HRGO are recruiting for a Resourcing Manager on a 7 month contract to cover maternity leave in Andover.

Key Accountability

• Operational leadership of the Talent & Resourcing team, providing them with direction, coaching and guidance to ensure that they are able to provide and sustain an excellent and efficient customer focused resourcing service.
• Work collaboratively with the People Director, Heads of Service and Executive team to establish and develop an appropriate and timely response to key organisational resource issues, ensuring we meet future organisational challenges aligned to Aster's corporate objectives, identifying and improving current recruitment practices.
• Translate resourcing requirements into achievable resource plans and strategies, including talent pipeline design working collaboratively with senior leaders to ensure recruiting processes articulate our cultural vision and alignment with the Aster Way
• Delivery of a proactive, innovative Resourcing service for the organisation that offers a holistic approach to Recruitment, Selection and Assessment and proactively supports the embedding of a diverse and inclusive workforce
• Ensure best-practice processes are utilised throughout recruitment, ensuring recruiting managers and panels are equipped to run robust but effective recruitment assessments
• Working in partnership with ER colleagues, ensure a quality service that meets statutory and regulatory requirements
• Work in collaboration with the Learning & Experience team to ensure a joined-up approach to selection, on-boarding and induction that is aligned to Aster's corporate strategy and The Aster Way flowing into broader employee experience
• Establish key quality metrics that measure outcomes and efficiency, enabling better experience, decision-making, cost effectiveness and results
• Regularly assess resourcing activities to ensure their effectiveness and success at achieving desired outcomes.
• Management of external provision and job boards, including the contract management of our Neutral Vendor arrangement for agency activity, reducing the agency bill and increasing direct hires
• Act as senior business partner and proactively suggest appropriate improvement measures. Liaise with senior management to ensure the overall resourcing approach is in line with the broader business strategy

Qualifications and Experience

• Significant demonstrable experience as a Resourcing Manager, dealing with in-house recruitment across multiple disciplines
• Proven experience in agency activity, either working in agency recruitment or recruiting through agencies, which includes account management, troubleshooting, influencing & VFM
• Demonstrable experience of developing and managing high performing individuals and teams, building close relationships and partnerships with key internal and external partners
• Proven experience of implementing recruitment strategies in a complex environment with an emphasis on transformation and culture change
• Qualified in SHL or similar, with the ability to administer and provide feedback on personality and ability assessments
• Previous experience in project management; stakeholder management; change management; design and delivery of resourcing initiatives
• Demonstrable experience in influencing colleagues and stakeholder groups up to and including executive level
• Extensive knowledge of employment law relating to recruitment with the ability to implement that knowledge to develop policy and processes, as well as advise others
• Experience of budget and financial management
• Demonstrate flexibility in responding to changing demands and priorities