28859 - Senior Recruitment Marketing Manager
To work on high profile volume recruitment campaigns such as prison officer recruitment.
Purpose
The post holder is responsible for the development and implementation of recruitment marketing campaigns across the wider MoJ group in support of organisation specific resourcing needs e.g. high-volume recruitment.
They will take a leadership role in developing an effective marketing solution, following Government Communications Service (GCS) standards and practice, to get the right number of candidates of the right profile at the right time.
Responsibilities
- To work closely with HR colleagues to ensure the provision of a seamless and joined up end to end recruitment service to the business area.
- Liaison with Resourcing Account Managers, communications/marketing, commissioning and other Resourcing Delivery Leads on commission triaging resourcing requests.
- Contribute to workforce planning and pipelining to ensure that the business area talent is fit to meet future challenges.
- Review, evaluation and continuous improvement of resourcing campaigns to maximise benefits and value.
Recruitment Marketing Specifics
- Develop branding, messaging, content development and advise on channel and media selection for campaigns and work with the data team to continuously monitor and evaluate to support specific business needs.
- Take lead role in setting marketing and communications strategy with news, campaigns and internal communications teams.
- Lead on the procuring, commissioning and setting standards with partner agencies.
- Develop effective working relationships with stakeholders, partners and third parties to help develop marketing solutions to solve recruitment challenges.
- Working with stakeholders, partners, HR resourcing and data colleagues to develop insight, set objectives and monitor recruitment activity campaign by campaign.
- Advise on campaign strategies and build communications and marketing solutions that work in a competitive context and with a variety of communications channels and disciplines.
- Manage the MoJ employer brand, ensuring all campaigns reflect MoJ employer brand proposition
Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours
- Degree level education in related field or related equivalent experience.
- Knowledge of GCS standards and practice. In particular, working with agencies and using insight to develop effective marketing strategies.
- High level communication (verbal/written) able to build effective working relationships with a variety of internal/external service users, stakeholders and partners and respond in a timely manner to specific requests i.e. Parliamentary Questions (PQs).
- Ability to demonstrate strong influencing skills and resilience in challenging situations
- Ability to manage a number of tasks within set deadlines, ensuring attention to detail and accuracy.
- Experienced in marketing (customer-driven activity to attract quality candidates at volume) and has excellent understanding and skills in all communications disciplines.
Person Specification
Please demonstrate that you have the relevant skills listed in the job description above.
Working Arrangements & Further Information
Some of MoJ’s terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made.
Flexible working hours
The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices.
Benefits
The MoJ offers a range of benefits:
Annual Leave
Generous allowances for paid holiday starting at 25 days per year, and rising as your service increases. There is also a scheme to allow qualifying staff to buy or sell up to three days leave each year. Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.
Pension
The Civil Service offers a choice of pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.
Training
The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.
Support
- A range of ‘Family Friendly’ policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
- Access to flexible benefits such as voluntary benefits,retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
- For any moves across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers
- Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
- Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.
Networks
The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management. There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.
There is a guaranteed interview scheme (GIS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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To apply for roles in MOJ you will need to confirm your employment history for at least 3 years prior to the date of application so that pre-employment checks (BPSS) can be undertaken. If you have spent significant time abroad (a total of 6 months in the past 3 years) you would be required to give a reasonable account of the reasons why.
For some roles you will be required to successfully complete National Security Vetting at Counter Terrorism (CTC), Security Clearance (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) level as a condition of appointment. To meet CTC/SC/DV requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 3/5/10 years prior to the date of application (The level of checks that are required are stated in the advert).
If you do not meet the above requirements, you may still be considered if, for example:
- You've been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
- You were studying abroad
- You were living overseas with parents
In such cases you will need to be able to provide referee cover for the period(s) of residence overseas. The duration of overseas residence and the country of abode will also be taken into account.
Success Profiles will enable a fairer and more inclusive method of recruitment by enabling us to assess the range of experiences, abilities, strengths, behaviours and technical/professional skills required for different roles. This flexible approach to recruitment focuses more on finding the right candidate for the specific role. To find out more about Success Profiles to support your application please click here for further guidance.
We have provided detail of the assessment stages and areas being assessed to help you prepare for completing your application form, and to advise of what will be assessed following this, if you successfully pass the application stage.
Application form stage assessments
Interview stage assessments
A Great Place to Work for Veterans
The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs. Allowing veterans to continue to serve their country, and to bring highly skilled individuals with a broad range of experience into the Civil Service in an environment, which recognises and values your previous service in the Armed Forces.
For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans
Redeployment Interview Scheme
Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ are committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.
MoJ are able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.
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) https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families
· 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) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules
This Vacancy is closed to applications.