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On behalf of UKRI, we are looking for a Talent Partner - (Inside IR35) for a 3 - month contract working on a remote basis and with an expectation of 1 day per month attendance in the London office

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the national funding agency investing in science and research in the UK.

UKRI invests £8 billion of taxpayers’ money each year into research and innovation and the people who make it happen. They work across a huge range of fields – from biodiversity conservation to quantum computing, and from space telescopes to innovative health care. They give everyone the opportunity to contribute and to benefit, bringing together people and organisations nationally and globally to create, develop and deploy new ideas and technologies.

As a Talent Partner - (Inside IR35), your main responsibilities will be:

• Manage and deliver a robust and effective end-to-end resourcing service for all senior appointments, so that UKRI has the capability and capacity to deliver its business plans and achieve its strategic objectives
• Work closely with the Head of Senior and Public Appointments to adapt and deliver an effective and results driven outreach process for all senior appointments
• Give focus to the candidate experience and apply appropriate processes
• Deliver a service that operates in line with agreed policies and processes across UKRI
• Work closely with the Head of Senior and Public Appointments to support the creation of talent pools from which high calibre, timely appointments can be made
• Build and manage relationships with senior leaders, reporting on metrics and successes when required
• Extensive use of LinkedIn to proactively engage with candidates, promoting awareness of UKRI and our opportunities
• Be an advocate for best practice governance through the entire recruitment process, ensuring adherence to the recruitment principles

Essential:

• Proven delivery of successful senior appointment campaigns across public sector bodies
• Extensive management of complex, detailed end-to-end recruitment processes
• Demonstrable expertise in managing a positive candidate experience
• Extensive experience of stakeholder engagement and influencing at a senior level
• Experience of working with LinkedIn and other resourcing tools

Desirable

• Public Sector experience

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, UKRI 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.

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".