Recruitment Officer - fixed term contract

Job summary

We are currently recruiting for a Recruitment Officer to work on a hybrid basis, two/three days from our HQ in Coventry and the remainder working remotely from home, Monday to Friday.

This busy and challenging role is initially offered on a six-month contract and joins an experienced in-house recruitment team providing a proactive, end-to-end recruitment service, which includes offering support and guidance to hiring managers in line with policy.

We are looking for a confident and proactive recruitment professional with excellent communication skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, using an applicant tracking system to handle a high volume of vacancies.

A proven background in recruitment is essential to ensure we continue to provide a high level of service to both stakeholders and candidates.

About AHDB

We are the independent, impartial public body that unlocks success in British agriculture. Funded by a levy from over 100,000 British producers in the beef, lamb, pork, dairy and cereals sectors, we support and champion farmers, growers and processors, often where no one else can or will.

We share the expert, evidence-based research and reports that inform on-farm decision making. We promote British produce to the UK public through domestic marketing campaigns, and we identify and open new global export opportunities to help farm businesses grow.

We help levy payers learn more, sell more and export more to remain sustainable and profitable. Together, we deliver the insights, the influence and the impact that farmers need.

Job description

• Proactively manage high-volume vacancies from authorisation through to offer, using both an in-house HR system and applicant tracking system (ATS) to update and track progress
• Regularly liaise with candidates to support the recruitment journey and promote AHDB as an employer of choice
• Actively support internal hiring managers and provide advice and guidance on the recruitment process
• Write, process and advertise vacancies on a variety of job boards and monitor response, making suggestions to improve candidate attraction, and ensuring advertised salaries are correctly benchmarked
• Work with hiring managers to accurately shortlist candidates
• Organise relevant and timely interviews, liaising with the Lead Recruitment Business Partner for support in writing interview questions
• Raise offer authorisation in line with salary agreed and actively manage new starters through to onboarding
• Proactively manage all associated recruitment and employee paperwork against audit requirements, and ensure Right to Work documentation falls in line with Home Office guidelines
• Proactively identify and raise issues on vacancies, to include skill shortage, duplicate candidates and service levels
• Support in providing monthly management reports on key recruitment activities and spend

Person specification

• Previous experience in a fast-paced, in-house recruitment function, with a good understanding of internal recruitment processes
• Results driven and used to working with a high volume of vacancies, managing these through an ATS
• Able to build rapport quickly with both internal stakeholders and externally with candidates
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, confident in providing advice and support to hiring managers
• Proactive and positive team player
• Able to work independently as well as part of a wider team

Benefits

• 35 hours per week, Monday–Friday, to include hybrid working
• 33 days annual leave plus one privilege day (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Life assurance cover (4x salary)
• A market-leading defined contribution pension scheme with Legal & General
• Enhanced pay of 20 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, subject to length of service
• A paid day each year to volunteer and make a difference in your community
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
• Excellent training and development opportunities and an agreed development plan
• Recognition awards throughout the year
• Reward Gateway membership – this gives you a huge number of online discounts and savings

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

To apply, simply upload your CV and Cover Letter via our careers portal by clicking the ‘Apply’ button on this page. Our hiring managers will review your application, and we’ll be in touch with the outcome shortly after the closing date.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an initial interview via MS Teams. If successful, a second-stage face-to-face interview will be held at our HQ in Coventry, Warwickshire, following our competency-based framework.

Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a significant number of suitable applications.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : recruitment@ahdb.org.uk
• Email : recruitment@ahdb.org.uk
• Telephone : 02476 935722

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@ahdb.org.uk

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles of the Civil Service, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact the Head of HR via email: hr@ahdb.org.uk