Strategic Recruitment Lead

Central London Community Health Trust

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Job summary

An exciting 12 month's opportunity has risen in the People Division for a Band 8a Strategic Resourcing Lead.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Recruitment and Resourcing professional to lead and inspire a small recruitment team managing the entire recruitment function.

The successful candidate would benefit from extensive experience in managing high volume recruitment campaigns and also demonstrate a successful track record in achieving demanding targets and meeting service level agreements in complex environments.

This is a busy and varied leadership role that offers the opportunity to have a real impact on the performance of our Trust and ultimately the care we provide.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead a Recruitment team to deliver transactional HR services ensuring that the service is customer focussed, efficient and professional.

The post holder will also support the team to develop and deliver creative recruitment strategies within candidate shortage markets, while addressing improvements in our employment journey, employer brand and recruitment and selection processes.

Whilst there are some specific areas of focus for the successful candidate, there is an opportunity for the right candidate to help support our current transformation journey as we look to enhance the recruitment offer being provided.

About us

Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

  • A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
  • Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
  • Flexible working options
  • Annual travel card loan
  • Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Date posted

16 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£61,927 to £68,676 a year p.a inc HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

824-CORP-6827539-A

Job locations

Milne House

1 Norfolk Square

Paddington, London

W2 1RU


Job description

Job responsibilities

Our people are at the heart of what we do and fundamental to our success. This role will lead the capacity and capability strand of our people strategy to ensure the Trust has the right people in the right roles delivering the right impact.The post-holder will be the strategic lead for the Recruitment Team, within the Trust, shaping and determining the direction and delivery of a comprehensive service delivery to support the Trust in meeting key strategic and operational workforce objectives. They will be expected to successfully operationalise strategy and policy, leading the Recruitment Team in the delivery of efficient, legally compliant, timely, accurate, consistent and proactive Recruitment service to support the Trusts key HR metrics and performance indicators.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full list of responsibilities

Job description

Job responsibilities

Our people are at the heart of what we do and fundamental to our success. This role will lead the capacity and capability strand of our people strategy to ensure the Trust has the right people in the right roles delivering the right impact.The post-holder will be the strategic lead for the Recruitment Team, within the Trust, shaping and determining the direction and delivery of a comprehensive service delivery to support the Trust in meeting key strategic and operational workforce objectives. They will be expected to successfully operationalise strategy and policy, leading the Recruitment Team in the delivery of efficient, legally compliant, timely, accurate, consistent and proactive Recruitment service to support the Trusts key HR metrics and performance indicators.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full list of responsibilities

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification

Essential

  • Educated to Degree or equivalent medical staffing knowledge / work-based experience.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

Essential

  • Significant recent operational management experience and skills, sufficient to lead and motivate a team, demonstrating evidence of driving a performance culture by providing direction, enabling others to perform, and holding to account for performance
  • Significant current/recent experience of recruitment processes, legislation, governance, and controls
  • Experience of policy review and development
  • Experience in process reviews and managing and delivering improvement change programmes
  • Demonstrable experience of Business Planning and Service Redesign
  • Extensive experience of formalised workforce planning, key workforce information and delivery
  • Experience of providing people management services to a wide range of staff from different professional and occupational backgrounds
  • Significant experience of building, maintaining and utilising successful partnerships across a range of stakeholders to influence and drive change
  • Previous experience in implementation of HR strategy, change management, and measurement of performance against KPIs
  • Successful development of stakeholder and communication strategies

Desirable

  • Experience of working in an operational management role in the NHS
  • Previous exposure to NHS and performance management
  • Expertise and in-depth knowledge (or the aptitude to quickly acquire this) of the medical workforce agenda in the NHS, how this supports service provision, performance and improvement
Person Specification

Education/ Qualification

Essential

  • Educated to Degree or equivalent medical staffing knowledge / work-based experience.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

Essential

  • Significant recent operational management experience and skills, sufficient to lead and motivate a team, demonstrating evidence of driving a performance culture by providing direction, enabling others to perform, and holding to account for performance
  • Significant current/recent experience of recruitment processes, legislation, governance, and controls
  • Experience of policy review and development
  • Experience in process reviews and managing and delivering improvement change programmes
  • Demonstrable experience of Business Planning and Service Redesign
  • Extensive experience of formalised workforce planning, key workforce information and delivery
  • Experience of providing people management services to a wide range of staff from different professional and occupational backgrounds
  • Significant experience of building, maintaining and utilising successful partnerships across a range of stakeholders to influence and drive change
  • Previous experience in implementation of HR strategy, change management, and measurement of performance against KPIs
  • Successful development of stakeholder and communication strategies

Desirable

  • Experience of working in an operational management role in the NHS
  • Previous exposure to NHS and performance management
  • Expertise and in-depth knowledge (or the aptitude to quickly acquire this) of the medical workforce agenda in the NHS, how this supports service provision, performance and improvement

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

Milne House

1 Norfolk Square

Paddington, London

W2 1RU


Employer's website

https://clch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

Milne House

1 Norfolk Square

Paddington, London

W2 1RU


Employer's website

https://clch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Head of HR Operations

Stella Pafford

stella.pafford@nhs.net

07500552583

Date posted

16 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£61,927 to £68,676 a year p.a inc HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

824-CORP-6827539-A

Job locations

Milne House

1 Norfolk Square

Paddington, London

W2 1RU


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