Description
The Government Legal Department is seeking an organised, customer-focused, and adaptable Resourcing Officer to join its Resourcing Operations team. The successful candidate will contribute to delivering a high-quality recruitment service that attracts and retains talent for the department.
The Resourcing Team has four core functions: SCS Resourcing, Attraction and Recruitment, Resourcing Operations, and Resourcing Performance. The Resourcing Officer will play a key role in delivering an effective recruitment and onboarding service, managing a varied workload, supporting candidates and stakeholders, and ensuring recruitment and onboarding activity is completed accurately and efficiently.
Key responsibilities:
- Support candidates through the onboarding journey, providing clear and timely information and responding to queries professionally.
- Manage competing priorities in a fast-paced operational environment, taking ownership of workload while ensuring recruitment activity progresses accurately and within agreed timescales.
- Initiate and monitor enhanced security checks for new starters.
- Coordinate pre-employment checks, including BPSS, right-to-work, and in-person identity checks.
- Prepare, maintain, and update recruitment, onboarding, and employee records, ensuring GDPR compliance.
- Prepare and process employment documentation, including offer and appointment documentation.
- Use recruitment, HR, and case-management systems to manage activity, maintain accurate records, and monitor outstanding actions.
- Manage recruitment and onboarding queries through shared mailboxes and case-management channels.
- Build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Apply recruitment policies, processes, and guidance consistently, using judgement to identify appropriate solutions.
- Contribute to continuous improvement within the Resourcing team.
The ideal candidate will have experience of delivering a high-quality, customer-focused service within a busy recruitment team, using a range of systems and applications, and strong organisational skills. They will also have strong written and verbal communication skills and experience of applying policies, processes, and guidance to resolve operational issues.