British Council
Sep 23, 2022
Full time
The British Council builds connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the English language. We work in two ways - directly with individuals to transform their lives, and with governments and partners to make a bigger difference for the longer term, creating benefit for millions of people all over the world. We help young people to gain the skills, confidence and connections they are looking for to realise their potential and to participate in strong and inclusive communities. We support them to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications. Our work in arts and culture stimulates creative expression and exchange and nurtures creative enterprise. We connect the best of the UK with the world and the best of the world with the UK. These connections lead to an understanding of each other's strengths and of the challenges and values that we share. This builds trust between people in the UK and other nations which endures even when official relations may be strained. We work on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2019-20 we connected with 80 million people directly and with 791 million overall, including online and through our broadcasts and publications. Context: HR helps shape the success and the future of the British Council through our people. We develop a global workforce that puts the right people, with the right skills, in the right place. We provide the tools, information and advice that enable managers to deliver their business strategy through their people, and to manage any associated risk. Our goal is to create an attractive, effective, sustainable, fair, inclusive, compliant and healthy place for our people to work. Role Purpose: Working within the UK Resourcing Team, the Resourcing Consultant provides customer-focused recruitment advice and an effective end-to-end service to Strategic Business Units (SBU's), ensuring that the right people are placed into the right posts at the right time. This includes both employed (Indefinite and Fixed Term Contracts) and agency / off-payroll appointments (known internally as Non-Permanent Worker (NPW)), delivered through an account management service model. Through partnering with the business, the Resourcing Consultant will gain a strong strategic and operational understanding of the specific client business areas and use this knowledge to advise on recruitment process, sourcing strategy and best practice. Main Opportunities for this role: Creating a true partnership with SBU HR and business stakeholders through the provision of a consultative service, utilising data, expert advice and knowledge to solve Resourcing challenges Helping to successfully embed NPW Resourcing with employed Resourcing by applying internal and market knowledge in order to arrive at the most effective Resourcing solutions Optimise the efficiency and effectiveness of the UK Resourcing team through strong collaboration and partnership with Resourcing colleagues, including Resourcing Coordinators Improving our direct sourcing capability, through the development of talent sourcing strategies, including the creation of talent pipelines Ensure that all resourcing activities are underpinned by the British Council values and promote equal opportunities and diversity within the organisation. This role will deliver exceptional talent for the British Council through: Acting as a trusted advisor by providing expert advice around best practice recruitment methods, from process initiation to on-boarding. Planning and delivering robust recruitment campaigns, and managing the entire end to end recruitment process including but not limited to: Ensuring that hiring managers are aware, guided and where appropriate, challenged, through the recruitment process, including ensuring that they are appropriate trained to be involved in selection activities. Actively managing recruitment campaigns, adopting a consultative approach with hiring managers (briefing meetings), Ensuring the right sourcing approach, including proactive direct sourcing, pipelining and advertising channels. Creating consistently good adverts that reflect the content of the role whilst accurately representing the British Council's employer brand and adhering to the organisation's Diversity commitments. Managing appropriate activity for all roles through the applicant tracking system (ATS) and / or the Comensura platform. Providing hiring managers with a long-list, managing short-listing, advising and enabling managers to interview fairly and effectively. Ensuring timely and accurate creation of offer paperwork (including leading on package negotiation) and working with Resourcing Coordinators to ensure relevant pre-employment checks occur (DBS, visas, ID checks, child protection checks, etc.). Managing candidate feedback internally and externally. Ensuring a fair and consistent selection process. Keeping up to date on new trends in attraction including social media sourcing strategies. Monthly accurate management information on all recruitment campaign activity. Maintaining current knowledge of internal and external recruitment practices in terms of trends, technological developments, legislative changes, process change and be prepared to make suggestions and innovations within the team. Integrating diversity strategy, policies and principles into all recruitment activities. Working with colleagues across the Resourcing teams to champion good recruitment practices and outcomes, policies and practices, sharing best practice and showcasing real examples. Supporting resourcing colleagues in the delivery of their recruitment responsibilities as an active member of the UK Resourcing team. Coaching and mentoring hiring managers through the process change and improvements. Acting as an internal consultant to deliver and effective and efficient resourcing service. About You: You will need to have: Demonstrated ability to understand and work with HR / Recruitment processes and policies including management of end-to-end recruitment process and use of applicant tracking system Ability to build effective relationships with senior customers and stakeholders Experience of implementing creative sourcing methods, particularly for niche roles Experience in leading and guiding hiring managers on process and best practice Previous experience of providing management information to stakeholders Knowledge of using Success Factors Recruitment module would be advantageous or a similar Applicant Tracking System (ATS). Having experience of managing off-payroll resourcing solutions/ experience of creating assessment tools /experience of contributing to recruitment process and policy change, would be considered a plus. Essential qualification for the role would be: Right to work in UK Having recruitment accreditation / qualification such as REC or CIPD and evidence of continued professional development would be considered plusses. Further details: Location UK Flexible - This is a roleopen to candidates who have theright to work in UK and are based in UK. Type of Contract: FTC Duration: 12 months Payband- PB7 role If you are interested in the post and feel that you are suitable for the role, then we would really like to hear from you, so please apply by2nd October 2022(23:59 UK Time). A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world. Equality , Diversity, and Inclusion(EDI) Statement The British Council is committed to policies and practices of equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We support all staff to make sure their behaviour is consistent with this commitment. We want to address under representation and encourage applicants from under-represented groups, in particular, but not exclusively, on grounds of ethnicity and disability. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an interview and we have Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities. The British Council iscommitted to safeguarding children, young people and adults who we work with. We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989. Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed; these will include qualification checks, reference checks, identity & criminal record checks in line with legal requirements and with the British Council's Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children. If you have any problems with your application please email Please note: Applications to this role can only be considered when made through the Apply section of our careers website. Our 'ASK HR' email is only to be used in case of a technical issue encountered when applying through the careers website..... click apply for full job details