Recruitment Business Partner - Swindon, United Kingdom - Great Western Railway

Great Western Railway

Verified Company

Swindon, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Salary:
Up to £45k depending on skills and experience

Who are we?
GWR is the proud custodian of Brunel's railway - one of the most prestigious networks in the world. We have some of the newest trains in the country and exciting plans to extend our services.

With more than one hundred million passenger journeys each year, we carry people to over 275 stations in the South West, from Cornwall and South Wales to London, passing through beautiful country and some of the UK's top tourist destinations.

We are transforming the way people think about train travel, empowering our team of over 6,000 people from all different backgrounds to make it a great experience for our customers.

Together, we will revalue rail as a very special way to travel - relaxing, fast, efficient, friendly and fun.

About the job?

Our Recruitment team is responsible for delivering an end-to-end recruitment service across the business to include Customer Service, Operations, Engineering and HQ functions.

As a seasoned Recruitment Business Partner, you will play a crucial role in developing and delivering innovative recruitment plans, attracting diverse talent at all levels and driving our people agenda.

Your main responsibilities will be:

Work with hiring managers to understand hiring needs and create appropriate attraction recruitment plans.
Writing engaging job adverts and evaluating the effectiveness of recruitment activity.
Design and facilitate suitable interview and assessment methods.
Conduct/support interviews when required.
Support building employer brand awareness in the market
Proactively gather market intelligence to gain competitive advantage in attraction, assessment, and sourcing methods.
Partner with key business stakeholders across GWR network
Advise hiring managers and interview panels on interviewing best practices focussing on driving diversity in our hires
Work closely with hiring managers and HR Business Partners to advise on clear and effective job descriptions
Advise on market and industry trends

About you?

Ideally you will have:

Experience of leading and delivering Recruitment activity in the volume and/or specialist space with an Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) lens
Knowledge of all relevant labour laws including the Equality Act 2010
Experience of managing an endtoend recruitment process (including conducting psychometric assessments) in a large, complex business
Level A&B certificates of Occupational Test use desirable

About the location?

Working Pattern?
37 hrs a week

The Reward?

As well as a great team environment and comprehensive training, all GWR colleagues enjoy a range of benefits including on-going development, defined benefit pension scheme, free rail travel across the GWR network for you and your family, company-sponsored health care plan, discounted shopping and gym membership and an employee assistance programme.

We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA, ethnicity, religion and disability. We maintain zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent.

We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive.

We review all roles and job descriptions to ensure they are accessible and, where possible, we support and provide flexible working options; we recommend that you refer to each vacancy description for further details.