Recruitment Advisor
Location: Remote – travel across the South West and occasionally wider is required
Salary: £39,579.20 per annum + travel expenses
Contract: Full time, 39 hours per week, Monday to Friday – Permanent
Benefits include:
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Death in Service benefit (4× salary)
* Private GP access and Employee Assistance Programme
* Financial reward schemes and retailer discounts
* A strong safety culture and commitment to diversity and inclusion
At Gov Facilities Services Limited (GFSL), we’re more than a team, we’re a community united by our values: Pride in People, Do the Right Thing, and One Team. Together we create safe, secure, and positive environments across the prison estate, supporting rehabilitation and real social impact. As a Recruitment Advisor, you’ll help shape the workforce that makes this mission possible.
What We’re Looking For
Essential:
* Extensive experience in inhouse or 360 agency recruitment.
* Ability to manage multiple recruitment campaigns in a high‑volume, multisite environment.
* Experience producing and translating recruitment‑related data, providing analysis that gives insight to key metrics.
* Strong stakeholder management and relationship building skills.
* A collaborative approach with the confidence to coach and influence managers.
* Commitment to delivering an excellent candidate experience.
* Experience working within healthcare, social care, criminal justice, or education settings.
Desirable:
* Knowledge of public sector recruitment principles and frameworks.
* Experience using Oracle Recruitment Cloud, HCM or Talent systems.
* Experience recruiting for trade and engineering roles.
* Level 3 Diploma or Advanced Apprenticeship in HR or Recruitment / CIPD qualification.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work within public sector frameworks and represent our values at every stage of the process. You’ll work in close partnership with managers across your region, building strong and trusted relationships to deliver fair, transparent, and consistent recruitment. Collaboration and autonomy are central to how we operate; you’ll be part of a supportive and lively team that shares knowledge, upholds best practice, and continually improves how we attract and hire talent.
Explore a varied and rewarding career at GFSL.
Welcome to careers at Gov Facilities Services Limited (GFSL). Joining us is your chance to help ensure prisons are secure and safe for prisoners and prison staff alike, and to play your part in helping prisoners reintegrate into society.
You will find a strong focus on safety, a supportive, inclusive workplace, a competitive benefits package, and real opportunity to build your skills and progress.
Explore facilities careers where you can make a difference.
Pride In People
We’re passionate about promoting greater diversity and creating a workplace and culture where all employees have a voice that is heard, feel a sense of belonging and are empowered to be their true selves. We recognise the value that every single employee brings to the organisation. Everyone’s needs at work are different and we are committed to doing our best to satisfy these differences whilst ensuring consistency and fairness for all. We promise to champion diversity and inclusion with ongoing learning and training, as well as career progression opportunities for everyone.
Future Plans
GFSL has been notified by its shareholder (MOJ) that the provision of FM services will in future be delivered by the private sector. This means that following a successful procurement process, GFSL’s services will complete transfer to a private sector provider/providers no sooner than August 2027.
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