Strategic Resourcing Manager

The opportunity
Bring your resourcing skills and experience to shape and model the streams in our people strategy and help make a real difference to the lives of students.

As the independent regulator of higher education in England, we ensure the best experience and the best value – for students, for taxpayers, for the economy and for the public good. This is an opportunity to shape the resourcing agenda in a diverse and rapidly evolving organisation.
The role
We have recently launched our new People Strategy for the OfS, and in doing so we are creating a new role for a resourcing professional to take up a senior post which will lead the resourcing function within the wider HR team. The role will have the opportunity to craft the recruitment and resourcing strands of the people strategy. You will provide expert direction on attraction, recruitment, employer branding and talent acquisition to ensure that we can meet our organisational regulatory agenda and achieve our organisational strategy
About you
This role would suit an experienced resourcing professional, who can take a lead on strategic workforce planning. The successful candidate for this role will work in partnership with colleagues across HR and the wider organisation; experience of building productive relationships with key stakeholders and influencing at senior levels is therefore essential. We are looking for someone who will be enthusiastic about leading a team in an agile environment. A flexible, creative approach, and excellent communications skills will also be essential.

Essential

• Experience of leading a resourcing team Experience of delivering and overseeing high profile resourcing projects across a range of resourcing activities. Strategic thinker demonstrating a broad-based depth of knowledge of resourcing and people issues and their potential impact Experience of developing resourcing policy & implementation and an understanding of what it means to work with TUs Stakeholder management and facilitation skills and the ability to quickly build trusting and effective relationships with customers. Coaching capability and style.

Desirable

• MCIPD qualified

Working for us
The OfS regulates the higher education sector on behalf of all students. We value diversity and the wealth of perspectives, experience and ideas that it brings to our work, and we strive to embed equality of opportunity in everything we do.
We recruit based on fair and open competition and welcome applications from candidates regardless of age, disability, race and ethnicity, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

At the OfS, we recognise that flexibility can enable people to work more effectively. A set of organisation-wide principles shape our approach to flexible and hybrid working, which our teams then use as guidance on how they deliver their business goals. This would usually mean working from the office for two or three days in a typical week.
To attract the widest possible field of qualified applicants, flexible working and part time working apply to this role.
In addition, our Total Reward Framework offers a range of benefits to suit your way of life. These include comprehensive learning and development, annual leave starting at 25 days per year (plus public holidays), access to the highly regarded Civil Service pension scheme and a variety of health benefits.

Closing date for applications: 11 February 2024

Interviews: From 26 February 2024