Supporting the business and our divisional offices, our Head Office functions cover all departments from our Executive Board through to our support functions such as Group Design and Technical, HR, Health and Safety, IT, Sales and Marketing, Commercial, Procurement, Group Finance, Corporate Affairs, as well as Legal and Company Secretariat. We also have a specialised function – Barratt Partnerships.
While the work varies from team to team, our key requirements don’t: you must be well organised, extremely helpful and resourceful, and able to use your initiative. You’ll understand that what you do is important, and impacts on your team, the department, and the wider business.
Reporting to the Group Resourcing Manager, you will partner with Hiring Managers, Senior HRBP’s and Business Leaders to understand current and future workforce requirements, developing recruitment strategies that attract, engage and secure high quality talent.
You will:
- Responsible for delivering recruitment across designated business areas and/or regions, ensuring current and future talent requirements are met through effective workforce planning, attraction and hiring strategies.
- Develop credible and trusted relationships with hiring managers and business leaders, acting as a strategic recruitment advisor who provides expert recruitment guidance, market insight and workforce solutions that support business objectives.
- Develop and implement resourcing plans that meet both current and future organisational needs, attracting talent and fulfilling critical resource requirements.
- Deliver end-to-end recruitment activity, ensuring an excellent candidate and hiring manager experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
- Utilise proactive sourcing techniques, social media, networking and talent mapping approaches to identify, engage and attract high-quality talent.
- Build and maintain talent pipelines for key and hard-to-fill roles, reducing future hiring risk and supporting workforce planning initiatives.
- Coach and support hiring managers throughout the recruitment process, ensuring adherence to recruitment best practice, company policy and employment legislation.
- Provide day-to-day guidance and prioritisation of recruitment activity for the Resourcer, ensuring resources are focused effectively to support hiring demands and deliver a high-quality recruitment service.
- Provide external labour market insight and recruitment intelligence to inform hiring decisions and support workforce planning activities.
- Develop and maintain recruitment processes, continually reviewing and improving recruitment methods, candidate attraction approaches and recruitment materials.
- Work collaboratively with HR Shared Services and hiring managers to ensure recruitment activity is completed in line with company policy and legislative requirements.
- Take accountability for delivering agreed recruitment KPIs and service standards, whilst continually seeking opportunities to improve hiring outcomes, stakeholder satisfaction and candidate experience.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with external recruitment partners, job boards and attraction suppliers, ensuring they support the delivery of recruitment objectives and provide a high-quality service.
- Actively support employer branding and attraction initiatives, promoting the organisation as an employer of choice.
- Continually review and optimise the Applicant Tracking System (ATS), ensuring workflows, templates, reporting and processes remain effective and aligned to business requirements.
- Contribute to recruitment projects and initiatives that improve recruitment effectiveness, candidate experience and stakeholder engagement.
To be successful in the role, we are looking for:
Essential
- Significant experience delivering end-to-end recruitment within an in-house recruitment or resourcing environment.
- Demonstrable experience building strong relationships with stakeholders and influencing hiring decisions at multiple levels.
- Strong understanding of workforce planning, recruitment strategy and attraction methodologies.
- Working knowledge of UK employment legislation and its application within recruitment processes.
- Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems and recruitment technologies.
- Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and relationship-building skills.
- Role models our company values
- Strong verbal, written and presentation skills.
- Effective project management and recruitment campaign management capability.
- Ability to analyse recruitment data and use insights to inform decision-making and improve outcomes.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Role models company values and behaviours.
Desirable
- Experience utilising social media, talent mapping and proactive sourcing techniques to build talent pipelines.
- Understanding of diversity, equity and inclusion and how this supports effective recruitment outcomes.
- Experience supporting employer branding and attraction initiatives.
- Awareness of labour market trends and their impact on recruitment strategies.
- Proactive and curious mindset with a continuous improvement focus.
- Demonstrates balanced decision-making and sound judgement.
- Takes accountability for personal and professional development.
We’ve been nationally recognised as a 5 star housebuilder since 2010 for supplying high-quality homes for all generations. That’s more than any other major housebuilder. It’s because we combine the brightest minds, the latest technology, and a genuine commitment to putting customers first. We want the best people in the industry to help us shape the future of building. We have tailored opportunities for apprentices, graduates, experienced professionals and ex-Armed Forces personnel to come and help us stay one step ahead, and build the homes that Britain needs.
Barratt adopts a hybrid way of working which assumes that where roles allow, our office-based colleagues divide their time between working in the office, on our construction sites and sales offices, and working from home, as the role dictates. We recognise the many benefits that an effective hybrid working culture brings to both the Company and our colleagues.
We are building an organisation where anyone with drive and talent can pursue the career they want. We are building a culture where anyone, regardless of gender, race, age, sexuality, disability, background or any other characteristic, can progress and be proud to work for us.
As part of working for Barratt Redrow PLC and specifically for this role we offer:
- Competitive Salary
- Competitive Bonus Scheme
- Private Medical Cover - Single Cover
- Annual Medical Health Assessment
- 26 days’ holiday (increase by 1 day for every 3 years’ continuous service up to 29 days)
- Choice of Flexible Benefits
- Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
