Children’s Services Recruitment Lead

London Borough of Hillingdon
Uxbridge, Greater London


Job Category : Human Resources
Location : London Borough of Hillingdon
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £20.74

JOB PURPOSE To co-ordinate and lead on the internal and external recruitment campaigns and processes for Children’s Services to ensure we promote our roles effectively, have a good pool of applicants and successful candidates are on-boarded in an effective and timely way with a professional service delivered at all times.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Develop, design, and run recruitment campaigns, working to recruit hard to fill roles.
Process recruitment requests as they are approved, ensuring adverts are well written and placed in appropriate places.
As a user of ATS ensure that the system is used to its full advantage and that all inputs are of a high quality. Provide coaching on the system to hiring managers as required.
Ensure all approved roles are dealt in a timely manner.
Write compelling job advertisements for placement internally and externally e.g. Council website, and job boards that position Hillingdon as an employer of choice.
Support all hiring managers in the recruitment process.
Progress candidates and applicants through the system as required
In conjunction with the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager ensure all recruitment processes are based on best practice and deliver an inclusive approach and ultimately a diverse workforce across all areas of protected characteristics
Ensure all recruitment communications are properly branded and reflect the vision and values of the organisation.
Work with hiring managers to co-ordinate the interview and feedback process. This will entail making all the arrangements for interview and selection.
Support any early careers initiatives when required.
Deliver to the agreed service level agreements (SLA’s) for recruitment services into the business service areas
Undertake pre-employment checks and the onboarding process to ensure candidates are on-boarding promptly and efficiently by following the department’s policy and processes.
Work closely with recruitment managers to ensure a smooth induction package is in place for new starters.
Run reports from the ATS as required
Be a super user of the ATS

EXPERIENCE
Experience within recruitment, either in-house or agency
Experience of maximising recruitment systems and processes

Posted 2026-05-30

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