We are looking for an experienced HR professional with a focus on people to lead recruitment and talent activities. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

About the Team

The Government Economic and Social Research Team (GESR) is a friendly and dynamic team who support the Government Social Research (GSR) and Government Economic Service (GES) cross government professions.

We work to ensure that social researchers and economists have all the tools needed to produce the best analysis and evidence for policy makers in support of the entire range of UK Government and public service activities. We also work with external organisations as partners on things that matter like improving the use of evidence in policy making and growing diversity in recruitment.

The team is organised into a Strategy and an Operations team, who together deliver all the policies and commitments in the GSR and GES Strategies, working very closely with senior leaders. It is a high-profile team across both professions with extensive opportunities for leadership and professional development.

Diversity and inclusion of people and ideas is at the heart of all we do, and you must also be committed to role modelling the positive and inclusive behaviour we expect of our membership.

About the Job

• Plan and manage delivery of the end-to-end process for all centralised GES and GSR recruitment schemes to provide timely and high-quality resources to fill upwards of 500 vacancies a year across 40 departments, agencies and Arm’s Length Bodies.
• Manage GESR recruitment systems, ensuring processes are working effectively for end users, the recruitment team are appropriately trained, and end user guidance and standard operating procedures are up to date.
• Support the Head of GES Resourcing, covering core duties during leave periods and provide support to the Recruitment Campaign Managers, problem solving or highlighting issues as the need arises.
• Manage and maintain detailed recruitment project plans, monitor performance against critical metrics and agreed standards.
• Develop and coach the team of two recruitment campaign managers and one recruitment business support in sharing your knowledge and expertise, building capability and confidence, to ensure the effective delivery of day to day recruitment campaigns.

The above is an outline of some of the responsibilities within the role. For a full list of responsibilities, please follow the apply link.

About You

You will be a proactive, people focused HR professional to lead recruitment and talent activities across the Government Economic Service (GES) and Government Social Research (GSR) professions. This role sits within the GESR Operations team, a high-profile function supporting two of the Civil Service’s largest analytical professions.

You will manage end to end delivery of centralised recruitment schemes, oversee early career development programmes, and coordinate learning and development activities. You will ensure high quality, customer focused services that strengthen capability, support professional growth, and deliver the skilled workforce needed across over 40 departments, agencies and ALBs.

Some of the Benefits our people love!

• Generous Annual Leave - 25 days (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus public holidays and the King’s birthday.
• Outstanding Pension Scheme - Defined Benefit pension with employer contributions of 28%
• Parental Leave Packages - Including 6 months’ occupational pay for maternity/adoption, shared parental leave options.
• Flexible & Hybrid Working - Options include part-time, job-share, compressed hours, flexitime, and hybrid working (where business needs allow).
• Advance Schemes & Discounts - Rental deposit, cycle-to-work, SmartTech, season ticket loans, and access to HM Treasury’s benefits portal for a wide range of discount codes.

For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link.

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