Job summary
Recruitment Project Lead - 6 Month fixed term contract / Secondment (Band 6 subject to experience, possible Band 5 development role)
Are you a Recruitment professional looking for an exciting new challenge?
The Recruitment team at The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT are looking for a Recruitment Project Lead for a 6-month fixed term period (until December 2024); The project will see the successful candidate oversee the end-to-end recruitment process for the roll out of the CDC recruitment project; recruiting approx. 67 WTE of new staff to support the running of the Trust Community Diagnostic Centre.
Main duties of the job
Please ensure you refer to the Job description for a full overview of the role;
- Supporting project team leads to develop and manage a recruitment plan for the CDC roles against service needs.
- Design campaigns to target individual hard-to-fill/specialist/skills shortage roles. This will include attractive advert wording, identifying innovative ways to connect with potential candidates, social media campaigns.
- Develop an understanding of the CDC and services to support targeted recruitment.
- Managing and report progress of pipeline and vacancies against plan and cost centres
- Work closely with service leads and responding to changes to project timescales as required.
- Act independently to manage the provision of high-quality advice and support to managers that adheres to best practice and promotes the effective delivery of recruitment policies and procedures.
- Establish, develop, and maintain excellent communication and working relationships at all levels with the Trust and with wider stakeholders and partners.
- Manage workload effectively within an often-pressurised environment and ensure all deadlines are met despite competing and challenging deadlines. There will be a frequent requirement for concentration coupled with an unpredictable work pattern that will be subject to regular interruptions and queries that may require a change of direction and workload to meet new or conflicting priorities.
About us
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are.
ServiceWe will put our patients first
TeamworkWe will work together
AmbitionWe will aspire to provide the best service
RespectWe will act with integrity
Job description
Job responsibilities
Some of the skills/experience youll need:
- Management experience ideally in a recruitment setting
- Great stakeholder management youll be working with many stakeholders at different levels, inside and outside the Trust.
- Problem solving you will need to be able to identify and understand a problem and then come up with solutions. Often times will involve you working with stakeholders and the resources youve got to both understand and resolve the problem, so you need to be tenacious in your approach.
- Organisation for the project will involve several work streams that will run in parallel, meaning you will need to be very organised to keep things on track.
- Reporting will be needed regularly to report on where the project is at and ensure the recruitment is on track for completion.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Some of the skills/experience youll need:
- Management experience ideally in a recruitment setting
- Great stakeholder management youll be working with many stakeholders at different levels, inside and outside the Trust.
- Problem solving you will need to be able to identify and understand a problem and then come up with solutions. Often times will involve you working with stakeholders and the resources youve got to both understand and resolve the problem, so you need to be tenacious in your approach.
- Organisation for the project will involve several work streams that will run in parallel, meaning you will need to be very organised to keep things on track.
- Reporting will be needed regularly to report on where the project is at and ensure the recruitment is on track for completion.
Person Specification
Education / Qualification / Training
Essential
- oEducated to degree level or equivalent
- oFurther post graduate diploma level qualification or equivalent level of experience and training.
Desirable
- oMembership of the CIPD.
- oParticipation in regular local NAMPS meetings.
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant experience of working within a busy Recruitment / HR department.
- oExperience of providing recruitment advice to managers and candidates.
- oExperience of managing a team.
Desirable
- oExperience in an NHS or public sector environment.
- oAbility to use NHS recruitment tools such as NHS Jobs and TRAC.
- oAbility to use ESR.
- oMedical Workforce knowledge acquired through relevant training and experience including an in depth knowledge of Medical recruitment
Knowledge / Skills
Essential
- oAbility to research and write clear and concise reports. oAbility to work without supervision. oStrong IT skills, proficient in MS Office packages. oAbility to undertake challenging conversations. oStrong negotiation and influencing skills. oGood organisational skills and the ability to delegate when required.
- oOrganised and focused, with the ability to assess, prioritise and organise own workload and that of the team. oAbility to build relationships within the team, the division and the wider Trust. oAbility to work under pressure and to manage conflicting deadlines. oFlexible approach to problem solving and change. oExcellent interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to summarise information, sensibly discuss key issues and make logical arguments and recommendations. oAbility to problem solve by thinking critically around problems, identify key issues and propose solutions/options.
- oKnowledge of employment law relating to recruitment.
Desirable
- oKnowledge of Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions. oKnowledge of relevant employment legislation.
Other Job-Related Requirements
Essential
- oOccasional exposure to distressing circumstances e.g. during team management or discussing issues with unsuccessful candidates. oOccasional travel to other sites within the Trust. oOccasional travel to recruitment events oExtensive VDU usage. oWilling to work in other areas of the Trust or Trust-wide as and when required to do so.
Person Specification
Education / Qualification / Training
Essential
- oEducated to degree level or equivalent
- oFurther post graduate diploma level qualification or equivalent level of experience and training.
Desirable
- oMembership of the CIPD.
- oParticipation in regular local NAMPS meetings.
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant experience of working within a busy Recruitment / HR department.
- oExperience of providing recruitment advice to managers and candidates.
- oExperience of managing a team.
Desirable
- oExperience in an NHS or public sector environment.
- oAbility to use NHS recruitment tools such as NHS Jobs and TRAC.
- oAbility to use ESR.
- oMedical Workforce knowledge acquired through relevant training and experience including an in depth knowledge of Medical recruitment
Knowledge / Skills
Essential
- oAbility to research and write clear and concise reports. oAbility to work without supervision. oStrong IT skills, proficient in MS Office packages. oAbility to undertake challenging conversations. oStrong negotiation and influencing skills. oGood organisational skills and the ability to delegate when required.
- oOrganised and focused, with the ability to assess, prioritise and organise own workload and that of the team. oAbility to build relationships within the team, the division and the wider Trust. oAbility to work under pressure and to manage conflicting deadlines. oFlexible approach to problem solving and change. oExcellent interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to summarise information, sensibly discuss key issues and make logical arguments and recommendations. oAbility to problem solve by thinking critically around problems, identify key issues and propose solutions/options.
- oKnowledge of employment law relating to recruitment.
Desirable
- oKnowledge of Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions. oKnowledge of relevant employment legislation.
Other Job-Related Requirements
Essential
- oOccasional exposure to distressing circumstances e.g. during team management or discussing issues with unsuccessful candidates. oOccasional travel to other sites within the Trust. oOccasional travel to recruitment events oExtensive VDU usage. oWilling to work in other areas of the Trust or Trust-wide as and when required to do so.
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
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).
