Overview
Job summary
At the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), we're not just about producing world-class guidance - we're about creating a workplace where people feel empowered, supported, and inspired. Are you ready to lead innovative, inclusive, and high-impact recruitment strategies at the heart of a nationally influential organisation? We're looking for a dynamic Resourcing Lead to drive forward our resourcing function, lead a talented team, and deliver expert, user-focused solutions across recruitment, job evaluation, and advisory services. This is your chance to make a real difference in a fast-paced, values-driven environment where people are our greatest asset. If you're passionate about strategic resourcing, team leadership, and creating a brilliant candidate and manager experience - we want to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
* Empower and lead a high-performing Resourcing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and continuous development.
* Deliver impactful, end-to-end recruitment campaigns, including senior and national-level roles, ensuring excellence, compliance, and candidate experience.
* Design bold, evidence-based attraction strategies, tailored to hard-to-fill roles and aligned with NICE's values and workforce priorities.
* Champion inclusive and values-led recruitment, driving improvements in equality, diversity, and inclusion across all resourcing activity.
* Provide expert guidance to hiring managers, building capability and confidence through strategic advice, toolkits, and training.
* Lead the job evaluation process, ensuring fairness, transparency, and alignment with Agenda for Change principles and organisational structures.
* Deputise for the Head of Resourcing & Intelligence, representing the function internally and externally with credibility and influence.
* Streamline and modernise resourcing operations, identifying and implementing process improvements that enhance efficiency and user experience.
* Manage key contracts and relationships, including TRAC and interim recruitment providers, working closely with Procurement and Finance.
* Collaborate across the People Team, ensuring joined-up service delivery and contributing to wider HR projects and strategic workforce initiatives.
About us
As part of the People team and wider Facilities, Improvement & People Directorate, we've achieved:
* Elevated Engagement: We've soared to new heights, as the leading Directorate to become the top-performing team in the organisation.
* Driven Real Change: By embedding a Restorative, Just, and Learning Culture, we've made a tangible impact that's already transforming our workplace.
* Strengthened Union Partnerships: We've turned challenges into opportunities, fostering a spirit of collaboration and mutual respect.
* Championed Inclusivity: Our commitment to diversity and representation has led to measurable improvements, making our team more inclusive than ever before.
Join Our Team - What we can offer you:
* Supportive Team Culture: We believe in lifting each other up and encouraging open communication. Here, your voice truly matters!
* Flexible & Hybrid Work Environment: Enjoy working from home and in our modern offices in the centre of Manchester and Stratford, London.
* Professional Growth: Unlock opportunities for continuous learning and career advancement.
* Inclusive Workplace: Be part of a diverse and welcoming community where everyone feels valued.
Want to Learn More?
For further information on this exciting opportunity, reach Tess Robinson, Head of Resourcing & Intelligence at Tessa.Robinson@nice.rg.uk. Tess is eager to discuss how you can be part of our dynamic team!
Details
* Date posted: 26 September 2025
* Pay scheme: Agenda for Change
* Band: Band 7
* Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 per annum
* Contract: Permanent
* Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
* Reference number: 907-NICE-7503578
* Job locations: Floor 3, Piccadilly Place, Manchester, M1 3BN
Job description
Resourcing Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering innovative, inclusive, and high-impact resourcing solutions that enable NICE to attract, develop, and retain exceptional talent.
What we’re looking for
Educated to HR/business degree level (or equivalent) with CIPD Level 7 qualification and a strong track record of professional development. Extensive experience leading senior and national recruitment campaigns, with a proven ability to design and deliver innovative attraction strategies that secure exceptional talent in complex and competitive markets. Expert knowledge of employment law, NHS terms and conditions, and job evaluation principles (Agenda for Change). Proven leadership skills, with experience managing, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams. Strong analytical and digital capability, using data, insights, and systems (e.g. TRAC) to shape recruitment strategies and improve service delivery. Exceptional stakeholder engagement, with the ability to influence, build trust, and deliver pragmatic, user-focused solutions. Resilient and adaptable, thriving in a fast-paced environment and managing competing priorities with clarity and confidence. Values-led and inclusive, with a deep commitment to equity, diversity, and continuous improvement in everything you do.
To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job. Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.
Person specification
Essential Education/Qualifications
* CIPD Level 7 or equivalent
* Degree level education or equivalent demonstrable experience in a similar role
Essential Experience
* Experience of working with managers in the use and interpretation of policies, terms and conditions and wide range of People/HR activity
* Experience of managing people
* Experience in designing, reviewing, and adapting end-to-end process maps or pathways across a broad range of HR and people-related services
Essential Skills/Knowledge
* Broad and comprehensive generalist HR knowledge base
* Excellent customer service skills and a strong customer service and solution-based focus
Other
* Able to support, guide, reassure, and coach managers on range of general people queries
Other information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here about criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer: NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Address: Floor 3, Piccadilly Place, Manchester, M1 3BN
Employer's website: https://www.nice.org.uk/
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