Recruitment and Resource Officer

at  Department for Work and Pensions

JOB SUMMARY

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is the UK government’s biggest operational department with over 80,000 colleagues delivering services to over 20 million people.
It is implementing the biggest changes to welfare for a generation and our people are radically transforming the way they offer those services to the public.
The role of the Director’s Office is to support the Director of Communications as a member of the Government Communications Service (GCS) and as the Head of Profession for DWP. The Office also supports colleagues within the Communications Directorate, including recruitment, learning and development while ensuring steps are in place to keep them informed of changes and comply with relevant DWP and GCS governance.
If this sound like you, we would love to hear from you.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Provide recruitment support services across the Directorate including obtaining and ensuring appropriate approvals are in place.
• Complete and submit relevant recruitment forms once security checks are cleared, and a start date has been agreed.
• Support line managers of new starters as required prior to and in the first few weeks of the start date, provide advice as needed.
• Collate recruitment paperwork at the end of the exercise ensuring documents are saved in line with appropriate data retention schedules and are available for audit purposes.
• Work closely with senior management and colleagues when progressing internal expressions of Interest (EOI’s) opportunities. Ensuring EOI adverts meet required standards, and there is a clear application process.
• Engage with senior stakeholders across the Directorate and externally including HR, Finance and Cabinet Office.
• Apply professional expertise to deliver business benefits for the Department,
• Champion value for money and compliance for all financial and governance related activity across the Directorate.
• Operate in a culture of openness and honesty demonstrating a commitment to change through involvement and empowerment and by delivering results.
• Engage in a professional manner with colleagues across government. The post holder will be required to work in a flexible way and undertake any other duties requested by line management which are commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility for this post.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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ESSENTIAL CRITERIA FOR THE ROLE:

• Recent experience of working with vacancy holders and managing the recruitment/resource requirements of a busy government department or similar, including end to end processes.
• Recent knowledge and experience of Departmental and Government Communication Service grade structure and roles.
• Recent experience of working with senior colleagues in a fast-paced Government or a similar Communications environment with the ability to juggle multiple priorities at once.
• Strong attention to detail and critical thinking with the ability to understand complex issues.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
• Recent experience and understanding of Government policies or similar, ensuring compliance with General Data Protection Regulations.
• Recent experience of engaging confidently with stakeholders at all levels to convey clear messages on behalf of senior leaders.
  Please note – If there are a high number of applications received, an initial sift may be undertaken based on the first 3 essential criteria listed above. Candidates who pass the initial sift may progress to a full sift or may go straight to interview.