We have adopted a flexible, hybrid working approach

Do you want to help shape Lewisham’s resourcing and attraction processes?

The Role

As a result of a recent restructure within the HR department, the talent management team is currently looking for a Resourcing and Talent Acquisition Advisor to join their busy team.

You will provide a seamless resourcing service to all areas of the Council, helping the Resourcing and Talent Acquisition Manager to develop recruitment strategies and support projects.

Ideally you will have previous recruitment experience in a large organisation managing various recruitment campaigns from start to finish.  You must be an effective personnel administrator, with knowledge of the recruitment, selection and assessment solutions applicable to a large organisation. You will have demonstrable experience of working with senior stakeholders whilst working to deadlines. Additionally you will require an understanding of how social recruiting works and be a confident and competent user of a range of social media.

You will be responsible for working with managers to source suitable candidates; ensuring that the candidates are ‘kept warm’ throughout the recruitment process   through regular communication; ensuring managers are kept up to date during the recruitment campaign cycle; and have the ability to build and maintain relationships with different teams within the Council.

The main purpose of the role is to proactively provide a comprehensive, customer-focussed end to end, recruitment service to all Council Departments and external customers. This will also include the use of agency workers and therefore you will be expected to advise managers on the use of agency workers, undertake IR35 assessments, and be involved in the monitoring of the Councils Agency Managed Service contract.

As the subject matter expert you will manage the vacancy pipeline, from advert through to the final candidate hire which includes working with hiring managers to create realistic recruitment timetables and adverts, supporting them through the recruitment process ensuring practices comply with employment law and best practice, advising on media publications, as well as managing the re-deployment process, and; raising offer and contract paperwork including clearances.

Location

Whilst the service is based in Laurence House in Catford, we operate a hybrid approach whereby the majority of work will be conducted remotely from home. However this may vary as determined by service requirements.

What we’re looking for

We are looking for an individual who:

• Has an up to date working knowledge of recruitment and selection, and the application of terms and conditions of employment
• Has a good working knowledge of employment legislation pertaining to contractual legislation and re-deployment
• Has a good working knowledge of an Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
• Can manage a busy workload, work to deadlines and prioritise their own work to meet objectives, whilst maintaining excellent attention to detail
• Can communicate complex or technical issues clearly
• Has experience in working in a customer focussed environment
• Has a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and outlook
• Has the ability to manage recruitment activities in a large organisation
• Has the ability to consistently achieve high performance, maintain good working relationships with managers and colleagues and, has a flexible and adaptable approach to work
• Has the ability to continuously develop, work on their own initiative, maintain confidentiality, and be a reliable team player.

In return, we’ll offer excellent development opportunities, plus a range of benefits that includes a career average pension scheme, flexible working and the opportunity to make a real difference to our local community.