AMS PSR

On behalf of His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS), we are looking for a Recruitment Coordinator (Inside IR35) for a 5-month contract working on a hybrid basis and with an expectation of 3 days attendance in the London office

HMICFRS independently assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of police forces and fire and rescue services – in the public interest. We promote improvements in policing and fire and rescue services to make everyone safer. 

We are independent of the Government, police and fire and rescue services. We ask the questions that we believe the public wish to have answered and produce major reports that shine a light on issues at the very heart of policing and fire and rescue services. 

Our reports are widely covered by the media and help inform the public of the performance of their local police forces and fire and rescue services. You can find out more about HMICFRS on our website and see some of our recent reports. 

Working at HMICFRS gives you an opportunity to make a real difference to the quality of local police and fire and rescue services and the lives of the public. HMICFRS is a unique organisation with staff seconded or loaned from across the Civil Service, police forces and fire and rescue services. We set ourselves high standards, taking great pride in the quality of work we achieve and the opportunities we create for our staff.

As a Recruitment Coordinator, your main responsibilities will be:

• Manage end-to-end recruitment processes in line with policy and guidance, ensuring compliance with Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles, whilst providing an excellent experience to both candidates and hiring managers.
• Consistently deliver high-quality recruitment outcomes in a fast-paced environment, aligned with customer priorities and objectives, while proactively identifying risks and resolving issues efficiently.
• Provide advice and guidance to vacancy holders on recruitment processes, ensuring the information vacancy holders require is available to them.
• To monitor & maintain the Recruitment inbox, dealing with enquiries or forwarding to appropriate individuals, ensuring emails are responded to and actioned within the agreed SLA.
• Maintain and update recruitment log, ensuring all information is accurate and up to date.
• Support vacancy holder on drafting adverts / key dates & advising on selection process.
• Producing recruitment timelines for recruiting line managers, ensuring line managers are aware of their responsibilities within the time frames and managing expectations with respect to timescales.
• Support in advertising all adverts via the appropriate social media channels.
• Following the selection of successful candidate ensure all documentation in place for pre-employment checks to take place. Liaising with recruiting manager and GRS as required.
• Undertake internal checks including conflict of interest checks, referring complex cases to recruitment HEO.
• Drafting secondment contracts for all new secondees and extensions to contracts as required.
• Always acting as a positive ambassador for recruitment. Representing the recruitment team at monthly finance meetings, and other scheduled meetings to discuss staffing requirements, and sharing recruitment updates and raising any risks and issues where necessary.
• Provide constructive suggestions for improvement, demonstrating flexibility in adapting to change, and proactively identifying opportunities to enhance processes.
• An employee may be required to carry out other duties within the scope of the grade and within the limits of their skill, competence and training.
• Due to business requirements this post is full-time only, flexible working is available.

Essential:

• CTC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance
• Recruitment experience within Public Sector / Civil Service
• Experience of managing recruitment processes including advertising job roles / sifting applications / interviews and pre-employment checking
• Experience of using Microsoft Office
• Experience of using Outlook and managing shared mailboxes

Desirable:

• Experience of using Civil Service advertising platforms – i.e.: METIS / CS Jobsite platform (VX)
• Positive and proactive mindset, with a drive for continuous improvement and a focus on streamlining processes for greater efficiency.

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

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".