26498 - Recruitment Manager

Overview

The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) is responsible for registering lasting powers of attorney (LPA) and enduring powers of attorney (EPA) and supervising deputies who are appointed by the Court of Protection.

We are looking for someone to join our small Centralised Recruitment Team, with some experience of interviewing on large scale recruitment campaigns, with a willingness to learn and develop their skills and to assist vacancy managers in successfully filling OPG’s vacancies.

The Centralised Recruitment Team works collaboratively across all business areas to recruit staff and forms part of the wider People and Development Team. The role is primarily acting as an interview panel member or chair, sifting and interviewing for recruitment campaigns but also includes contributing to all tasks and activities undertaken by the wider recruitment team as required. The successful candidate will assist the team in introducing and implementing new and innovative recruitment methods which are an essential part of the support element of this role.

The successful candidates will be based in either our Birmingham or Nottingham offices, but will be expected to work at both sites whenever required.

Job Description, Duties and Responsibilities –

• Sifting job applications using a paperless approach. Utilising the SSCL online platform to both review, sift and input results.
• Participating on interview panels as Chair or Panel Member.
• Conducting interviews in accordance with MoJ policy.
• Provide constructive feedback to candidates where requested.
• Assist the Recruitment Team to develop and introduce new and improved recruitment practices that will enable the team to meet the OPG’s need for an ever-growing workforce.
• Undertake exit interviews, managed move and other ad-hoc meetings and interviews as required of the role.
• Support vacancy managers across the business to improve role descriptions to attract the right people to apply for vacancies at the right time.
• Working with vacancy managers and Recruitment SPOCs to select the most suitable recruitment options (using Success Profiles, CV, personal statement, assessment centre etc.) for specific roles.
• Assist in the training and support of new campaign sifters and interviewers, acting as an expert mentor to colleagues.
• As new recruitment processes are introduced, gain sufficient expertise to share those skills across the business.
• Input into strategic decisions regarding OPG’s recruitment and promote this agenda across OPG.
• Contribute to the reputation for delivering an excellent service to internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage the Centralised Recruitment Team’s workload to ensure task actions are completed in a timely fashion and within agreed standards.

Skills & Qualifications

Essential

• The role holder will preferably have experience in recruitment and conducting large scale recruitment campaigns. Comprehensive training will be available.
• Experience of using Microsoft computer packages, i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook.
• Proficiency in both written and oral communication as some telephony work will be required.
• The role holder will need to be able to develop themselves and identify solutions to problems including what training they will need to improve.

Highly Desirable

• Knowledge of Success Profiles.

Application process

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Ability and Experience.

Candidates will be expected to provide a CV (2 pages of A4 maximum) plus a supporting Personal Statement of no more than 500 words capturing evidence of your experience of working within a recruitment environment.

Please provide details relating to your previous role/s, interview techniques used and what you can bring to this role in your personal statement.

Strengths based analysis

If you are successful at sift, you will be invited to an interview. This will be a Success Profiles interview where you will be tested with strength based questions relating to the following behaviours:

Seeing the bigger Picture

• Understand how your work and the work of your team supports wider objectives and meets the diverse needs of stakeholders. Keep up to date with the issues that affect your work area. Take a keen interest in expanding knowledge in areas related to your work. Focus on overall goals and not just specific tasks to meet priorities.

Communicating & Influencing

• Communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing. Take time to consider the best communication channel to use for the audience, including making the best use of digital resources and considering value for money. Interact with others in an enthusiastic way. Express ideas clearly and with respect for others. Listen to and value different ideas, views and ways of working. Respond constructively and objectively to comments and questions. Handle challenging conversations with confidence and sensitivity.

Working together

• Develop a range of contacts outside own team and identify opportunities to share knowledge, information and learning. Show genuine interest when listening to others. Contribute to an inclusive working environment where all opinions and challenges are listened to and all individual needs are taken into account. Ensure it is clear that bullying, harassment and discrimination are unacceptable. Offer support and help to colleagues when in need, including consideration of your own and their wellbeing. Change ways of working to aid cooperation within and between teams in order to achieve results.

Support

OPG offers a range of development opportunities, health and wellbeing initiatives and diversity and inclusion promotion. We signed up to the ‘Time to Change’ pledge which supports mental health in the workplace, achieving a gold award from the charity MIND for being the best organisation in government at supporting staff with their mental health. OPG has also been awarded a health and wellbeing charter accreditation as we are committed to developing a supportive and inclusive environment that reflects the diverse community we serve.

Flexible working hours

The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices.

Requests for part-time contracts will be considered in line with business needs.

We are currently going through a period of organisational change, with an ambitious plan over the next few years to embed smarter working in our offices which may include home working in the future.

Our Birmingham office is located centrally within walking distance to Birmingham New Street and Snow Hill train stations as well as the Mailbox and Broad Street.