Help us attract the talent that will shape the future of Norwich City Council.
We're investing in the future of our workforce and are looking for a Recruitment Lead to drive recruitment and attraction across the organisation.
As part of our redesigned People Services operating model, this newly created role offers an exciting opportunity to influence how we attract, recruit and retain talent. You'll help create an outstanding candidate experience, support managers to recruit successfully and ensure the Council remains competitive in an increasingly challenging labour market.
Working closely with managers and stakeholders, you'll lead recruitment activity, drive continuous improvement and help build the workforce we need for the future.
- lead recruitment activity;
- support workforce attraction;
- improve candidate experience;
- advise managers on recruitment best practice;
- oversee onboarding and compliance;
- identify opportunities to improve recruitment outcomes.
This is an exciting time to join Norwich City Council. We're creating a modern, forward-thinking People Service that will play a key role in supporting the organisation through change and transformation. You'll join a supportive and ambitious team, have opportunities to develop your skills and experience, and help shape how People Services are delivered for the future, contributing to one of the most significant periods of change in local government.
Location
Norwich City Hall / Hybrid
Salary band
£36,363 - £39,152 (pro-rata, per annum)
As Recruitment Lead, you will provide professional recruitment expertise to managers and lead the delivery of an efficient, effective and customer-focused recruitment service. You'll oversee end-to-end recruitment activity, ensuring vacancies are filled successfully and in line with employment legislation, safer recruitment requirements and council policies.
Working closely with managers and stakeholders across the organisation, you will support workforce planning, employer branding and talent attraction initiatives, while continuously improving recruitment processes, systems and candidate experience. You'll also contribute to the development of a modern and forward-thinking People Service that supports the council's long-term workforce ambitions.
This is an exciting time to join Norwich City Council as we continue to modernise our People Service and support the organisation through significant change, transformation and Local Government Reorganisation.
- Lead and coordinate end-to-end recruitment activity across the council.
- Provide specialist recruitment advice and guidance to managers.
- Support attraction campaigns, employer branding initiatives and recruitment marketing activity.
- Work with managers to understand current and future workforce requirements.
- Ensure recruitment processes comply with employment legislation, safer recruitment requirements and council policies.
- Manage and oversee pre-employment checks, including references, Right to Work, DBS and qualification checks.
- Act as the council's subject matter expert on recruitment and candidate attraction.
- Monitor recruitment performance and produce reports, metrics and analysis.
- Identify recruitment challenges and workforce risks, making recommendations to improve attraction, recruitment and retention outcomes.
- Develop and improve recruitment processes, systems and guidance to enhance efficiency and candidate experience.
- Support apprenticeship, graduate, work experience and early careers recruitment activity.
- Build effective relationships with recruitment suppliers, external partners and stakeholders.
- Experience managing end-to-end recruitment and selection processes.
- Experience providing recruitment advice and guidance to managers.
- Knowledge of recruitment, resourcing, talent acquisition and candidate attraction best practice.
- Experience working with recruitment systems, applicant tracking systems or HR systems.
- Ability to manage multiple recruitment campaigns and competing priorities.
- Strong communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to build effective relationships with managers, candidates and external partners.
- Experience managing recruitment compliance activities, including Right to Work, visa and DBS requirements.
- Ability to analyse recruitment data and identify trends, risks and opportunities.
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to improve processes, systems and ways of working.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and recruitment or HR systems.
- Level 5 CIPD Associate Diploma in People Management, an equivalent qualification, or equivalent experience in recruitment, talent acquisition, resourcing or workforce planning.
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal development.
Our council is full of people who have chosen to work in local government because they want to help others and make a difference to their lives or the environment in which local people live.
To find out more about working and living in Norwich Home | Work in Norwich.
The council has a long and proud history of being a council that is keen to push the boundaries of what a district can achieve, to find out more about what it is like to work in local government visit Working in local government - #LocalGov Careers - Youth Employment UK
We offer our employees a competitive pay and benefits package. Whether you’re looking for a new career, promotion, flexible working opportunity to fit with your home life or a sideways move – we have a variety of challenging employment opportunities for everybody.
Norwich City Council offers the opportunity to work with great people who are passionate about promoting Norwich and the services the council provides. We also offer good career prospects with competitive rates of pay, generous holidays and working arrangements to suit all lifestyles.
The council is committed to a policy of equality opportunity in employment, in recruitment and the services we provide. Applications are considered on the basis of their suitability for the post regardless of sex, gender reassignment, race, ethnic origin, disability, age, marital status, domestic responsibilities, sexual orientation or religious affiliation. People with disabilities are guaranteed an interview provided they are suitably qualified and/or experienced.
Candidates will be considered for shortlisting on the factual information on their application form. Therefore it is important to give as much detail as possible including information about experience gained outside employment.
We offer our employees a competitive pay and benefits package and are proud to have the Living Wage accreditation. Whether you’re looking for a new career, promotion, flexible working opportunity to fit with your home life or a sideways move – we have a variety of challenging employment opportunities for everybody.
- All employees are eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Paid holiday entitlement starts at 26 days per annum and increases with length of service to a maximum of 33 days per annum. This is pro rata for part-time employees
- In addition to the statutory public holidays, we grant an additional statutory day leave at Christmas
- Norwich City Council supports its employees through the provision of occupational health and employee assistance support
