Job summary
Head of Recruitment Operations
Are you a dynamic and experienced recruitment professional looking for an exciting leadership opportunity?
Oxford University Hospitals is seeking a Head of Recruitment Operations to join our prestigious institution and lead our recruitment efforts.
Oxford University Hospitals is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the UK, providing a wide range of clinical services and playing a pivotal role in medical education, training, and research.
Our commitment to excellence and innovation ensures that we deliver the highest quality of care to our patients.
Main duties of the job
As the Head of Recruitment Operations, you will be responsible for overseeing and managing all transactional recruitment activities across the Trust.
Your leadership and strategic vision will be crucial in selecting, and retaining top talent across a diverse range of specialties and roles.
You will work closely with the Assistant Director of Workforce - Resourcing, clinical leaders, and wider HR teams to develop and implement robust recruitment strategies that align with our institutional goals.
- Lead and manage the recruitment team to ensure the delivery of efficient and effective recruitment services.
- Develop and implement innovative recruitment strategies to attract high-caliber candidates.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify recruitment needs and priorities.
- Monitor and analyse recruitment metrics to assess the effectiveness of recruitment campaigns and initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and best practices in recruitment.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the recruitment team.
- Provide guidance and support for international recruitment and visa processes
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Defining and implementing internal and external recruitment initiatives and processes, managing the significant change needed in the organisation to land and embed change.
You will act as an advocate for an open, fair and transparent approach to recruitment, resourcing and accommodation allocations ensuring that the Trust always meets best practice standards.
Responsible for supporting the development and implementation of key EDI initiatives relating to recruitment and for monitoring their effectiveness across the organisation.
Developing services and deliver innovative initiatives to standardise and drive inclusive recruitment practices across all Directorates.
Leading by example, to create a culture of inclusion, compliance, efficiency, value demonstration, and continuous improvement approach within team
Ensuring recruitment delivery is compliant with Trust values, policies, legislation and NHS Employers Standards across OUH, whilst driving innovative and future focused approaches to strategic talent acquisition.
Working in conjunction with Divisional colleagues look to ensure that OUH are attracting candidates from the communities that we serve
Having an excellent understanding of current and future talent requirements internally, providing high quality external market insight through a combination of networking, research and knowledge sharing, to create impactful data driven change
The post holder will ensure that doctors, managers and medical leaders have access to high quality medical HR services and that customer experience, innovation and improvement is a core component of their work.
Work in partnership with senior medical leaders to drive the medical workforce agenda across the Trust, acting as the medical lead on workforce related projects.
Generate regular, detailed reports for senior management, offering insightful analysis, highlighting achievements, addressing challenges, and presenting recommendations for ongoing improvement.
The post holder will use highly developed specialist knowledge and experience of complex medical staffing terms and conditions and national policy/best practice to lead workforce strategies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Defining and implementing internal and external recruitment initiatives and processes, managing the significant change needed in the organisation to land and embed change.
You will act as an advocate for an open, fair and transparent approach to recruitment, resourcing and accommodation allocations ensuring that the Trust always meets best practice standards.
Responsible for supporting the development and implementation of key EDI initiatives relating to recruitment and for monitoring their effectiveness across the organisation.
Developing services and deliver innovative initiatives to standardise and drive inclusive recruitment practices across all Directorates.
Leading by example, to create a culture of inclusion, compliance, efficiency, value demonstration, and continuous improvement approach within team
Ensuring recruitment delivery is compliant with Trust values, policies, legislation and NHS Employers Standards across OUH, whilst driving innovative and future focused approaches to strategic talent acquisition.
Working in conjunction with Divisional colleagues look to ensure that OUH are attracting candidates from the communities that we serve
Having an excellent understanding of current and future talent requirements internally, providing high quality external market insight through a combination of networking, research and knowledge sharing, to create impactful data driven change
The post holder will ensure that doctors, managers and medical leaders have access to high quality medical HR services and that customer experience, innovation and improvement is a core component of their work.
Work in partnership with senior medical leaders to drive the medical workforce agenda across the Trust, acting as the medical lead on workforce related projects.
Generate regular, detailed reports for senior management, offering insightful analysis, highlighting achievements, addressing challenges, and presenting recommendations for ongoing improvement.
The post holder will use highly developed specialist knowledge and experience of complex medical staffing terms and conditions and national policy/best practice to lead workforce strategies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent work experience.
- Level 7 CIPD or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of employment law, Immigration processes and regulations, and Disclosure and Barring checks as they apply to the NHS recruitment process
- Manage with a high level of pressure on time and resources
- Previous experience of providing complex specialist employment advice.
- Is aware of developments within the NHS and can understand the potential impact on services
Skills
Essential
- Computer literate with experience of working with the Microsoft Office package
- Demonstrates commitment to maintaining and delivering excellent customer service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent work experience.
- Level 7 CIPD or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of employment law, Immigration processes and regulations, and Disclosure and Barring checks as they apply to the NHS recruitment process
- Manage with a high level of pressure on time and resources
- Previous experience of providing complex specialist employment advice.
- Is aware of developments within the NHS and can understand the potential impact on services
Skills
Essential
- Computer literate with experience of working with the Microsoft Office package
- Demonstrates commitment to maintaining and delivering excellent customer service.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
