Senior Recruiter

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Recruitment Specialist (Matrix Programme) - 12mth FTC

Corporate Services - People Team

Swindon, Newport, or Billingham - hybrid working options

£32,000 - £42,000 DOE

Here at UK SBS, we are proud to deliver high quality corporate services where we provide HR, payroll, finance, IT and procurement services and expertise to our public sector partners.

Our staff are very important to us and we always try to go the extra mile to look after them. We can offer flexible and family friendly working arrangements, great benefits including generous annual leave, supportive and inclusive work environments, and opportunities to learn and grow your career with us.

In line with the Government's Shared Services Strategy, UKSBS is currently engaged as the future service provider within the Matrix Programme. The Programme's aim is to deliver a modern, cost-effective and scalable shared business services to nine Departments (the Policy Cluster), in a flexible way that can meet changing Government requirements, and drive innovation to optimise efficiencies and enhance user experience.

The Programme will also implement a new modern SaaS ERP platform, from which UKSBS can deliver these services, driving harmonisation and significant business change across the Departments. This is a large, complex multi-year Programme.

Working within the wider Corporate Services team, the People Team provides a discreet range of complex HR services working in close unison with our HR Service Delivery team, internal customers, and third parties. We engage with stakeholders at every level to ensure the service is delivered in accordance with UKSBS' policies and practice.

Duties will include but are not limited to:

• Monitor workplace trends and offers suggestions in relation to recruitment best practices,
• Contributes to the development of the recruitment strategy and owns tactical initiatives that support the strategy,
• Deliver an effective, proactive, and advisory recruitment service ensuring a positive experience for candidates and hiring managers:
  • Partner with hiring managers to take detailed vacancy briefs and set selection criteria
  • Write effective and inclusive recruitment advertising, and posts adverts on relevant channels and platforms,
  • Identify tough job openings and finds the best way to fill them,
  • Pro-actively source candidates
  • Maintain relevant and required approvals and paperwork for the recruitment process,
  • Screens to shortlist qualified candidates through CVs and screening-calls where appropriate,
  • Participate in, and contributes to annual campaigns, career fairs, and events,
  • Maintain recruitment content and collateral to a common standard and brand
• Attend regular meetings with business areas to better understand their recruitment needs and contributes to workforce planning initiatives and activity,
• Work with the Recruitment Manager to improve service delivery, escalates risk, suggests ways to enhance delivery and improve efficiency, and provides assistance and support to the Recruitment Manager where needed,
• Supports on recruitment projects and contributes to the wider people strategy,

Flexibility will be required to respond to the changing needs of the organisation and the service. You may also be asked to support with ad hoc projects and pieces of work relevant to your role in line with business requirements.

To do this role well you will need:

• Demonstrable in-house or agency recruitment experience,
• Track record in taking ownership of, and successfully filling, vacancies,
• Experience of effectively managing talent pools and some understanding of proactively sourcing candidates,
• Articulate, with high attention to detail, and an ability to write modern and effective recruitment copy,
• Extremely organised and proactive with a focus on delivering excellence and partnering our business,
• Confidence and willingness to proactively build professional relationships and influence stakeholders,
• A good standard of industry knowledge, and;
• Focused on delivering excellence at all times, places clients at the heart of everything they do.

We are UKSBS. We are creating a place where people love to work, a culture where we lead, we change, we deliver and we empower our people to be curious, take action and add value.

Our people are the heart of our success. We are always looking for talented individuals to join our team and play a part in that success that's why we invest and grow our workforce. In return for your talent and contributions, we offer flexible and family friendly working arrangements, a generous benefits package, an inclusive working environment that values your contribution, and opportunities to develop your skills and career with us.

Submitting an application

If you wish to apply for this vacancy, please submit your application by midnight on Tuesday 11th March 2025.

You must submit a CV and covering letter as part of the application process. Your CV should set out your career history including training and qualifications, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure that each entry of your career history also has a few sentences outlining a description and the key elements of that role.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of quality applications.

Things you need to know

To be considered, you will need to successfully obtain BPSS security clearance before commencing the role.

UKSBS does not hold a Home Office Sponsor Licence under the UK Immigration System, therefore applicants must have eligibility to live and work in the UK at application stage.

Working pattern

Full-time or part-time, hybrid.

In return for your skills and experience, we offer flexible and hybrid working arrangements. Eligibility and the degree of home working will vary depending on the requirements of the role, further details will be discussed if an offer is made.

Benefits

• A generous annual leave allowance
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Excellent defined benefit pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Employment Assistance Programme
• Childcare scheme and on-site nursery (at our Swindon office)

Inclusion, accessibility, and adjustments

As an inclusive and Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from a diverse range of communities.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes. Find out more about out equality, diversity and inclusion commitment and vision.

For more information on UK SBS, please visit www.uksbs.co.uk .