Job Title: Recruitment Advisor
Grade: E (£27,694 - £29,540 per year)
Directorate: Corporate Management
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Fixed Term – 12 months
Location: Council House, Derby
We're looking for a talented Recruitment Advisor to join our friendly and supportive Recruitment Team based at the Council House in Derby City Centre on a 12-month fixed-term contract.
Our Recruitment Team plays a vital role in helping Derby City Council attract and appoint great people across the full range of services we offer. We provide end-to-end recruitment support to managers across the organisation, ensuring every stage of the recruitment journey delivers an excellent experience for both hiring managers and candidates.
As a Recruitment Advisor, you'll be joining an experienced team that will support your development and help you build expertise across all aspects of recruitment. You'll work with a wide variety of services, meaning no two days are the same; it could be senior appointments to our leadership teams, specialist roles in regulated services or high-volume campaigns in front-line teams.
Working for a local authority offers the opportunity to make a real difference by helping us recruit the talented people who deliver essential services to our communities.
If you have a passion for social value, strong customer service and administration skills, enjoy building relationships and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this could be the perfect next step in your career.
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to our residents, communities and businesses. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council. In addition to making a difference to the lives of residents and communities across the city, you’ll also receive:
- Flexible Work/Life Balance Scheme
- Hybrid Working opportunities
- Modern Office Environment
- Continued Professional Development Opportunities & Career Conversations
- 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Retail and Leisure Discounts and Rewards
- Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
- Cycle2Work Scheme & Free Cycle Training
- Childcare Vouchers
- Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
The Role
As Recruitment Advisor, here are some of key tasks you’ll be doing to doing to make an impact:
- Partnering with Recruiting Managers throughout the full recruitment cycle, from advising on sourcing options through to pre-employment checks
- Providing advice and guidance to managers on advertising campaigns and posting job adverts across a range of channels
- Conducting pre-employment checks including manual Right to Work checks, obtaining references, countersigning DBS applications and conducting statutory checks on both new starters and existing employees
- Producing and issuing employment letters and contracts
- Using the Council’s systems to raise invoices for sold services
- Upholding the highest confidentiality standards, through the recording and maintenance of sensitive candidate information and data
- Managing the team’s busy mailbox to handle internal and external queries and providing excellent customer service over the telephone
- Liaising with external partners such as schools and businesses purchasing services from the Council
About You
We're looking for someone who is organised, approachable and passionate about delivering excellent customer service. You'll enjoy building positive relationships, be confident managing a varied workload and take pride in providing a high-quality service.
To be successful in this role, you'll ideally have:
- Experience of working in a dedicated recruitment role
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills enabling you to build effective working relationships
- Strong time management skills with the ability to manage and prioritise a busy workload
- Good IT skills, including experience of using Microsoft 365 applications
- Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise competing demands and work accurately under pressure
- A proactive approach, with a willingness to learn and develop within a busy recruitment environment
To learn more about the essential and desirable skills, experience and qualifications required for this role, please read the attached Person Specification.
Next Steps
If you would like to apply for this vacancy via an application form, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Sunday 19th July 2026. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held: week commencing 20th July 2026.
If you would prefer to apply for this job using your CV, then please download the attached Declaration Form and send it with your CV to [email protected]. Without a completed declaration form, your application will not be accepted. We also encourage you to download the Equalities Form and return this to [email protected], however this is optional and will not affect your application.
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application, please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at [email protected]. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
