Recruitment Advisor
Salary from £33,776
Up to 5% bonus
Permanent
Leeds, Thorpe Park – Hybrid Working
Are you an excellent communicator, super organised and have a passion for candidate and hiring manager experience? Then look no further.
We have an exciting opportunity to join us at NGN on a permanent basis as a Recruitment Advisor. Working with the Recruitment Lead you will fully own the end-to-end recruitment cycle including the approval and advertising of vacancies, attracting/sourcing talent, supporting selection and assessment activity whilst ensuring candidates have the best onboarding experience possible. The role offers lots of variety whereby you will be working different types of vacancies in both our operational area and head offices. You will work closely with hiring managers, using your expertise to provide tailored support and trusted advice to make sure all stages of the recruitment process are defined, planned and executed to a high standard.
We are also currently reviewing how we do things in our recruitment process. With the aim of improving our service, putting the customer at the heart of everything we do to continually improve candidate and hiring manager experience. Working with the Recruitment Lead you will have the opportunity to develop and be involved in developing recruitment training, reviewing our ways of working to support diversity and inclusion, testing attraction routes and utilising our ATS system.
Key accountabilities and responsibilities
* Advertising vacancies internally and externally, creating exciting and engaging adverts with a focus on the NGN brand and attracting a diverse range of applicants
* Conducting briefings and supporting hiring managers throughout the end-to-end process, inclusive of advising on attraction routes, shortlisting and maintaining the applicant tracking system
* Championing equality and diversity throughout the recruitment process by being responsive to any applicant's individual needs or reasonable adjustments
* Telephone screening/interviewing depending on role requirement
* Scheduling and rescheduling interviews where required in a prompt and responsive manner
* Working cross-functionally by liaising with various teams including HR and Training to ensure a smooth onboarding process
* Daily management and ownership of the recruitment mailbox, responding to enquiries/requests in a timely manner
* A focus on delivering the best candidate experience, ensuring each candidate is engaged and has a positive journey throughout the entirety of the process
What we are looking for
* Previous experience of working in a recruiter or resource role, either in-house or in an agency
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including a great telephone manner
* Good time management skills with the ability to juggle multiple activities and priorities
* Ability to plan ahead, manage multiple deadlines and prioritise effectively under pressure. Organised and structured with strong attention to detail
* A self-starter, highly motivated and driven to provide excellent customer service
* Ability to adapt and to build rapport/relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders
What we Offer
* Starting salary from £33,776 - £38,972
* 40 hours per week
* Up to 5% bonus (dependent upon achievement of set targets)
* 25 days annual leave (plus recognised bank holidays and 2 half days over the Christmas period)
* SSP for first 2 calendar days then occupational sick pay
* A generous stakeholder 5/10 pension scheme
* Free onsite parking
* Flexible benefits and salary sacrifice options, including discounts on a variety of UK attractions, gym membership, restaurant discounts, experience days, and exclusive NGN discounts
* An array of fantastic family-friendly policies such as 6 weeks’ paternity leave (for eligible employees) and 6 months’ full pay for employees on maternity leave (for eligible employees), as well as shared parental leave and many more
We are Northern Gas Networks. We deliver gas to 2.7 million homes and businesses in the North East, Northern Cumbria and much of Yorkshire. That is around 6.7 million individual customers. We don’t generate or sell the gas, but we transport it to homes and businesses in our region through a vast network of underground pipes. In fact, we own and maintain more than 37,000 km of gas pipes - enough to stretch from Leeds to Sydney and back again. We cover large cities like Newcastle, Sunderland, Leeds, York, Hull, and Bradford, and our work extends to rural areas like North Yorkshire and Cumbria.
Our Values are at the heart of what we do. In addition to your key responsibilities, you will incorporate these into the daily life of your role. We are … Trailblazing, Empowered, Heartfelt, Community Focused, Intellectually Curious and most of all we are Happy!
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion culture at NGN is embedded in everything that we do. We will be delighted to hear from a diverse range of applicants, so we can continue to grow our great team of people. We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant, helping ex-services personnel back into employment, as well as being members of WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) and we are committed to delivering our ‘Opportunity Action Plan’ having signed the Social Mobility Pledge campaign, whereby we will establish our business as a ‘force for good’ in the communities that we serve.
Next Steps. Please apply by uploading your CV. We love to see how your experience and skills are transferable to this role so please ensure these are all included in your application. Once the advert has closed, we will be in contact within one week to let you know if you have progressed to the next stage. We are looking to hold interviews for this role throughout April. We look forward to receiving your application for the role.
If you require adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process, we want to hear about how we can help. Any applicant that requires reasonable adjustments from initial application through to interview is asked to contact the Recruitment Team at NGNCareers@northerngas.co.uk
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