Recruitment Manager

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Are you an experienced recruitment leader ready to make a real impact? Join us as our new Recruitment Manager and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our organisation as we navigate a period of significant change, including Local Government Reorganisation.

About the Role

As Recruitment Manager, you will lead the development and delivery of our recruitment strategy, talent attraction, temporary agency contract and on-boarding processes, ensuring an exceptional candidate experience. You’ll support the Council as it moves through significant change and transformation over the coming few years including the implementation of SAP Success Factors, leading to an efficient and high performing organisation which offers great value services for residents and service users.

The role is responsible for the organisation’s DBS safeguarding provision for both new staff and traded partners as well as our agency offering both via our managed service provider and off-contract arrangements.

You’ll work closely with HR colleagues, management teams, and key stakeholders to design and implement innovative recruitment interventions that meet our evolving workforce needs. This is a unique opportunity to influence organisational development and support the Council through a time of transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of the Council’s Recruitment Strategy and Talent Attraction methods, delivering transformational change to recruitment and on-boarding processes.
• Drive the Council’s recruitment social media strategy to enhance candidate engagement and response rates.
• Analyse and evaluate recruitment data to improve campaign outcomes, time to hire and candidate experience.
• Manage and coach a team of Recruitment Campaign Leads and Customer Service Advisors, fostering a high-performing, customer-focused environment.
• Ensure the Council’s DBS safeguarding is robust and audit ready.
• Lead flexible resourcing solutions, both agency and in-house, to support strategic workforce planning.
• Collaborate with HR colleagues and stakeholders to develop and implement HR policies that support organisational development and change.
• Lead senior recruitment processes via adherence to the Council’s constitution.
• Project manage key recruitment initiatives, ensuring delivery against defined timescales and targets.

About You

You will have:

• Successful experience leading recruitment teams in large, complex organisations.
• A proven track record of recruiting to a wide range of roles, including senior, management, high-volume, and hard-to-fill positions.
• Experience developing and implementing talent attraction and social media strategies.
• Strong stakeholder management, consultation, and negotiation skills, particularly in unionised and political environments.
• Demonstrable experience managing and facilitating change, with the ability to coach, influence, and effect change at all levels.
• CIPD Level 7 qualification or equivalent experience.

Why work for Derbyshire County Council?

• Generous local government pension offering a 21% employer contribution.
• 34 days annual leave.
• Flexi-Time scheme
• Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.
• Excellent wellbeing offering.

Apply now to lead our recruitment transformation and help us build a workforce for the future.

Due to this post having administrative privileges within the Council’s IT systems, and in order to comply with the Public Services Network requirements, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Basic criminal record check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. Click here to see our policy on criminal background checks.

Apply now and take the first step towards a fulfilling career with us! By joining Derbyshire County Council you will have access to a range of amazing rewards and employee benefits, including our generous annual leave scheme, excellent local government pension and fantastic employee discounts. To discover more detail about the rewards and benefits available to you, click here

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This role currently offers hybrid working options which will be to subject service needs, there'll be an opportunity to discuss working arrangements for this position at interview.

We welcome applications from individuals who share our values — being Collaborative, Innovative, Empowered and Accountable. These values describe who we are and what we stand for as a council. They help shape our culture, encourage consistent behaviour and guide how we work together to make a positive difference for both our employees and the residents we serve.