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On behalf of The Department for Transport (DFT) we are looking for a Recruitment Coordinator (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract based remotely (attendance in Leeds, Birmingham and Swansea if/when required) 

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The role:

The Capability and Compliance Team within The Department for Transport (DfT) Resourcing Group supports hiring managers across the central department (DfTc) and the executive agencies (DVLA, DVSA, VCA, MCA, ATE). We ensure that they have the skills they need to run compliant and effective recruitment campaigns that will ensure they are recruiting the right people, in the right place, at the right time, to deliver the Department’s business and strategic agenda.

As an EO in this team, you will support hiring managers throughout the recruitment and onboarding process. You will ensure that business areas remain compliant with the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles, employment law, and other departmental policies and procedures.

As a Recruitment Coordinator your main responsibilities will be:

• Publishing DfTc Expressions of Interest and delivering training to new starters on the process
• Inbox management 
• Support hiring managers throughout the recruitment and onboarding processes, ensuring that they know what to do by providing relevant guidance and training material 
• Ensure that hiring managers remain compliant throughout the recruitment process, following the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles, employment law, and other departmental policies and procedures
• Build and maintain excellent relationships with hiring managers and business units, ensuring that you provide an excellent service
• Working in a team and ensuring that work is evenly distributed, supporting your colleagues as required

Essential criteria:

• Ability to deliver work at pace
• Ability to manage conflicting demands
• You are self-motivated to act towards achieving a goal. 
• You are confident using your own initiative to take forward actions
• You concentrate on detail and make sure everything is accurate and error free
• Experience of working within a high-pressured and fast-paced team with the ability to organise and prioritise workloads to maximise productivity, whilst maintaining a high-quality service level to stakeholders
• Experience of building and maintaining excellent relationships with stakeholders
• Strong IT skills

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, DFT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

DfT guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.