Heriot Watt University Hiring for Recruitment Coordinator Job at Edinburgh, Scotland Full Time

Salary: Grade 5 – £22,847 – £26,341

About Heriot-Watt University

Heriot-Watt University has five campuses: three in the UK (Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Orkney), one in Dubai and one in Malaysia. The University offers a highly distinctive range of degree programmes in the specialist areas of science, engineering, design, business and languages.

With a history dating back to 1821, Heriot-Watt University has established a reputation for world-class teaching and practical, leading-edge research, which has made it one of the top UK universities for business and industry. We connect with industry at every level and develop programmes to match their needs – so employers get work-ready industry-fit graduates.

Heriot-Watt is also Scotland’s most international university, boasting the largest international student cohort.

We have an established set of values that help us to nurture innovation and leadership, and show our commitment to continuous improvement and development in all our activities.

For full details on our University please view our Careers at Heriot-Watt http://www.hw.ac.uk/about/careers-at-heriot-watt.htm

About Our Team

The UK Recruitment Team sits within the HR Directorate and supports recruitment at all levels across the University. This role will report to the Head of Recruitment but will also work closely with the other Recruitment Coordinators. Support will be needed for both our Academic and Professional Services Teams.

Detailed Description

This is an exciting time to join Heriot-Watt and the Recruitment Team who came together in 2020. We are now looking for someone to join our team who has experience in working with hiring managers throughout the Recruitment Cycle. Week to week deliverables will vary from supporting and advising managers on queries on current and future hiring needs, as well as providing support to our Recruitment Leads and Head of Recruitment.

We are ideally looking for someone who has established themselves as a Recruitment Coordinator and that would enjoy some project work as well as a variable workload.

In 2021 we are implementing a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that will integrate our HR and Finance Systems. This comes with a new Recruitment Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and experience managing transactions within this type of system would be highly beneficial.

The role will be fast moving at times but interesting as you look to support a range of support requests from across our UK Campus.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Provide a comprehensive administration service for our UK recruitment activity, working as part of team to deliver efficient and effective recruitment and engagement of staff and casual workers.
• Engage with Hiring Managers to agree a recruitment plan from attraction through to selection and guide them through our processes to deliver a fair and positive recruitment process.
• Engage with candidates to support them through the recruitment process, ensuring clear communications and consistent engagement.
• Promote a culture of ED&I throughout the recruitment and selection process, guiding managers on matters such as attracting a diverse candidate pool and developing strong competency-based questions for interview.
• Actively support candidates who may require adjustments to the selection process to ensure all suitable candidates can access our roles.
• Ensure new vacancies are set up correctly on the Recruitment System, supporting and encouraging Hiring Managers and Candidates to engage positively with the processes.
• Produce simple reports on recruitment activity for monitoring and development processes.

Education, Qualifications and Experience

These are the criteria on which the short-listing and recruitment selection will be based.

Essential

• Educated to Scottish Higher or similar, or equivalent experience.
• Understanding of Tier 2 and Tier 4 application processing and the requirements needed for UKVI.
• Experience of working within a recruitment role with similar responsibilities.
• Understanding of GDPR processes
• Competent in the use of relevant IT packages
• Demonstrable ability to work quickly, flexibly, and accurately in a dynamic, changing, and pressured environment.

Desirable

• Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems
• Interviewing Experience
• Sourcing from multiple channels including Social Media.
• Experience of diversity recruiting.

How to Apply

Please provide a covering letter and CV indicating why you believe you are suitable for this role.

At Heriot-Watt University we understand that being diverse makes us better which is why we support a culture of respect and equal opportunity, and value diversity at the heart of what we do. We want to increase the diversity of our workplace to underpin a dynamic and creative environment.

We welcome and will consider flexible working patterns e.g. part-time working and job share options.

Use our total rewards calculator: https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/work/total-rewards-calculator.htm to see the value of benefits provided by Heriot-Watt University.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £22,847.00-£26,341.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work remotely:

• Temporarily due to COVID-19