Job Introduction
Job title: Senior Recruitment Officer
Salary: Grade 6 (£33,024 - £37,336)
Location: Cunard Building
A bit about us:
Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We've got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.
Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.
We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, affordable housing, stunning waterfront and our beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!
The Role:
- The Senior recruitment officer role is an exciting opportunity to be part of the change journey here at Liverpool city council, where we are driving improvements across our recruitment, with an ambition to become an employer of choice for candidates in all roles
- Working with the wider HR team, the Senior recruitment officer will ensure that recruitment planning happens in a timely manner and is efficient, ensuring that your relevant contacts have reporting available on all recruitment activity throughout the process, to allow them to make business decisions based on data
- A key element of the role of the Senior recruitment officer is to work collaboratively with your directorates to reduce reliance on agency staffing, using data to drive this, and reporting as required, to identify quick wins and longer term campaigns to reduce agency reliance
- The role of Senior recruitment officer will own the redeployment process for their dedicated directorates from end to end
- The Senior recruitment officer will support daily recruitment activity for their directorates including prioritising activity with the Recruitment officers to increase output
- As Senior recruitment officer you will have demonstrable experience of taking a flexible and agile approach to your day to day activity to meet business needs
- The Senior recruitment officer will be a brand ambassador for Liverpool city council, ensuring that both stakeholders and candidates receive the best possible service in a timely and professional manner
- Above all the Senior recruitment officer will be a team player, working with the recruitment team and recruitment colleagues, supporting and guiding managers and candidates alike, through the recruitment and on-boarding journey.
- This is a hybrid role, which will require flexibility in prioritising face to face to meetings where needed.
Our offer to you:
- 35 hour working week with hybrid working model of 2 days in the office each week
- At least 29 days holiday rising to 35 after 5 years service.- option to purchase further days – plus bank holidays
- Agile working - A “Flexibility First” approach to Agile working where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception.
- Part of the Local Government Pension scheme – option to join the AVC scheme
- Progression - opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning
- Health and Wellbeing - offer including Employee assistance programme
- Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes
- Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme
- Family friendly policies with enhanced leave
- Discounted Gym Memberships
- Employee Volunteering Scheme
- Medicash
Next steps:
Closing Date is: Friday 13h September
Shortlisting will take place W/C 16th September
Interviews will take place W/C 23rd September and will include a presentation on a topic to be disclosed once interviews are arranged. Interview questions will also be shared prior to interview.
If you would like to talk to a member of the team about the role or have an informal discussion, please contact – Claire Harris (claire.harris@liverpool.gov.uk)
Liverpool City Council is committed to fostering a workforce representative of the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in appointing candidates based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. To support this commitment, we guarantee an interview to candidates from under-represented groups who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010, such as an application form in a different format or additional time to complete your application, please contact us at recruitment@liverpool.gov.uk
Although we advertise on Jobs go public, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications. Please ensure you complete your full profile, work and education history in Tribepad.
We reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If interested, please complete an application as early as possible to avoid disappointment!
