Resourcing Advisor

Are you seeking a new opportunity in an exciting and challenging in-house recruitment environment

Do you have the passion and drive to play a pivotal role in shaping Greater Manchester’s priorities by attracting top talent ensuring the right people, are in the right place, at the right time?

Your Role

We are seeking a Resourcing Advisor to join our busy in-house Resourcing team. You will work in collaboration with managers to lead and manage the full recruitment lifecycle for a range of roles, attracting and recruiting diverse talent from across the organisation and the wider external market to help TfGM to deliver its key priorities. Supported by Resourcing Partner’s and the Senior Resourcing Manager you will work with dedicated functions to understand current and future resource requirements and translate these into resourcing strategies, using advertising, direct targeting, attending specialist careers events and working with external partners, to attract talent to our organisation. You will support the coaching and development of managers and employees to maximise the success of resourcing activities, as well as working with wider People team colleagues to contribute to a range of HR related projects.

This is hybrid role where you will be expected to work in the office 2 days per week.

For more information, please see the role profile at the bottom of the advert.

Who are we?

We are a small and friendly team with a passion for working with and supporting hiring managers across TfGM to contribute and deliver our key priorities, attracting a more diverse range of candidates to TfGM and to create opportunities to deliver social value. The resourcing team form part of the wider People Team here at TfGM which consists of HR Operations, HR Shared Service and Learning and Organisation Development.

What you’ll bring

What you do and how you do it is important – whatever type of role you work in at TfGM – and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

You’ll be a confident communicator with some previous experience working in an advisory capacity and will have provided coaching and guidance in a HR environment to support and develop solutions to resourcing challenges. Experience and an understanding of good practice recruitment and selection across the whole recruitment lifecycle is essential.

You will be customer focused and be able to work efficiently and effectively when faced with a range of conflicting priorities. A CIPD qualification or equivalent levels of experience is desirable with a good working knowledge of employment law and the ability to develop effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders.

What we can offer you

This a 1-year fixed term role covering maternity leave with a salary of £29,881- £38,723 per annum depending on skills and experience. You will work with a supportive team to develop your career in Resourcing while also working with HR colleagues on a range of people related projects

At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process.

Our benefits include:

• 28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
• Free bus travel within Greater Manchester and free Rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary
• Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions
• Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required

Transport for Greater Manchester is committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment. To help our employees thrive both personally and professionally we have enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.

What’s next?

If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. When completing your application, please ensure that you provide clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit.

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.

Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.

TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK – if in doubt please visit the following link Employers’ right to work checklist – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

NOTE TO AGENCIES – we will be accepting direct applications only for this role. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.