Strategic Resourcing Lead - London, United Kingdom - Islington Council

Islington Council

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

A fixed term (up to 12 months) opportunity is available in our Strategic HR Partnering team following an internal transfer.

Your main priorities will be to

Lead on the development of the council's approach to workforce planning ensuring the development of talent pools and pipelines identifying new channels to market. You willdesign strategies and tools aligned to achievement of a new corporate workforce plan. You must have experience of determining future workforce needs, identifying the gap between the present and the future; designing, implementing and embedding solutions so accomplish short and longterm objectives against an increasing challenging labour market.
Use evidencebased benchmarking data and insights to monitor the effectiveness of the talent attraction plan supporting the reduction of agency usage and the development of future talent.
Work with internal stakeholders to embed the Council's Employee Value Proposition, Employer Brand and accompanying social media and advertising strategy to ensure we attract high quality and diverse talent.

This is an exciting opportunity to use your knowledge and experience of our departments' recruitment and retention challenges to make a difference in HR.

Closing date:
Sunday 10th December 2023 at 23:59

Interviews:
Tuesday 19th December 2023

Please contact Linda Nicholas or Jackie O'Donoghue, Strategic HR Partnering Leads (Job Share) for more information.

Develop an attraction strategy aligned to the council's workforce strategy, workforce planning ensuring the development of talent pools and pipelines and identify new channels to market.

Provide specialist recruitment advice and guidance and manage major recruitment campaigns for hard to fill or senior council campaigns.

To develop and foster relationships with recruitment agencies and executive search companies, providing expert advice to the council on the labour market, recruitment partners and advertising platforms.

Work with HR Business Partners and the Early Careers team on workforce planning elements of People Plans, ensuring services have proactive plans to recruit and develop talent maximising the use of apprenticeships and career schemes.

Monitor performance to ensure high quality and effectiveness and manage recruitment supplier relationships.

Advise stakeholders on recruitment strategies, approaches and process, promoting diversity and inclusion, and in line with employment law and best practice.

Work with leadership, HR colleagues and managers to identify key talent gaps across our markets and develop appropriate talent acquisition and development strategies.

Develop strong relationships and partner with HR Directors, HR Business Partners, hiring managers and senior leaders to inform and guide on staffing issues, policies and processes.

Within the recruitment space lead the delivery of the Council's approach to developing a culture that embraces inclusion and equality, working closely with staff networks to develop our Equality and Diversity agenda.

Lead the development and delivery of the Council's Employee Value Proposition, Employer Brand and accompanying social media and advertising strategy to ensure we attract high quality and diverse talent.

Work closely with the Apprenticeship Manager to highlight areas of hard to fill posts that would benefit from Apprenticeship/Apprentices and develop relationship in further and higher education to attract high quality and diverse talent.

Work with Strategic HR Business Partners to identify long-term organisational needs, forecast resourcing requirements and link these with internal and external supply.

Monitors and interpret external trends and influences that impact on workforce planning, including automation, artificial intelligence, workforce demographics and a changing labour market.

Develop a strategic, mixed-economy approach to talent acquisition and deployment, appropriately blending permanent, interim and contractor resourcing to achieve the best possible outcomes and value for money.

Define the recruitment assessment strategy for potential new leaders, managers and staff ensuring a consistent approach aligned to our values and behaviours.