About the role
This exciting opportunity will see you supporting Children’s Services with their recruitment requirements. The aim is to work solely in partnership with the Directorate to fully understand their recruitment needs and recommend the best solution.
You’ll work with hiring managers to suggest the most cost effective resourcing and selection methods, writing engaging recruitment adverts and optimising social media channels, tracking the success of different media sources, ensuring this is continuously aligned to the services vision and strategy.
In addition to direct recruitment sourcing, there will be an element of the role that will support the management of the agency workforce requirement within the service as part of the agreed framework.
A key focus of the role will be to promote good practice resourcing across the organisation including facilitating workshops with hiring managers and ensuring adherence to relevant policies and processes.
About you
Highly experienced and knowledgeable in best practice resourcing and selection, you will understand the challenge of recruiting in a public sector/local government organisation.
You will have a proven track record in direct to market recruitment, including writing job board advertisements and social media database searches.
A team player, you’ll be able to build relationships at all levels and effectively challenge current thinking.
This is a fantastic opportunity to make your mark in a challenging role, allowing you to bring your best practice resourcing expertise to an organisation that really makes a difference to the lives of the residents of Swindon.
Your next package
Please see our Rewards and Benefits offer for more details.
For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you will be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon by 2030 together. And you will be proud to say it was made better with you.
Your next steps
Read the role profile and to apply please send your CV and cover letter to [email protected] outlining your skills and experience.
Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.
For further information about the role please contact Luke McDonald, Recruitment Manager [email protected]