developing and managing talent attraction strategies on multiple platforms including writing and posting professional and effective recruitment advertising and marketing copy will be required.

Other information

Our values and culture

We have a set of values, which our employees have chosen, that represent what we are – Proud, Ambitious, Collaborative and Trustworthy.

By joining Buckinghamshire Council, you can expect:

• a fair and inclusive culture
• the chance to really make a difference to those around you
• health and well-being initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops
• a unified voice through our Employee Representative Group
• ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career with us
• opportunities to take part in fun activities such as fundraising and social events

At Buckinghamshire Council, we know that our biggest strength comes from the people that work for us, and that’s why we’re working hard to ensure we continue to be an accessible and inclusive organisation.

From dedicated staff networks overseen by our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group, to proudly standing as a Disability Confident employer, it’s important to us that all our colleagues feel engaged, listened to, and valued. Our offer of flexible working empowers a productive and happy workforce and allows employees to combine work with other responsibilities and commitments.

We believe our workforce should reflect the diverse communities we service in Buckinghamshire, and are looking for like-minded individuals to join us in promoting equality, fairness, and inclusion for everyone.

About the Business Unit

Resources cover a wide range of specialisms, including Human Resources, Finance, ICT and Business Operations. Our main focus is supporting the other directorates to provide the best possible service to our residents. To do that, we have to make sure we have the right people in the right roles across the organisation. From our finance teams, working strategically to ensure the best value from public money; to HR keeping our employees healthy and happy, each service is vital in making sure Buckinghamshire Council has what it needs to run effectively and efficiently.

As well as providing high quality services to other areas of the Council, you could also be helping us build on the revenue which comes from our external clients. If you are ambitious, customer-focussed and bursting with new ideas, we want to hear from you.

We recognise and reward you

Hard work and success deserves recognition. That’s why we pride ourselves on the benefits we give our people. We actively encourage a good work-life balance and promote flexible and agile working arrangements. We provide discounts on various Cafés, restaurants, shops and auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme. We also offer a salary sacrifice personal car lease scheme and the opportunity to gain membership to Costco. We have discounted gym memberships, Travel discounts with Arriva and Chiltern Railways and much more.

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