Birmingham, West Midlands (England), B1 2AX : Bristol, South West England, BS1 6EH : Longstanton, East of England, CB24 3EN : Liverpool, North West England, L3 1BP : Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS11 9AT : Salford, North West England, M3 5AX : Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, NE4 5BZ

Job Summary

Our Talent Acquisition Partners play a critical role in developing and embedding a true partnership approach to recruitment for specific business areas within the Agency. You will be joining our dedicated and supportive team who are committed to making positive change in how we engage, support and deliver a first class recruitment experience for both our hiring managers and our candidates.

Job Description

We are dedicated to delivering a gold standard, measurable and value for money approach to Talent Acquisition and taking an innovative and creative approach to securing the best talent both now and in the future. A positive and engaging candidate experience is critical to our success. Our Talent Acquisition Partners are key to finding the talent we need at Homes England to deliver our mission.

We are committed to driving diversity and inclusion through every aspect of our approach to recruitment and we are on an exciting journey of transformation in terms of developing our brand, analysing talent gaps and developing approaches to address them. We are also responsible for coaching and developing our hiring managers and reviewing the way we engage and assess to secure the best talent.

Working with key / senior stakeholders you will ensure an efficient, consistent and collaborative approach to recruitment.

The role will also support with the design and delivery of key strategic projects and there are some exciting and ambitious projects to get involved in. This is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day talent partnering whilst bringing innovative solutions to our offering.

Our Talent Acquisition Partners work together in a collaborative way with a ‘one team’ consistent approach to everything we do.

We are dedicated to delivering a gold standard, measurable and value for money approach to Talent Acquisition and taking an innovative and creative approach to securing the best talent both now and in the future. A positive and engaging candidate experience is critical to our success. Our Talent Acquisition Partners are key to finding the talent we need at Homes England to deliver our mission.

We are committed to driving diversity and inclusion through every aspect of our approach to recruitment and we are on an exciting journey of transformation in terms of developing our brand, analysing talent gaps and developing approaches to address them. We are also responsible for coaching and developing our hiring managers and reviewing the way we engage and assess to secure the best talent.

Working with key / senior stakeholders you will ensure an efficient, consistent and collaborative approach to recruitment.

The role will also support with the design and delivery of key strategic projects and there are some exciting and ambitious projects to get involved in. This is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day talent partnering whilst bringing innovative solutions to our offering.

Our Talent Acquisition Partners work together in a collaborative way with a ‘one team’ consistent approach to everything we do.

Person specification

Whilst our day job is to deliver a first class recruitment service to our candidates and stakeholders, you will be used to problem solving and dealing with ambiguity in a positive and solution focussed way.

As an experienced Talent Acquisition Partner/ Senior Recruiter in either an in-house HR team or Recruitment Agency, you will be used to offering advice, guidance, challenge and innovative solutions to complex resourcing issues. Your continuous improvement approach to Talent Acquisition, particularly around time to hire, cost per hire and quality of hire will ensure a commercial approach whilst coaching hiring managers, particularly around workforce planning, recruitment policy and annual resourcing plans will play to your relationship building skills.

You will have experience delivering C-Suite or Senior Leadership recruitment campaigns, designing and leading these, ensuring both recruitment panels and candidates are guided and informed throughout. Previous experience of Managing an outsourced managed service provider would also be beneficial.

You will be comfortable leading and coaching members of an HR Team, providing advice and guidance on recruitment related matters to support HR activity. Building relationships with the wider HR team is key.

You will have a passion for diversity and inclusion and acting as a brand ambassador for the organisation with a particular focus on engaging passive talent and developing a strategic resourcing approach for hard to fill, niche roles.

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at a senior level and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as a Resourcing Team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, professional and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.

As an experienced Talent Acquisition / Senior Recruitment Partner you will hold a degree / CIPD qualification or significant equivalent industry standard experience in in-house or Agency/ Executive Search Recruitment. Experience of working with an ATS and using data insights to inform outcomes is essential.

Benefits

Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:

Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.

Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.

Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.

Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.

We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

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

How to apply?

To apply please follow the links to our careers page.

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Selection process details

For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.

Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.

Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.

Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

Homes England Is Committed To Protecting The Privacy And Security Of Your Personal Data. For Further Information Please Refer To Our Privacy Notice Which Can Be Viewed Here

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter

Nationality Requirements

Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Further information

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

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

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

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.

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

Name : Recruitment team
Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

Homes England

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