GESR Recruitment Manager

About the Group Economics GroupThe Economics Group leads HM Treasurys analysis of developments in the UK economy and advises ministers on the implications for the Governments economic strategy. It provides expert economic analysis and advice for Ministers. The Groups data hub is transforming how the Treasury uses data across its entire business. The Group collaborates with external experts on the UK economy, including the Bank of England, Office for Budget Responsibility and leading academics. Economics Group provides support for the UK Governments economic and social research professions, including running centralised recruitment and the annual conferences.About the teamThe Government Economic and Social Research Team (GESR) is a friendly and dynamic team of around 20 people providing specific support to the Government Social Research (GSR) and Government Economic Service (GES) professions, which have over 2,500 and 3,700 members across government, respectively. Economists and social researchers work at the heart of decision-making in government, providing analysis and insight in support of the entire range of UK Government and public service activities.    GESR's work also reaches right across government - working with Departments, Devolved Administrations, and other organisations in the UK Civil Service. We work with external organisations as partners on shared agendas including growing diversity in recruitment and improving the use of evidence in policy making.  The team is organised into a Strategy and an Operations team, who together deliver all the policies and commitments in the GES and GSR Strategies on behalf of and in conjunction with the Boards of senior staff who govern both professions. on behalf of and in conjunction with the Boards of senior staff who govern both professions.The GESR team leads the many central recruitment routes into the professions, working to open the door to a wide range of people to start and then build a long and fulfilling career as government economists and social researchers.We are committed to delivering a quality service to continuous improvement and to promoting diversity and inclusion. You must also be committed to role modelling the positive and inclusive behaviours we expect of our membership.  The post holder will have the advantages that come from building their career inside HM Treasury, and from working right across the differing departments and organisations that make up the UK Government. This is the ideal post for an individual who can see the bigger picture and wishes to build more experience of working with senior leaders and delivering real cross-government change.About the Job Are you experienced in recruitment?Are you excited by the prospect of co-ordinating large scale recruitment campaigns?We provide resourcing for the Government Economics Service (GES) and Government Social Research (GSR) across the Civil Service. Our work is fundamental in ensuring continuity and quality for these established professions. GES Economists provide economic analysis and insight in support of the entire range of UK Government and public service activities. Supporting policy development, public service delivery, ministerial objectives, or meeting at pace the issues of the day. GSR is the analytical profession within Government for Civil Servants who generate and provide social and behavioural research and advice.This is an excellent opportunity to join our team managing recruitment in the operations team for the Government Economic and Social Research (GESR) team. The role offers the opportunity to work across government with a variety of partners. We provide a professional and effective service that meets business needs and quality standards. There is a large degree of operational delivery & team leadership within this role, it also has an important focus on quality assurance and continuous improvement. You will act as the delivery manager of all GES and GSR recruitment campaigns building strong working relationships with the campaign manager for each scheme to deliver as a team.Key Accountabilities for this role include:Plan and manage delivery of the end-to-end process for all centralised GES and GSR recruitment schemes to provide timely and high quality resources to fill upwards of 500 vacancies a year across 40 departments, agencies and ALBs.Manage GESR recruitment systems, including VX, to ensure processes are working effectively for end users, the recruitment team are appropriately trained and end user guidance and standard operating procedures are up to date.Ensure the shared inbox is monitored daily by the team, ensuring excellent customer service in line with agreed turnaround times.Support the Head of GES Resourcing, covering core duties during leave periods and provide support to the Recruitment Campaign Managers, problem solving or highlighting issues as required.Manage and maintain detailed recruitment project plans, monitor performance against KPIs and agreed standards.Plan and implement regular lessons learned activities to ensure continuous improvement of recruitment processes, including adapting to new technologies including Artificial Intelligence.Support implementation of improvements to the recruitment process, streamlining and updating processes and documents.Develop and coach the team of two recruitment campaign managers and one recruitment business support in sharing your knowledge and expertise, building capability and confidence, to ensure the effective delivery of day to day recruitment campaigns.Role model inclusive leadership and ensure the team understands their role in building a diverse and inclusive organisationLiaise with GESR website manager to ensure accurate, attractive and timely content is available on internal and external website content for GES and GSR campaigns.To provide ad hoc support to the GESR Finance Manager as required.Work flexibly, with a service focused approach, delivering at pace to: Manage numerous, high volume, business and time critical recruitment campaigns; proactively develop and deliver resourcing strategies to promote our vacancies and attract and recruit the right candidates; offer support across our Resourcing team, including in other directorates when needed.Our Recruitment Managers will:Have knowledge and experience of the recruitment process.Offer a best-in-class service to hiring managers, candidates, potential candidates and other key stakeholders.Have excellent communication and time management skills.Be able to develop effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders at a variety of levels of seniority.Be highly organised to manage the recruitment process effectively and efficiently.Be proactive and identify innovative ways to improve our recruitment process and to target candidates in a competitive market.Understand the current candidate market to ensure we are telling a compelling story to engage potential candidates with our employer brand and offering.A CIPD qualification or to be willing to work towards one is desirable. If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date for applications to find out more about the job, please contact Sarah Ward [email protected]