AMS PSR

On behalf of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), we are looking for an Assistant Recruitment Business Partner (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract based remotely with 1 day per month in Bootle for meetings.

At the Health and Safety Executive, we believe everyone has the right to come home safe and well from their job. Our mission is to prevent work-related death, injury, and ill health. 

Our roots stretch back to 1833. The modern HSE is an independent regulator with a wide reach across many employment sectors. Using world leading science, we have helped protect millions of people from devasting injury and suffering through our diverse regulatory activities. 

We concentrate effort on the most serious risks, targeting industries with the greatest hazards, and sectors with the worst risk management record. We hold people to account where we have to, and we are firm but fair when using our legal powers. We also provide support to businesses through free guidance and advice tailored to business needs. By giving them the confidence to manage risks sensibly, we boost productivity, support the economy, and contribute to a fairer society. We work hard to help maintain an effective regulatory framework, playing our part in providing proportionate and accountable legal requirements. 

The world of work is always changing. We use science to understand these changes. And that understanding helps us all prepare for the workplaces of tomorrow...so Great Britain continues to be one of the safest and best places to work and do business.     

As an Assistant Recruitment Business Partner your main responsibilities will be: 

• Effectively manage a team of campaign managers and advisors to deliver a great recruitment and resourcing service.
• Understanding business requirements and project manage the teams delivery of recruitment campaigns, employment checks and onboarding.
• Ensure the team deliver innovative marketing strategies for each role/job discipline, managing HSE channels to attract and retain a diverse and relevant candidate pool
• Evaluate outcomes and report on recruitment progress for internal and external stakeholders, e.g. programme board.
• Maintain, monitor and report on delivery plans and budget spend.
• Understand business requirements and project manage the delivery of recruitment campaigns, employment checks and onboarding.
• Ensure Civil Service Recruitment principles, HSE vacancy policy, Diversity and employment law are met in all recruitment and selection activities.
• Plan activities in line with the business resourcing requirements, working with other resourcing managers, senior managers to deliver services through external providers.
• Effectively contract manage and build successful relationships with HSE’s external providers for recruitment and selection activities.
• Provide professional guidance and advice to vacancy managers on selection methods and Civil Service Recruitment Policy, critically challenging assumptions to decide on the most suitable, cost-effective solutions, including making best use of the Civil Service Success Profiles.
• Set appropriate and innovative marketing strategies for each role/job discipline, managing HSE channels to attract and retain a diverse and relevant candidate pool.

Essential: 

• Experience in management and acting as a positive role model, demonstrating positive behaviour
• Experience and knowledge of working in recruitment and selection with exposure to some of the following areas: attraction, application, sifting and selection tools, evaluation of campaign effectiveness.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects at various stages through to completion
• Effective communication skills both verbal and written with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work well with colleagues and customers at all levels and create a supportive and inclusive environment;
• Analytical skills to evaluate information, and produce clear/concise information and reports;
• Flexibility and initiative to work in a changing environment

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, HSE 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 

HSE 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.