Resourcing Consultant

Job summary

The Resourcing Consultant role sits within the Strategic Resourcing Team (SR), focusing on delivering people-centred outcomes that enable the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) and the Analysis Function to develop and deliver statistics for the public good.

The Strategic Resourcing team is part of the People and PlacesDirectorate (PPD), which provides key organisational support including HR Business Partnering, Organisational Development and Design, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing, People Capability, and Property Services.

The purpose of People and Places Division (PPD) is to enable the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to deliver their business strategy by putting the People and Places Division the forefront of implementing industry-leading, game-changing people practices.

Job description

You will lead the proactive delivery of high-quality, tailored resourcing services, enabling hiring managers to meet their recruitment needs efficiently and successfully at the first attempt. This includes supporting internal and external recruitment as well as wider people services.

You will play a key role in the Strategic Resourcing service, continuously improving practices to ensure a user-focused approach. You will ensure all activity aligns with Civil Service and ONS frameworks, standards, and policies.

As a subject matter expert, you will stay up to date with best practice and emerging trends in resourcing, applying this knowledge to enhance processes and sharing expertise across teams.

Due to the nature of the role, part-time hours can be accommodated, however, these hours will need to be spread across at least four working days.

Key Responsibilities

To include but not limited to:

• Responsible for ensuring all work complies with Civil Service rules and the latest ONS policies/procedures.
• Responsible for providing a pro-active and innovative responses to resourcing or people operation requests/requirements.
• Accountable for owning, managing, and effectively delivering resourcing requirements, cases and projects as/when assigned (please see further details in the table below relating to key responsibilities by teams within the service).
• Responsible for horizon scanning and keeping abreast of the latest resourcing trends/constraints both internally and externally e.g. UK labour market.
• Variety of administrative tasks to maintain service delivery, including communications with internal and external stakeholders.
• Working flexibly across all Strategic Resourcing teams to support where needed.
• Responsible for ensuring the Strategic Resourcing service runs in a consistent and effective manner, with the customer (internal/external) at the heart of the service.
• Support with the development of the evolving Strategic Resourcing strategy.
• Responsible for the successful delivery of project work when assigned.
• Responsible for supporting outreach work and other equivalent initiatives.
• Responsible for providing Management Information (MI) and reporting to senior SR colleagues in order to shape priorities and resource management, including ad-hoc requests.
• Responsible for the production of briefing papers that cover the scope of this role.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

• Proven experience in leading and delivering end-to-end recruitment campaigns, whilst ensuring a user-centred and high-quality service.
• Able to demonstrate resilience and adaptability, effectively managing competing priorities and delivering high-quality outcomes at pace within a dynamic and evolving environment.
• Understanding of the HR and business landscape, with the ability to balance organisational needs, interpret workforce data, and develop pragmatic resourcing and workforce planning solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written) with a proven record of establishing, building, and maintaining strong, collaborative and productive relationships across functional and organisational boundaries.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to plan and prioritise multiple activities, respond decisively to challenges, and deliver results to tight deadlines.
• Ability to lead a team, taking responsibility and accountability for developing recruitment skills and delivering successful recruitment campaigns.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Changing and Improving
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,587, Office for National Statistics contributes £10,019 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

The Office for National Statistics is part of the Civil Service, and as such we share a number of key benefits with other departments, whilst also having our own unique offerings to support our valued colleagues across the organisation.

Whether you are hearing about us for the first time or already know a bit about our organisation, we hope that our careers site will give you a great insight into the benefits and facilities available to our colleagues, and our fantastic working culture.

Inclusion & Accessibility

At ONS we are always looking to attract the very best people from the widest possible talent pool, and we are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunities employer. As a Disability Confident Leader we’re committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.

As part of our application process, you will be prompted to provide details of any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process that you need. If you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments before applying, please contact the recruitment team in the first instance.

If you would like an accessible version of any of the attachments or recruitment documents below or linked to in this advert, please contact the recruitment team who will be happy to assist.

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

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Security Clearance

For ONS the requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for 3 consecutive years immediately prior to applying and the department will consider eligibility by exception on a case-by-case basis. You will be asked to provide information regarding your UK residency during your application, and failure to provide this will result in your application being rejected.

If you are unsure that you meet the eligibility above, please read the information available on Gov.uk on this link, or contact the recruitment email on the advert before applying to discuss, as failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected and any offer of employment being withdrawn.

At the point of SC application, you will need to provide or give access to the following evidence:

• Departmental or company records (personnel files, staff reports, sick leave reports and security records)

• UK criminal records covering both spent and unspent criminal records

• Your credit and financial history with a credit reference agency

• Security Services records

Application Process

Number of Stages:

Stage 1: Application (2 steps)

Stage 2: Interview (1 steps)

Stage 1 – Application (2 steps):

Application Step 1: Online Civil Service Judgement Test.

Upon submission of Part 1 of your application form you will be sent an invitation to complete an online Civil Service Judgement test. There will be full instructions on how to complete the test including an opportunity to practice before undertaking the actual test. The test is not time limited. If you fail the test your application will not proceed to the next stage.

Application Step 2: Submission of Job History and Personal Statement.

If you pass the online judgement test for this vacancy, you will be invited to complete the final step of your application, this is where you will be required to provide information such as your work history and personal statement.

For your personal statement you are required to provide evidence for each essential skill criterion listed in the person specification. As these criteria are scored, it is advisable to give clear examples for each one, including the impact of your actions, ideally utilising the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action, Result).

The maximum wordcount allowed is 1250, which should not be exceeded.

Please note that Success Profiles Behaviour examples are not required at this stage of the application process.

In cases where there is a high number of applications the sift pass mark may be adjusted and candidates will be invited to interview in merit order, i.e. those scoring the highest.

Stage 2 – Interview

If invited to interview, you will be assessed using techniques aligned with the Civil Service Success Profiles framework, covering all behaviours listed in the job advert and any required technical skills.

Interviews may be in person or via Microsoft Teams.

A reserve list may be held for a period up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made.

Important Dates:

The Sift will be conducted from the 4th June 2026

Interviews will be conducted from 22nd June 2026

Dates are subject to change.

For the full terms and conditions of the post, please see attachment.

Please note that all campaigns may be subject to withdrawal at any stage if the internal resource position changes.

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).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

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).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.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

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 : Tammy Hale
• Email : tammy.hale@ons.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : Recruitmentoperations@ons.gov.uk

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact recruitment.complaints@ons.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission

Attachments

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