About the Role
and our Ideal Candidate
We're recruiting for 2 x roles (36 hours per week) on a temporary contract basis, 1x role until 31st March and 1x role until 31st August. This role will be primarily focused on supporting our customers in Kingston. Whilst this is a hybrid role, you will be required to work in the Civic Centre in Sutton every Tuesday, with adhoc working in either Sutton or our Kingston Guildhall buildings as required to support our customers.
Working in our Resourcing Team, you’ll be responsible for providing a professional, efficient, customer focused HR Resourcing administration and campaigns advisory service, supporting the priorities of all our customers.
Your responsibilities will include managing the administration of the end-to-end recruitment life cycle through our Applicant Tracking (ATS) and Payroll/HR Information (HRIS) Systems, adhering to policies and procedures to ensure safe and fair recruitment, as well as supporting and advising hiring managers on the best and most cost effective recruitment strategies for their vacant roles.
This role offers a lot of variety with the chance to work on permanent recruitment for staff at all levels, provide a strong customer focused advisory service to our customers and support with job evaluation for both Councils.
About you
We’re looking for someone who can question and challenge our ways of working, demonstrate innovation and creativity, and can work successfully with key stakeholders and customers within and outside of the Council through effective communication.
Strong experience in the end-to-end recruitment life cycle is a must along with the confidence in using an ATS system. With your relevant experience you will be confident in providing expert support and advice to managers on all elements of the recruitment process and be able to deal with a large volume of recruitment queries, whilst also adopting a targeted campaigns focused approach for hard to fill roles.
You’ll also possess strong accuracy and attention to detail skills along with evidencing a track record of providing candidate focussed recruitment services and be able to demonstrate a strong commitment to your own personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the role.
A full overview of the skills, abilities and experience we’re looking for is outlined in the job profile.
About Us
Kingston and Sutton Councils employ nearly staff across its shared services in HR, Finance, Customer Service, Neighbourhoods, Environment and ICT. This is a highly rewarding way of working that will help you develop new skills as you manage relationships and provide a consistent service across multiple partners.
Our team focus on providing a resourcing administration and advisory service and ensure the highest standards are adopted in regards to all elements of the recruitment process to support the priorities and needs of our customers of Kingston and Sutton Councils and other traded services organisations.
You join a small team who manage the recruitment process for both councils, using the Oleeo ATS system and Payroll/HRIS system iTrent; knowledge of these would be preferable but not compulsory. We need to be flexible and creative in our approach to recruitment, to support our Hiring Managers to attract the best candidates for Kingston and Sutton Councils and our traded Partner organisations.
Our Offer To You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits to enable staff to achieve a work life balance, some of which include:
1. A generous annual leave entitlement of 25-32 days, plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) depending on service and grade.
2. Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave
3. Three volunteering days per year in Kingston
4. Hybrid working (dependent on the role)
5. Flexible and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks
6. Learning and development portal offering a range of courses
7. Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres
8. Interest free season ticket loans
9. Local Government Pension Scheme
10. Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
11. Zip car scheme
12. Confidential health & wellbeing and counselling support