Job description
Contract Terms
Grade: SO1
Salary: £37,068 – £38,058 per annum
Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent (36 Hours per week)
Closing Date: Sunday 17th November 2024
Interview Date: Week commencing 25th November 2024
About Haringey
Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We'll be celebrating all this and more as the "rebel borough" when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey's people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.
About the Role
The Recruitment Officer at Haringey Council plays a critical role in delivering a professional and customer-focused recruitment and retention service. This role involves ensuring that recruitment practices are of high quality, fully aligned with the council's equal opportunity policies, and tailored to meet the specific needs of the council's network of schools. Key responsibilities include managing the entire recruitment process, from drafting and placing advertisements to advising on appropriate media channels for job postings. Additionally, the officer provides high-quality HR support services, ensuring that all deliverables meet or exceed service level agreements. Addressing customer queries efficiently and with a focus on first-time resolution is central to this role, as is the ability to engage with colleagues and managers to resolve complex issues.
In addition to recruitment, the role requires a strong focus on compliance, ensuring all hiring processes adhere to regulatory and council standards. This includes maintaining accurate records within HR systems, such as SAP, and supporting self-service platforms like Employee Self Service (ESS) and Manager Self Service (MSS). The Recruitment Officer also proactively contributes to improvements in recruitment practices, offering guidance on policy updates and process enhancements to support compliance standards. By providing reliable cover within the team as needed, this position ensures that the recruitment function operates smoothly and continues to uphold the council's commitment to a fair and efficient hiring process.
About You
This role requires a solid foundation in HR, particularly in employee screening, compliance, and right-to-work checks, as well as recruitment and onboarding in the Schools HR Team. Essential skills include strong teamwork, excellent customer service (including face-to-face interactions), and effective communication both verbally and in writing. The successful candidate must be adaptable, able to manage a fast-paced environment, and committed to delivering a high standard of service.
Desirable qualifications and experience include HR operations or HR shared service experience, knowledge of UK regulatory requirements, CIPD membership, and familiarity with compliance software and other HR platforms. Additionally, experience with digital transformation to streamline HR processes is a plus. This combination of skills, qualifications, and experience will enable the candidate to contribute effectively to a high-performing Schools HR team.
Working for Haringey
At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.
Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.
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