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We understand the importance of work-life balance and are happy to discuss the possibility of flexible working with applicants.\nLocation: Polaris House, Swindon or Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell (Hybrid working available, likely to require at least 40% of time in the office).\nClosing Date: Wednesday 11th November\nAbout the role\nThis role will provide advice and assistance on recruitment solutions to enable our hiring managers to carry out all recruitment activity, while also ensuring a high-quality candidate experience.\nWorking within the UKRI HR team, the main role of the Recruitment Partner is to provide recruitment support, completing the transactional elements of the recruitment process and support to Hiring Managers and Senior Recruitment Partners to ultimately ensure UKRI are best placed to attract suitable candidates and ensuring a high-quality candidate experience.\nYour responsibilities:\nProvide advice and guidance on recruitment solutions to hiring managers, including advertising, interviews, all forms of assessment and on-boarding. \nProvide support and guidance to enable hiring managers to carry out all recruitment activity. This includes ensuring the vital approvals are in place, coaching hiring managers to input vacancies correctly onto the relevant System, providing/uploading the relevant paperwork and forms for completion and being responsible for progress of recruitment campaigns. \nDeliver the full range of activities relating to candidate management, including where appropriate, working with our onboarding service provider, UK SBS, to ensure a flawless, timely and professional experience for candidates.\nProvide information and support to candidates from the point of application to on boarding, acting as an ambassador for UKRI to present a positive and engaging impression. \nAssist with/writing recruitment adverts. \nArrange interviews when required. \nOversee the new starter process to ensure successful candidates can take up employment quickly and seamlessly. \nAdminister the relevant talent pool. This includes reviewing CVs, adding candidates, keeping the database up to date through keeping in contact with candidates and collaborating closely with relevant staff about candidates. \nWorking closely with HR colleagues to ensure they are kept up to date with progress on recruitment activity.\nProviding updates on key accountabilities to allow for analysis for continuous improvement. \nAdapt to new ways of working identified in overarching resourcing strategy to improve the UKRI offering, working alongside our Talent Team.\nSupport corporate recruitment campaigns when required (e.g. senior hires, graduates, generic programmes and students). \nAssist and support with the administration and communication of the resourcing pool and secondments when required.\nSupport, organise and attend occasional careers events as necessary to help raise the employer profile.\nContacts and Communication\nWork closely with all members of the UKRI HR Team.\nCollaborating regularly with the UK SBS onboarding colleagues where appropriate.\nProvide recruitment advice and support to the hiring community.\nLiaise with colleagues in other functional areas on process related matters.\nLiaise with external partners, such as advertising suppliers, as required.\nAbout You/ Personal Specification\nThe below criteria will be scored during Shortlisting (S), Interview (I) or both (S&I).\nEssential\nExperience working in recruitment, or similar environment (S&I).\nStrong administrative experience (S).\nOutstanding organisational skills with the ability to coordinate and prioritise work in a fast-paced environment (S&I).\nKnowledge of recruitment best practice and process stages such as writing/placing engaging recruitment adverts, reviewing CVs and organising interviews (I).\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills (S&I).\nAble to adapt to change and demonstrate a continuous improvement approach (I).\nAbility to establish effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders (I). \nBenefits\nWe recognise and value our employees as individuals and aim to provide a favourable pay and rewards package. We are committed to supporting employees' development and promote a culture of continuous learning!\nA list of benefits below:\nAn outstanding defined benefit pension scheme.\n30 days' annual leave in addition to 10.5 public and privilege days (full time equivalent).\nEmployee discounts and offers on retail and leisure activities.\nEmployee assistance programme, providing confidential help and advice.\nFlexible working options.\nPlus many more benefits and wellbeing initiatives that enable our employees to have a great work life balance!\nFor further information on our benefits please see:\nBenefits of working at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)\nUKRI is an Equal Opportunity & Disability Confident Employer.\nPlease apply online, if you experience any issue applying, please contact .\nPlease note, if you will require sponsorship to work in the UK, as part of your sponsorship application, you and any dependants travelling with you, will be required to pay costs directly to The Home Office for the application before you start your role with us. UKRI is normally able to reimburse some, or all of these fees after you have become an employee and this can be discussed with the Hiring Manager. 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