Resourcing Operations Team Lead
Posted 1 day 14 hours ago by NHS
At Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, we believe that every role contributes to delivering compassionate, safe care every day. As our Resourcing Operations Team Leader, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring we have the right people, in the right place, at the right time helping us provide outstanding patient care.
What You'll Do- Lead and Inspire: Manage and develop a team of resourcing professionals, including international recruitment advisors and administrators.
- Drive Excellence: Oversee end-to-end recruitment processes, ensuring compliance with NHS Employment Check Standards and UKVI regulations.
- Shape the Future: Implement new ways of working, update HR policies, and contribute to innovative recruitment projects.
- Be the Expert: Provide professional advice to managers on recruitment, employment law, and visa queries.
- Champion Candidate Experience: Ensure every applicant receives a professional, positive, and timely service.
You will ensure the provision of robust resourcing processes so that every candidate experience is dealt with in a professional and confidential manner by the resourcing team.
You will lead the Resourcing officers to provide comprehensive, high quality recruitment administration service to all Managers and Trust staff. To support, develop and maintain recruitment via NHS jobs, HR Payroll and ESR.You will deliver recruitment training as required and work as part of the Human Resources team to provide an effective and efficient recruitment and staff support service.
About usRoyal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Job responsibilitiesWhat Were Looking For
- Proven experience in leading a recruitment team and delivering high-quality resourcing services.
- Strong knowledge of HR systems (e.g., ESR, NHS Jobs) and recruitment best practices.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and organisational skills.
- CIPD qualification or equivalent experience in HR/recruitment.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and professionalism.
What Were Looking For
- Proven experience in leading a recruitment team and delivering high-quality resourcing services.
- Strong knowledge of HR systems (e.g., ESR, NHS Jobs) and recruitment best practices.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and organisational skills.
- CIPD qualification or equivalent experience in HR/recruitment.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and professionalism.
- Generous NHS benefits, including 14% employer pension contribution.
- Flexible pay schemes, cycle-to-work, and discounted gym membership.
- Access to career development, training, and leadership opportunities.
- On-site perks: nursery, Costa, M&S, subsidised restaurant.
- Active social club and wellbeing support, including 24/7 counselling.
Caring Together Excelling Together Learning Together Continuously ImprovingIf youre passionate about people, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and want to make a real impact, wed love to hear from you.
Apply today and help shape the future of recruitment at Royal Surrey!
Person Specification Qualifications- CIPD, Degree level or equivalent qualification, preferably in HR related area or equivalent experience
- NVQ level 3 in Customer Service/Business Administration or equivalent work experience
- Experience of leading a team
- Extensive experience in a Recruitment role
- Experience sufficient to advise and support resourcing officers and line managers in dealing with the full range of recruitment issues
- Good working knowledge of a broad range of administrative processes
- Intermediate level knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite to include Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of Information systems such as HealthRoster and ESR
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Head of Resourcing and Temporary Staffing
£40,617 to £48,778 a yearPro Rata Per Annum inc. HCAs