Contract Specialist

Contract Specialist

Temporary role with immediate start until 31st July 2024

Working 37hrs, this role will be working from home and you will be required to work on campus as/when required

Paying £19.28 which equates to £37,099pa

Our client is the UK's largest university and a world leader in flexible part-time education. Combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, they are committed to transforming lives through education.

They are looking to recruit a Contract Specialist to join their Resourcing Team to help deliver operational resourcing support to hiring managers across the university. With a focus on delivering a positive candidate and hiring manager experience the team provide advice and administrative support throughout the end-to-end recruitment cycle. The Resourcing Team is one of four teams that make up the People Services Hub who are responsible for delivering full operational People Services (HR) support for circa. 10,000 university employees. The most important thing within this role is a HR background that is much closer aligned to payroll, a good understanding of IR35 and contracts that might have different pension elements. Also capable of knowledge sharing/training and developing internal working guides.

Key Responsibilities

• Coach and develop the recruiter team in areas such as IR35, pension and tax for various engagement types to develop best practice.
• Review process and policy relating to various none-standard contracting routes. Creating internal level guidance and documentation to support recruitment teams.
• Work with stakeholders across the organisation to understand business needs, undertake the implementation of key changes and support the improvement of processes with minimal business impact.
• Work with Payroll to improve the flow of information between PS and Finance and support with identifying suitable contracting solutions.
• Exercise judgement in dealing with complex issues interpreting and applying procedures and guidelines with judgement and initiative.
• Produce and analyse MI and identify trends or opportunities to improve process.
• Contribute to conversations and workgroups relating to the development of new recruitment systems and any overlap with off-system process for non-standard recruitment.
• Attend and actively participate in team meetings and developmental activities.
• Actively engage in the support and development of new team members.

Essential

• HR/Management qualification or equivalent experience.
• Experience of implementing significant changes to process both internally within a team and with wider teams across a large organisation
• Experience working in within a Shared Service/HR or Recruitment environment.
• Experience of coaching and training staff to build a confident knowledge base on complex issues.
• Knowledge and understanding of Recruitment/employment law, principles, policies, and procedures.
• This includes a working knowledge of Immigration legislation, IR35 and Pension
• Experience of working with consultancy contract, limited engagement workers, agency placements, one-time payment engagements
• Well organised with the capacity and resilience to handle a diverse workload.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Solution focused and resourceful with the ability to take ownership and promptly resolve problems

The client promotes diversity in employment and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

If you are interested in this role , please apply online or please call 01908 246715 for more information, we look forward to hearing from you.