Senior Recruitment Officer Band 4

Senior Recruitment Officer Band 4

Armagh

Temporary

The role: The postholder will supervise others and participate personally in the provision of the full range of recruitment and selection activities for HSC always ensuring a responsive and high-quality services. The postholder will manage a caseload of recruitment activity whilst balancing this with supervision of others and therefore will participate in the use and maintenance of the E-recruitment system daily.

Responsibilities:

• Take a key role in the delivery of a high-quality recruitment and selection service through the participation in supervision of staff as well as processing and overseeing of allocated requisitions in accordance with RSSC procedures, relevant employment legislation and best practice.
• Be responsible for ensuring that all necessary pre-employment checks are carried out, following up on any discrepancies and liaising with the requisitioning manager on matters of discrepancy / concern in accordance with agreed procedures.
• To work with the Team Leader, and using the available management information, ensure a fair distribution of workload across the team, flexing resources daily to ensure that work is prioritised and progressed in a timely manner.
• Take responsibility for overseeing the work of junior staff, ensuring they are appropriately trained and providing guidance and support with more complex cases which require analysis to resolve.
• Ensure that any blockages or delays which are preventing the RSSC from meeting agreed KPI's are reviewed for appropriate action and discussed as necessary with senior officers.
• Ensure that waiting list files are managed and maintained appropriately.
• Provide appropriate professional advice to managers on a range of operational issues relating to specific recruitment and selection exercises, ensuring that managers are clear on their responsibilities and are operating within the agreed policy and procedures.
• Communicate effectively with candidates particularly during the pre-employment checks process to ensure they are engaged during this process and particularly when dealing with any issues of concern arising.
• Receive and resolve first level queries regarding recruitment and selection issues, from managers, staff and members of the public
• Act as authorised signatory for appropriate 'Access NI' checks, and deal with issues following disclosure of criminal convictions/inclusion on disqualification lists, in conjunction with the R&S Team Leader.
• In conjunction with senior officers participate in the investigation of queries or complaints to inform the response.
• Support ongoing service improvement through identification of opportunities for streamlining of process across the centre to improve customer service and compliance with KPI requirements.

Essential Criteria:

• 2 A Levels or equivalent / higher qualification; AND 18 months' experience in a clerical / administrative role of which at least 12 months must be within a Human Resources / Recruitment environment

OR

• 3 years' experience in a clerical / administrative role of which at least 12 months must be within a Human Resources / Recruitment environment.
• An understanding of employment legislation relevant to Recruitment & Selection.
• Experience in the use of Microsoft Office products including as a minimum, MS Word and MS Excel.
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to lead and supervise staff
• Ability to use own initiative
• Ability to identify problems and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Effective planning and organisational skills with an ability to prioritise own workload
• Effective communications skills to meet the needs of the post in full.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience in a high-volume Recruitment Environment

Hours: Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm

Hourly rate: £14.06 per hour

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