HR Recruitment Adviser - Edgbaston, United Kingdom - University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

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Edgbaston, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Position Details
Human Resources, Central Staff Hub

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £30,487 to £32,982, with potential progression once in post to £37,099

Grade 6

Full Time, Fixed Term Contract up to September 2024

Closing date: 19th November 2023

Our offer to you
People are at the heart of what we are and do.

The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university.

We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential.

With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate.

We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements.

We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working.

In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme.

We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site.

On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham

Job Summary
The University of Birmingham's in-house Recruitment Team are looking for an experienced internal recruitment professional.

In this role you will lead on all aspects of recruitment for our varied customer base, including our academic colleges and our professional service teams.

You'll be responsible for overseeing advertising, interview, and onboarding processes whilst acting as the first point of contact for hiring managers.

In addition, you will participate in recruitment related projects and assist in the delivery of recruitment training.

Working flexibly between our Edgbaston Campus and home, you'll benefit from a progressive pay structure, our competitive pension scheme, 40 days annual leave per year (including bank holidays and University Close days), and access to our staff benefits portal.

Main Duties

The main responsibilities will include:

Coordinate recruitment and selection campaigns for a variety of appointments with a range of stakeholders, to include placing advertisements, sourcing and offer management.
Advise and guide colleagues throughout the University on recruitment best practice, to enable them to recruit in an effective manner.
Develop a broad range of selection approaches for managers across the University, to enable inclusivity and transparency.
Deliver recruitment and selection training for various stakeholders to ensure consistency in approach align to employment legislation.
Improve recruitment and selection processes, so they are fit for purpose and effective, ensuring the recruitment service is continuously evaluated and improved.
Maintain recruitment records and data, and share regular reports to inform resource planning and costing.
Ensure redeployment processes are used effectively by managers, to ensure roles are filled by internal redeployment where appropriate.
Promote equality and diversity values acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture individually as well throughout recruitment processes.
Ensure own activity meets agreed SLAs and KPIs taking appropriate corrective action where required.
Support on daytoday Immigration and other compliance activities within the team
Work in partnership with other HR and Central Staff Hub colleagues to ensure recruitment best practice's and HR Core values are followed.

Person Specification

Recruitment experience within an inhouse setting
Proven track record of delivering volume end to end recruitment campaigns.
Demonstrable customer service experience with internal and external stakeholders
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