Recruitment Partner

Recruitment Partner
Birmingham, West Midlands (with hybrid working)
We are looking for a Recruitment Partner to join our team in Birmingham on a permanent basis. You will be responsible for managing our recruitment and onboarding experience from end to end. You work as part of a team to ensure that our services are delivered efficiently, making this a great place to work. You will be part of the broader busy People Services team, delivering joined up service delivery, professional advice and solutions across the organisation in line with our strategic objectives.
The Benefits
- Salary of £37,000 per annum
- Civil service pension, with an employer contribution rate of 27%
- Flexible working
- Hybrid working with regular travel to Birmingham
- 26 days’ holiday, rising to 29 days after 2 years’ service, with the option to buy up to five days’ extra annual leave
Joining us means joining an organisation that is certified as a Great Place to Work, respects work-life balance, is inclusive, and is completely dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential. Whether that’s through flexible working, really understanding how you work best or exposing you to real opportunities to challenge yourself, if you’re passionate about making your mark on the industry and on society, then we will help you do that.
Your Role
Service Delivery
1. Deputise for the Talent Acquisition Senior Manager in times of absence or peaks in work demand.
2. Keep up-to-date knowledge of recruitment legislation and potential future changes including diversity and inclusion developments and ensure this knowledge is shared. You will ensure that you keep your team members up-to-date with any important changes.
3. Maintain and create content for our webpages such as Indeed, Glassdoor, internal and external careers page to ensure content is up to date and informative to improve our employer branding.
4. Maintain structured onboarding processes to facilitate the integration professionals into the Commission.
Talent Acquisition & Resourcing
5. Work with the Talent Acquisition Senior Manager to design and implement careers programmes, including internships, apprenticeships, work experience, and graduate recruitment to support the overall talent strategy.
6. Support with evaluating external talent sources and provide recommendations for change to support our strategic goals.
7. Support hiring Managers to ensure we have plans in place to fulfil resourcing requirements and recruiting in the right way, using recruitment toolkits that are aligned to our values.
8. Advise on and implement attraction and selection plans and planned campaigns, and where possible work closely with our Communications team and the hiring manager to effectively advertise roles.
9. You will support and bring to life our workforce plan and EVP strategy.
Stakeholder Relationships
10. Develop and maintain effective relationships with third party suppliers to ensure effective performance.
11. You will be a key contact for our ATS contract and service, including systems access and set up.
12. Assist the great place to work initiative by supporting colleagues to achieve results, deliver effective advice and work effectively as a team.
13. Work with other Civil Service departments to ensure the smooth and timely processing of secondments.
14. Ensure support is in place so that our managers conduct thorough interviews to assess candidates’ qualifications, skills and cultural fit with the business.
Policy, Process & Guidance
15. Contribute to the development and implementation of policy and process change to create a culture of continuous improvement throughout both People Services and the Commission.
16. Conduct salary benchmarking (following agreed processes), keeping up-to-date with the status of the external job market to aid decisions around job evaluation.
Management Information
17. Provide insights and a forward look into resourcing activity, anticipating future risks and mitigations based on data.
Diversity & Inclusion
18. Support the implementation of the D&I strategy by reviewing recruitment processes to ensure diversity and inclusion is at the heart of the recruitment process. This includes creating guides and training and promoting updates and changes to the wider Commission.
About You
Essential:
1. Experience of working with an Applicant Tracking System (ATS), including maintenance and upkeep. You will explore problems, test solutions and rectify or escalate as needed
2. Effective communication, oral and written skills working with a variety of stakeholders.
3. A natural team player who strives to identify and implement areas of continuous improvement, whilst supporting the team to achieve its objectives.
4. An ability to prioritise and respond to requests with tight deadlines, along with multi-tasking in a fast-paced working environment, whilst still maintaining strong attention to detail.
5. Experience of working with HR software in collaboration with the wider people team.
Desirable:
6. Proven experience in developing and implementing effective talent acquisition strategies to attract diverse and high-quality candidates.
7. Experience of managing and maintaining an accurate and effective resourcing tracker/establishment tool.
About Us
Set up under the Gambling Act 2005, the Gambling Commission is committed to safeguarding the public against any detrimental impact brought about by gambling. We do this by keeping crime out, protecting children and vulnerable people and ensuring the commercial gambling industry is run fairly and openly. We work with the legal system, the public health system, community groups and the industry itself to understand how we can protect the interests of as many people as possible, as effectively as possible.
The closing date for this role is 1st May 2024.
PLEASE NOTE: Ensure you have the right to work in the UK before applying. We are unable to provide sponsorship for visas at this time.
Incomplete applications will be discounted from shortlisting. Please ensure your application is fully completed and submitted before logging out of your account.
We reserve the right to change the closing date depending on the number of responses received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure it is considered in the selection process.
As the regulator of the National Lottery, there are some roles within the Commission that are prohibited from playing the National Lottery. This does not affect your family playing. We will let you know at the interview if the role you have applied for is on the Prohibited List.
Further information
Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. You have the right to complain if you feel a department has breached the Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact Governance, Gambling Commission, Victoria Square House, Victoria Square, Birmingham B2 4BP in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from us you can contact the Civil Service Commission.