Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Portsmouth About the job Job summary Discover a career in your hands at HMRC. Whether you're seeking purpose, growth, or a workplace that gives you a true sense of belonging, hear from some of our employees as they share their story about what its really like to work at HMRC. Visit our YouTube channel to watch the full series and come and discover your potential. As a Talent Acquisition Partner at HMRC, you will be pivotal in identifying, attracting, and recruiting top-tier specialist talent to meet our dynamic hiring needs This role is integral to building strong talent pipelines, ensuring seamless candidate experiences, and enabling HMRC to deliver on its recruitment goals. You will take ownership of the full recruitment lifecycle, from sourcing and selecting ideal candidates, to building strong and trusted stakeholder relationships and ensuring a successful candidate start and positive initial candidate experience upon joining HMRC. This position requires an initiative-taking, adaptable individual with expertise in recruitment strategies, stakeholder management, and a commitment to delivering results. You will be joining a friendly, supportive, and fast paced team who work flexibly to recruit across a range of professions. Job description Strategic Sourcing: Conduct thorough research on job roles, required capabilities, and market trends to develop tailored recruitment strategies. Leverage advanced sourcing techniques, such as Boolean searches, to identify and engage passive candidates. Use social media platforms, CV databases, and job boards to maintain a robust pipeline of qualified talent. Candidate Engagement: Craft detailed candidate profiles, highlighting essential qualifications, skills, and experience. Conduct thorough candidate screenings, assessing backgrounds, experience, and salary expectations. Ensure a seamless and professional experience for candidates throughout the recruitment journey. Stakeholder Collaboration: Build strong relationships with hiring managers and stakeholders to gain a deep understanding of their needs and priorities. Provide consultative advice and regular updates on hiring progress and market insights. Work with Vacancy Holders to Coordinate and manage interview and selection processes effectively. Delivery Excellence: Maintain HMRCs employer brand through consistent communication and professionalism. Uphold HMRCs employer brand through consistent, professional communication. Analyse recruitment metrics to identify areas for improvement and implement innovative solutions. Ensure hiring timelines and quality benchmarks are met or exceeded. Recruitment Administration: Utilise Office 365 tools to create and manage recruitment documents efficiently. Monitor, track, and report on recruitment progress to ensure transparency and accountability. Resolve recruitment-related challenges by consulting guidance and proposing effective solutions. Person specification Essential Criteria: Proven expertise in end-to-end recruitment processes, including sourcing, assessing, and onboarding. In-depth knowledge of proactive sourcing tools and methodologies, including social media platforms and job boards. Ability to analyse job descriptions and translate them into compelling candidate profiles. Exceptional relationship management, consulting, and advisory skills. Excellent communication, both written and verbal, with strong attention to detail. Analytical mindset, with the ability to derive actionable insights from recruitment metrics. Organisational skills to handle multiple roles and priorities effectively. Chartered CIPD membership or a commitment to achieving it. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Communicating and Influencing Managing a Quality Service Benefits Alongside your salary of £36,320, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £10,521 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs. We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days. Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary. Family friendly policies. Personal support. Coaching and development. To find out more about HMRC benefits and find out what its really like to work for HMRC hear from our insiders or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience. How to Apply As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following: A name-blind CV detailing your career history, qualifications, skills, and experience, with a focus on specific responsibilities and achievements relevant to this role. A 750-word personal statement. Your CV will be assessed against the skills required in the 'job description' section of the job advert. For your personal statement, please could you provide detailed evidence on how you meet the essential criteria and experience listed. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form. We acknowledge that AI can assist you in your application. Find our guidelines here. Sift In the event of a large number of applications being received, an initial sift may be conducted using your CV. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to interview. At full sift your CV, and your Personal Statement, will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview. We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications. Interview There will be 2 interview rounds - First round - The first round will be a shorter interview assessing your experience only. Final round - The final round of interviews will assess your experience in more depth, you will be asked technical questions to assess your expertise of skills required for this role, detailed in the essential criteria. You will also be asked behaviour-based questions to explore in detail what you are capable of. Further details will be released for candidates successful at interview 1. Interviews will take place via video link. Sift and interview dates to be confirmed. Eligibility Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. We understand mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days (Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we will not be able to reopen your application for you. If you do make a mistake with your eligibility form, please contact us via: unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresultshmrc.gov.uk Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example Please re-open my application [insert vacancy ref] & vacancy closing date [insert date]. To check that you are eligible to apply for this role, please review the eligibility information before submitting your application. Reserve List A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles if this applies to you, well let you know via your Civil Service Jobs account. Merit List After interview, a single merit list will be created, and you will only be considered for posts in locations you have expressed a preference for. Appointments will be made in strict merit order in line with the set number of roles in each location. Criminal Record Check Applications received from candidates with a criminal record are considered fairly in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice and the Recruitment of ex-offenders Policy. Reasonable Adjustments We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate. If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: Contact the UBS Recruitment team via unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresultshmrc.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs. Complete the Assistance required section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if youre deaf, a Language Service Professional. Important information for existing HMRC contractual homeworkers: This role may be suitable for existing HMRC employees who are contractual homeworkers. Occasional attendance to the office will be required where there is a business need. Please consider the advertised office locations for this role when applying and only select locations from the location preferences section that you can travel to. Terms and Conditions Customer facing roles in HMRC require the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English and/or Welsh where required. Where this is an essential requirement, this will be tested as part of the selection process. HMRC has a presence in every region of the UK. For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations. The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. The evidence you provide in your application must relate to your own experiences. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant application(s) will be withdrawn from the process. Recording of interviews is prohibited unless explicit agreement is sought in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulations. Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert. Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicants details held on the IFD will be refused employment. A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government. New entrants will join on the minimum of the pay band. Please note that, if you are applying for roles on a part-time basis, the salary agreed will be pro-rata, reflective of the working hours agreed within your contract. If you experience accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section. 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. 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 The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window). 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. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. 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). Apply and further information This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. 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 : Jessica Ellis Email : jessica.ellis1hmrc.gov.uk Recruitment team Email : unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresultshmrc.gov.uk Further information Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commissions Recruitment Principles. You have the right to complain if you feel there has been a breach of the Recruitment Principles. In the first instance, you should raise the matter directly via ubsrecruitmentcomplaintshmrc.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their website. 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