Job description
Manchester Metropolitan University is a creative, confident, passionate, and proud institution, seeking to implement its ambitious new People Strategy - A Great Place to Work. With over 4,000 staff members and around 40,000 students – we are a big institution with even bigger ambitions. We are proud to be an integral part of the great city of Manchester, but our impact reaches around the globe. Our success is driven by our people, and therefore finding and hiring the right people at the right time is key.
This is your chance to join us in an exciting new role as Talent and Recruitment Co-ordinator in the People & Organisational Development Team and help to shape the staffing community of our university.
Helping our colleagues grasp their potential, realise their ambitions and exceed expectations is what drives our People and Organisational Development team. We work collaboratively to create the ideal environment for our colleagues to be exceptional and to deliver the experience our students deserve and expect. Working as the trusted voice of HR across the university, the team is encouraged to deliver innovative approaches with lasting impacts.
Candidate experience is at the heart of everything we do. Bring your enthusiasm to help us source great, talented people for the future. We are a complex organisation, always evolving, recruiting for a wide range of roles from academics, baristas, accountants and even sports coaches, so you will need to be able to think creatively.
As a Talent and Recruitment Co-ordinator, you will deliver an innovative talent and recruitment service. Working collaboratively with the Senior Hires Recruitment Partner, HR Service Centre, and key stakeholders across the University to deliver a best practice approach to a world class recruitment service. You'll be customer service focussed, have the ability to establish creditability and build strong working relationships with colleagues, be able to work in a collaborative, proactive, innovative and solution focussed manner to achieve outcomes.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a recruitment specialist with experience in a fast-paced, customer-focussed environment; with the ability to motivate others. You will have a pro-active approach, with strong communication and analytical skills and will have knowledge and understanding of:
- Recruitment legislation and best practice
- Attraction campaigns
- Recruitment processes, tools, and systems
In recognition of staff contributions to the University's achievements during the 2021/2022 academic year, an additional discretionary payment of 2% per annum will be added to your salary until 31/07/23 in order to ensure consistency amongst existing and incoming staff. This additional 2% will be paid pro rata in equal monthly installments, on top of your salary each month until 31/07/23.
Manchester Metropolitan University is committed to supporting the rights, responsibilities, dignity, health and wellbeing of staff and students through our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
We promote applications from all sections of the community, irrespective of background, belief or identity, recognising the benefits that a diverse organisation can bring . We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minority Ethnic candidates, who we recognise are underrepresented in this area.
Hybrid working is offered for this role, where you will be able to work a proportion of time on campus and a proportion remotely. We recognise the benefits and importance of an environment that supports flexible working and are open to conversations throughout the application process.