Recruitment Advisor

Ipswich, Suffolk
OCS Group UK

Job Reference: GRP/AR/11-04/1140

Job Title: Recruitment Advisor

Location: Mobile

Region Covered: Ipswich Office/ UK Airports

Salary: Competitive

Hours per week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday – 09:00 – 17:30 – 37.5 hours per week

Business Overview

Atalian Servest and OCS have merged to create a new organisation, the OCS Group UK & Ireland. We are a leading facilities management company providing a range of both standalone and integrated services including cleaning, catering, security, technical services, energy management and compliance, front of house, landscaping, logistics, waste management and pest control services. The company has a turnover of £1.5bn and operates across the UK and Ireland with 50,000 colleagues delivering innovative award-winning services to the private and public sectors and supporting the local communities in which it operates.

Role Overview

We are currently recruiting for a Recruitment Advisor to join our passionate and driven team based at Ipswich Office/ UK Airports

The Senior Resourcing Advisor Cleaning will report to the Resourcing Manager Cleaning and will work closely with the Cleaning Senior Leadership Team to ensure that we can attract talented candidates into the Cleaning business.

You will be responsible for working together with the hiring managers to understand their vacancy requirements and provide consultation on how to manage an effective recruitment process. The level of support that you provide will vary based on the job type however this will include resourcing advice & training for hiring managers and also hands-on support with resourcing activities such as; CV screening / shortlisting / interview scheduling / offer management / negotiation etc.

There will be a key focus on reducing agency spend within the cleaning business therefore you will need to ensure that hiring managers are following the correct agency booking processes and that you are working together with the hiring managers to avoid / reduce agency spend wherever possible.

As a resourcing leader, you will play and active and influential role, contributing to the future focus and development of the team, whilst supporting the day-to-day operational delivery.

Benefits

• Informal hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Free fruit in our offices
• Employee Referral Scheme (if you refer a successful candidate to one of our vacancies)
• Wide range of retail discounts
• Regular social and charity events are held in our offices
• Get involved in charity events in the local community

Wellbeing

• Discounted gym membership
• Eye test £25 voucher and up to £100 towards glasses
• Join our Cycle to Work scheme via salary sacrifice
• Access to CHROMA , our internal colleague-led diversity and inclusion community join a committee or take part in our D&I initiatives and events
• Access to internal Mental Health First Aiders

Career development and recognition

• Immediate access to Opportunity our internal Learning and Development platform
• Required professional membership fees paid for
• Opportunity to win monthly Superstar Awards
• Long service awards

Key Responsibilities:

Functional

• Work together with the Resourcing Manager Cleaning to deliver the divisional talent attraction strategy for the cleaning business
• Source candidates on LinkedIn and Job boards.
• CV shortlisting & distribution.
• Interview scheduling and support.
• Attending job events.
• Create partnerships with social value employment partners and work together on effective resourcing plans to support the local communities near our client contracts.
• Attend site meetings to meet conduct staffing performance audits and identify existing resourcing challenges and opportunities.
• Attend careers events, as and when required by the business.
• Deliver improvement plans to Hiring Managers and support them with improving resourcing activities at their site(s).
• Build relationships with recruitment agency suppliers and ensure that we have clear guidance / processes in place for how we engage with suppliers and what suppliers we engage with.
• Provide hands on resourcing support for management roles, business critical roles, contract mobilisations and operational sites with a high agency spend.
• Support hiring managers with premium advertising campaigns to increase vacancy application numbers where appropriate.
• Support with the design, implementation and roll out of a new Application Tracking System and Vendor Management System across the UK group.
• Drives culture change / change management initiatives
• Manages the talent pipeline together with the Resourcing Manager (including internal moves and external hires, as required).

General

• Avoid conflict of interests between personal interests and the interests of the UK & Ireland group.
• Exercise independent judgment, reasonable care, skill and diligence when carrying out their duties.
• Act in good faith and promote the long-term success of each company within the UK & Ireland group for the benefit of all members and wider stakeholders.
• Adhere to and promote the UK & Ireland group s policies on resourcing, equality & diversity, information security, health and safety and data protection.
• Support and promote the UK & Ireland group s sustainability plans and policies, including the Carbon Management Plan, and carry out duties in a resource effective way, recognizing the shared responsibility of minimizing negative environmental impacts wherever possible.

About You:

• Applicants must have the right to work in the UK
• Regular travel required to client sites.
• Full clean driving license is required
• Work may be required out of core hours as necessary to fulfil the requirements of this role.

Necessary

• Recruitment / Resourcing experience within the cleaning sector
• You will have strong knowledge of cleaning operations
• Excellent knowledge of resourcing practices, including but not limited to: talent attraction, project management and managing high volume resourcing campaigns
• Excellent networking and influencing skills
• Ability to business partner across different central support departments and actively manage competing stakeholder priorities
• Highly credible and able to engage with senior management.
• Excellent relationship management and interpersonal skills
• Ability to present information, credibly, confidently and succinctly at various levels both internally and externally.
• Excellent knowledge of service delivery with both internal and external customers.
• Excellent knowledge of how to inspire resourcing performance in multi-site operations
• Excellent Microsoft office proficiency and knowledge of other internal IT systems
• Ability to work under pressure and meet business deadlines.
• Work from the OCS Head Office (Suffolk) 3 days per week or 12 days per month