Digital and Technology Resourcing Partner
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Posted on 2022-11-18
| Salary | £37,295 – £44,724 a year |
|---|---|
| Location | Hybrid remote in Reading +4 locations |
| Type | Full-time |
Job Description
The Digital, Data and Technology Services (DDTS) Recruitment Hub is recruiting a Digital and Technology Resourcing Partner.
We are seeking a leader that can provide strategic recruitment advice and mentor junior colleagues. You will be supporting DDTS in growing its permanent staff through resourcing, recruitment and retention initiatives.
We use creative talent attraction techniques, such as engaging with passive talent and proactive candidate sourcing, while embodying equality, diversity and inclusion in everything we do.
As a recruitment expert, you will be leading the way of modern recruitment and resourcing techniques across Defra Group. The Hub have an excellent reputation across Defra and are driving a shift in traditional public sector recruitment perspectives and being subject matter experts on Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) roles in government.
Partnering with vacancy holders across DDTS, you will be providing the best possible advice on recruitment whilst guiding them through the Civil Service recruitment process to attract permanent members of staff by building strong and meaningful relationships. You will use talent analytics and Applicant Tracking System (ATS) tools, that will help influence and advise our vacancy holders in a more effective way.
Responsibilities
- Keep pace with industry standards to ensure the Recruitment Hub is working to best practice. Act as a trusted and respected voice of authority on recruitment by drawing upon industry expert knowledge and experience for niche and hard to fill digital and technology roles by using tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter or Boolean searching
- Manage your own workload and prioritise the Recruitment Hub’s workload. Managing capacity and customer expectation by setting clear priorities and timescales
- Provide excellent customer service by building trust and strong relationships with vacancy holders across the DDTS functions
- Ensure DDTS remains aligned to Defra policy for recruitment, to include Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and Civil Service Recruitment Principles 2018, by working closely with Defra HR colleagues to ensure all regulatory compliance is adhered to
- Using and managing the ATS and process to keep a log of all recruitment activity from vacancy approval through to onboarding
- Manage risk and issues arising, offering pragmatic solutions to Recruitment Hub members and vacancy holders
- Empower junior members of the team to make decisions by offering best practice advice and be a sounding board where necessary
- Act as DDTS conduit to our recruitment and HR suppliers, Government Recruitment Service (GRS) and Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL) , ensuring service standards are maintained
Skills and Experience
- Industry standard recruitment best practice, external talent attraction and recruitment marketing, including ability to source candidates on LinkedIn Recruiter and use Boolean searching
- Experienced of managing and delivering end-to-end recruitment process at pace and can work to tight deadlines to meet service level agreements
- Mentoring junior colleagues on best recruitment practice and being an escalation point for complex recruitment queries
- Senior stakeholder management and the ability to build strong, trusting relationships with vacancy holders
- Knowledge and proficiency in Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) such as Oleeo VX and Eploy
- Ability to produce update reports on recruitment activity from ATS » and provide narrative to influence vacancy holders to appropriate recruitment strategies
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £37,295.00-£44,724.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexitime
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Performance bonus
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Reading
Company description:
At the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) we embrace change. We embrace creativity and innovative thinking. We embrace collaboration and determination – and we embrace the huge impact that our people have on the nations’ lives. Join us, and you will find a dynamic and progressive organisation that is committed to creating tangible results for the British population – a place where your career ambitions matter, and regardless of your background, your skills will be developed and enhanced. What we do At Defra, our work is deeply varied and far-reaching. From maintaining water quality to supporting the UK’s fishing and farming industries, we strive to support the rural economies, ensuring there is enough food for everyone and that production processes are sustainable. We also take responsibility for air quality, seek out innovative new ways to tackle climate change, engineer the nation’s defences against natural threats and hazards and identify the measures that we need to put in place in order to protect the world and its resources – and leave the environment in a better state for future generations. The policy profession Committed to shaping the policies that shape life, this is a team where innovation and creativity are expected. Bringing the most cutting-edge research together with subject experts, the team are at the helm of the biggest issues the UK has ever faced. From reducing landfill and water wastage to using natural resources in a more sustainable way, our policy colleagues identify the changes that need to be made to ensure the ongoing viability of the planet. The skills we look for in future employees Across the department, we seek colleagues who have exceptional verbal and written communication skills. With the capacity to translate complex issues into a language that a variety of audiences can understand, you will be both a great listener and adept at influencing those you are engaging with. As a team, we adapt quickly to meet new challenges and to adopt the most progressive thinking, so you will be a flexible collaborator, with the capacity to work with ambiguous information. Confident in your ability to make decisions when under pressure, you will excel with us if you can see the bigger picture at all times. Crucially, you will be open-minded with a willingness to learn. Developing Your Career You will be supported by ongoing training and development opportunities, plus mentorship and support from senior colleagues. As a forward-thinking team that encourages cross-departmental working, you will also enjoy plenty of networking opportunities with colleagues at all levels, plus access to external bodies and the industry’s foremost experts. Diversity It is vital that our team are reflective of the population that we serve. We therefore offer an inclusive workplace, where diversity is welcomed and celebrated, and equality is expected. We want our staff to achieve their full potential and to feel confident that they are not being discriminated against, including those who wish to agree working arrangements that match their lifestyle needs. We also make workplace adjustments to enable applicants with a disability to fulfil their roles, and we support a number of national events such as National Inclusion Week, LGBT and Black History Month.
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