Resourcing Partner (22.5 hours, part time)
Job Introduction
Are you a recruitment specialist and trusted advisor with experience in public sector resourcing? Are you passionate about partnering with your hiring stakeholders to give the best resourcing support and guidance which will bring the Mayoral Combined Authority the best talent from creative routes and channels? Would you like to help our team get the best from its tools and systems and join us in transforming our service? Is equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of everything you do? If so, we want to hear from you!
The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA) is seeking to appoint a Resourcing Partner to join our HR Resourcing team. It’s a part-time role 22.5 hours over Monday to Friday. The role will require presence each day, as nothing stands still in recruitment, although there’s some flexibility around how you can manage your daily hours.
Join us and you will be an integral part of our HR & Resourcing function, leading on our resourcing needs and bringing in talent of all contract types and from a wide range of routes that we’re keen to expand, from permanent and interim talent through to early careers and secondments.
Reporting to the Talent Acquisition Manager, you will play a critical role in enhancing the capacity of our small team, aligning our resourcing aims and initiatives with our people objectives, and ensuring the growth and success of our organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
* Making the best use of our ATS, you will lead full recruitment and resourcing processes, from job identification to onboarding, operating within local government governance frameworks.
* Partnering with our HRBPs and recruiting stakeholders across all directorates, you’ll provide strategic advice and plans to fulfil resourcing requirements for permanent & fixed term vacancies and contingent solutions in line with workforce and hiring plans.
* Leading and owning temporary, interim and contract hiring processes and policies, managing our vendor and ensuring compliance and value for money.
* Collaborating with HR colleagues to lead and develop alternative and creative ways to bring the best talent into the MCA, including apprenticeship schemes, internship and graduate schemes.
* Owning and contributing to Resourcing projects and workstreams that are part of the HR function’s programme of improvement.
* Provision of Monday and Friday cover for a Resourcing Partner within our current team.
Are you someone who is experienced, collaborative, curious and laser focused on continuous improvement? Someone who always puts delivery first?
We’re looking for someone with:
* Significant experience in an internal resourcing or recruitment role within a public sector organisation, including recommending and utilising a range of routes to market.
* Experience of facilitating a variety of contract types to fulfil resource needs, such as contingent workers, interim staff, consultants and contractors along with other contract types such as secondments and casual staff.
* A good knowledge and understanding of employment law, and the governance around resourcing within local government practice.
* A proactive team player, with the ability to be innovative and creative, taking a business-focused approach to solving organisational recruitment challenges.
If this is your next role, please apply so you can tell us why you'd be a great fit. Please see the job description for more information.
The salary for this role is £41,511-£44,711 pro rata for part time.
If you have any questions about the role or would like to have an informal conversation with the hiring manager, please contact Vicky Gardener, at vicky.gardener@westofengland-ca.gov.uk.
The interviews are planned for Friday 11 and Monday 14 April, although please note this may change.
The closing date for this role is Monday 31 March 2025.
About the Company
Our offer:
Alongside a competitive salary, we offer an excellent benefits package including:
* 26/31 days annual Leave.
* Reduced fare bus travel across the West of England.
* Flexible and hybrid working options from day one to ensure you achieve the best work/life balance and career goals. We follow a hybrid working model with 1 or 2 days in the office a week.
The West of England is an amazing part of the world to live and work. We are based in a new bright and airy office, with all the latest technology, just a 10-minute walk from Bristol Temple Meads Train Station.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We ensure all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment and particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or citizenship status. We are also proud to have been accredited as a Living Wage Employer and a founding Member of the West of England Good Employment Charter.
Please note this vacancy may close early or be extended depending on the number of applications so please don’t wait to apply.
We do not engage with recruitment agencies for this role. Any CVs received from agencies will be considered as unsolicited and the property of the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority, with no obligation to pay agency fees.
Resourcing Partner (22.5 hours, part time)
* Frequency: Annual
* Job Reference: MCA/TP/1996/745
* Contract Type: Permanent/Part Time
* Closing Date: 31 March, 2025
* Job Category: People & Assets
* Business Unit: Chief Executive's Office
* Location: 70 Redcliff Street, Bristol, United Kingdom
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