Recruitment & Talent Engagement Officer

The Children and Young People department is seeking a customer-focused and proactive Recruitment & Talent Engagement Officer to join our team. Based within the wider Council Workforce and Learning Team function this is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future workforce of Children and Young People by delivering an outstanding recruitment experience and promoting our organisation as an employer of choice. Working closely with recruiting managers, HR colleagues and external partners, you will coordinate recruitment activity, support innovative attraction campaigns and help ensure we recruit and retain the talented professionals who support children, young people and families across our services. This role acts as a first point of contact for prospective employees, delivering a professional and responsive recruitment service whilst enhancing our employer brand and reputation., As Recruitment & Talent Engagement Officer, you will:

• Coordinate recruitment campaigns across a wide range of Children and Young People roles.
• Manage vacancy advertisements across multiple recruitment platforms and social media channels.
• Provide a professional and responsive service to applicants, managers and stakeholders.
• Support hiring managers to attract the best candidates into critical and hard-to-fill roles.
• Organise interviews, assessment centres and recruitment events.
• Produce recruitment correspondence and maintain accurate recruitment records.
• Support the development of employer branding, attraction campaigns and recruitment marketing initiatives.
• Analyse recruitment performance data and contribute to workforce planning activity.
• Provide day-to-day supervision and support to Recruitment Officers where required.
  
  We are looking for a motivated individual who can build strong relationships and provide exceptional customer service.
You will ideally have:
• Experience of coordinating recruitment, resourcing or HR processes.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience of working with recruitment systems and Microsoft Office applications.
• A passion for candidate attraction, recruitment marketing and employer branding.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• The ability to work collaboratively with managers, colleagues and external partners.
• A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and a passion for public service.
  
  About Dudley Council
It's an incredibly exciting time to work in Dudley Council as we embark on numerous multi-million pound regeneration schemes which will be real game-changers for the borough. In addition to the exciting schemes such as the Midland Metro we also have the ongoing and very serious challenges of ensuring vulnerable people across the borough receive the services they deserve. At Dudley Council we have a 'one council' ethos that builds an effective and dynamic organisation which grows the economy and creates jobs, creating a cleaner and greener place and supports stronger and safer communities. We are rightly proud to be the historic capital of the Black Country and, working with our partners, Dudley Council is also committed to looking forward and helping to deliver our borough vision of 'Forge a Future for all' www.dudleyboroughvision2030.org.uk We ensure communities influence council decisions and are committed to delivering services in partnership with communities. We provide flexible and responsive service in partnership and help communities help themselves. In joining a local authority that serves 320,000 residents you will become an integral part of a council that:
• is ready to embrace change, providing an environment in which you will be encouraged to make your mark
• is aware of its key challenges and the need for a new energy to innovate the council, in order to find cost effective ways of delivering services
• has aligned its political and managerial leadership structures and is committed to protecting, securing and transforming the lives of children, families, the vulnerable and older people
• wants borough residents to have their say through our community forums
• dedicates time to meaningful consultation and listen to the views of our residents
• is working with the community to encourage active involvement of our residents